{"id":97754,"date":"2025-04-08T15:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=97754"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:05:48","slug":"mike-birbiglia-returns-with-his-fourth-netflix-comedy-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/08\/mike-birbiglia-returns-with-his-fourth-netflix-comedy-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Birbiglia Returns with His Fourth Netflix Comedy Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97755\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mike-Birbiglia-20250408b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mike-Birbiglia-20250408b.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mike-Birbiglia-20250408b-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Award-winning comedian Mike Birbiglia returns to Netflix for his fourth comedy special, <em><strong>The Good Life<\/strong><\/em>, just one year after his Emmy\u00ae-nominated, <em>The Old Man &amp; The Pool<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest hour, Mike Birbiglia &#8211; who merges storytelling, theater, and comedy in a way that The New York Times has called &#8220;Birbiglian&#8221; &#8211; opens up about his father&#8217;s recent stroke and discusses how it has prompted him to reevaluate his own approach to fatherhood. 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