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Comedian and actor Rory Scovel joins TODAY to talk about his new stand-up special “Show Must Go On” and why it was transformative for him. “My dad passed away about six years ago and this was the special where I was like, you know I really could maybe lean into some kind of therapy in this. It was very cathartic,” he says. He also discusses the hit show “Rooster” getting renewed for a second season, saying “I think you can tell the cast is enjoying themselves and having fun making it.”Aug. 12, 2026
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Rory Scovel’s new special, Show Must Go On, begins with an error. After a title card with a lyric from the band Failure, the special opens with Scovel, mid-joke, asking himself, “How the fuck does that joke start?” His eyes are closed and he’s turned to the side for a moment, lost in the process of remembering how exactly he’s supposed to get into one of his big joke sections. The audience awkwardly chuckles, and Scovel, eyes still closed, begins reprimanding them. “Just give me a fucking second!” he says. He riffs for a moment then announces he’ll start again in the middle of the joke, redoing a line the audience has already heard so he can get himself back on track. But before he restarts, he begins stage directing the audience’s response. They’ll already have heard this before — maybe they could pretend to laugh at the punch line even more this time? He jumps into the joke. “Just in case that’s not coming through, I’m trying to tell you Christian Republicans: You are fake as fuck,” he says. The audience screams in response, and Scovel scolds them again but this time with a smile. “No! We can’t use that!” he yells, delighted.
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Rory Scovel Lost His Dad. His Comedy Has Never Been Better.
With a new Netflix special, 'Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On,' the veteran comic turns inward as he explores topics including his own grief.
In June of 2020, comedian Rory Scovel lost his father. It happened quickly, much like the rush of grief that followed. It was still early in the pandemic, and channeling any of it into comedy before the kind of packed audience he was accustomed to wasn’t an option. Not that he was necessarily ready to do so at that time.
Six years later, Scovel is back on stage, delivering what is arguably his strongest hour yet. Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On, his new Netflix special, dropping on Tuesday, is a considerably more vulnerable effort than anything the South Carolina native has ever put forward. Without spoiling the hour, it ends with material about his late father and the relationship that he wished they’d had, all wrapped up in a joke about his dad’s final wish being for his son to sell more tour merch. Honestly, just watch it.
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