Mike Birbiglia Returns with His Fourth Netflix Comedy Special

Award-winning comedian Mike Birbiglia returns to Netflix for his fourth comedy special, The Good Life, just one year after his Emmy®-nominated, The Old Man & The Pool.

In his latest hour, Mike Birbiglia – who merges storytelling, theater, and comedy in a way that The New York Times has called “Birbiglian” – opens up about his father’s recent stroke and discusses how it has prompted him to reevaluate his own approach to fatherhood. Birbiglia says of the new special: “Over the years I’ve done a lot of personal shows but somehow this one is the most personal because it’s not in my past. It’s my life right now. So there’s really no filter. At certain points during the tour I literally thought on stage: ‘Whoa. Am I really gonna tell this story?’ But that’s sort of the idea behind these shows. I try to probe into what’s most painful in order to figure out what’s most funny.”

This marks the comedian’s fourth Netflix comedy special, and sixth one hour special overall. His Netflix specials include Thank God for Jokes (2017), The New One (2019), and the Emmy-nominated The Old Man & The Pool (2023). Birbiglia has also released My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (2013) and What I Should Have Said Was Nothing (2008).

Director: Seth Barrish

Executive Producers: Mike Birbiglia, John Skidmore, Joe Birbiglia

Production Company: Best Kept Secret

Designers: Beowulf Boritt, Aaron Copp

Release Date: May 26, 2025