Judah Friedlander: America Is the Greatest Country in the United States

Judah Friedlander: America Is the Greatest Country in the United States (2017) is a stand-up special you can watch online on iFILM. Best known from 30 Rock, the deadpan comic and self-styled world champion spends the set laying out, with a perfectly straight face, why his country is No. 1. The reasoning is gloriously absurd.

Cut together from several nights at New York's Comedy Cellar, the special is shot bare-bones on purpose — black-and-white, an empty stage, no frills. Friedlander directed and edited it himself. The comedy leans political and dry: champion-of-the-world boasts delivered flat, with no big build-ups and no easy crowd-pleasers.

It's an acquired taste, made for people who prize deadpan and sharp satire over rapid-fire punchlines. Stream Judah Friedlander: America Is the Greatest Country in the United States (2017) online on iFILM.