He has three Netflix specials, a free YouTube hour with nearly 14 million views, and a joke roughly every 30 seconds. If his clips keep landing on your feed and you still can’t place the name, here is everything you need to know about Mark Normand.
Mark Normand is a stand-up comedian from New Orleans who lives in New York City. He’s known for rapid-fire one-liners and for the Netflix specials Soup to Nuts (2023) and None Too Pleased (2026). His free 2020 YouTube special, Out to Lunch, brought him a huge new audience, and he co-hosts the podcasts Tuesdays with Stories and We Might Be Drunk.
- He started doing stand-up in New Orleans in 2006 and built his career in New York.
- His specials run from Comedy Central’s Don’t Be Yourself (2017) to Netflix’s None Too Pleased (March 17, 2026).
- He put Out to Lunch on YouTube for free in 2020 after, in his words, “nobody would touch me.” It now has nearly 14 million views.
- He co-hosts Tuesdays with Stories with Joe List and We Might Be Drunk with Sam Morril.
- He’s on the road now, with dates booked into 2027.
The special nobody wanted
In spring 2020, with comedy clubs shut down across the country, Mark Normand had a finished hour of stand-up and nowhere to put it. Streaming services and networks passed. So on May 12, 2020, he uploaded Out to Lunch to his own YouTube channel and gave it away.
“Nobody would touch me, so I had to put it up for free, and it just blew up,” he told Los Angeles Magazine in 2023.
It did. As of October 2026 the full special has close to 14 million views on YouTube. Three years later, Netflix gave him his first hour on the platform. In March 2026 it released his second.
Who is Mark Normand?
Mark Normand is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster. His style is fast and tight: short setups, hard punchlines, no props and no music. Los Angeles Magazine compared his mix of observation and wordplay to Jerry Seinfeld and George Carlin, and his willingness to make everyone a target to Don Rickles.
He has done more than a dozen late-night sets, mostly on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, along with Conan and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and is a regular panelist on Kill Tony. His official bio quotes Jerry Seinfeld calling him the “best up and coming comic.”
Where is Mark Normand from?
Normand is from New Orleans, Louisiana, and started doing stand-up there in 2006. He has said there wasn’t much stage time in New Orleans back then, so he moved to New York, where he still lives, in the West Village.
He has said his goal at the start was simple. “I just wanted to not have a day job or work in a cubicle,” he told Los Angeles Magazine.
How did Mark Normand get famous?
It took years of club work. In 2013 he was a New Face at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, one of the main showcases where the industry scouts new comics. In 2014 he got a half hour on Comedy Central’s The Half Hour and released his first album, Still Got It.
Amy Schumer, whose Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer he had acted in, executive-produced his first hour, Don’t Be Yourself, which premiered on Comedy Central on May 12, 2017. A half hour on Netflix’s The Standups followed in December 2021.
The real turn was Out to Lunch. Clips from it circulated widely on social media, and the special introduced him to a much bigger audience than late-night TV ever had. Today he has about 1 million followers on TikTok alone, where his clips have pulled in 27.4 million likes.
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What are Mark Normand’s comedy specials?
| Year | Special | Where to watch |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Still Got It (album) | Comedy Central Records |
| 2017 | Don’t Be Yourself | Comedy Central |
| 2020 | Out to Lunch | YouTube (free) |
| 2021 | The Standups, season 3 (half hour) | Netflix |
| 2023 | Soup to Nuts | Netflix |
| 2026 | None Too Pleased | Netflix |
Where to start: Out to Lunch is free and shows exactly why people caught on. If you have Netflix, go straight to None Too Pleased, which came out March 17, 2026. Normand told Fox News Digital it’s built to land a joke about every 30 seconds.
What is Mark Normand’s comedy about?
Almost anything. Relationships, language, New York, politics and the business of comedy itself all end up in the act. He leans into touchy subjects, but his rule is that the joke has to be the point.
“I think as long as it’s always a joke, you can talk about anything,” he told Fox News Digital in March 2026. He’s also clear about what he isn’t trying to do: “I don’t want to be saving the world. I don’t want to be an activist.”
What podcasts does Mark Normand host?
Two. Tuesdays with Stories is a weekly show he has co-hosted with comedian Joe List since 2013. We Might Be Drunk is his podcast with comedian Sam Morril, which runs on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Both are loose, joke-first conversations about the news, the road and life as a comic.
If you’re in New York, he also runs Hot Soup, a weekly Tuesday night show at 10:30 p.m. at the Fat Black Pussycat Lounge, 130 W. 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, according to his website.
Is Mark Normand married?
Yes. Normand married Mae Planert, a writer and stand-up comic, in November 2022. In a March 2026 interview with Fox News Digital, he mentioned that he now has a baby at home.
Is Mark Normand on tour?
Yes. As of October 2026, his official tour page lists shows at Helium Comedy Club in Portland (October 22–24, waitlist only), the San Jose Improv (November 6–7), Cap City Comedy Club in Austin (November 12), the Palazzo Theater at the Venetian in Las Vegas (December 4) and Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California (December 5). There are more dates into 2027, including the Comedy Mothership in Austin in January. Check the tour page for tickets, since dates get added and sell out.
In 2025 he was also on the bill for the first Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. Human Rights Watch criticized the festival, and the American comics booked for it drew attention for taking part. When CBS News reached out to his publicist about it, he didn’t comment.
Where to follow Mark Normand
- Website: marknormandcomedy.com
- TikTok: @marknormandcomedy
- Instagram: @marknormand
- X: @marknorm
- YouTube: mark normand
- Tour dates and tickets: punchup.live/marknormand
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Mark Normand?
Mark Normand is a stand-up comedian from New Orleans who lives in New York City. He’s known for fast one-liners, the Netflix specials Soup to Nuts and None Too Pleased, his free YouTube special Out to Lunch, and the podcasts Tuesdays with Stories and We Might Be Drunk.
How old is Mark Normand?
Mark Normand was born on September 18, 1983, which makes him 43 years old as of October 2026.
What is Mark Normand’s newest special?
His newest special is None Too Pleased, which premiered on Netflix on March 17, 2026. It’s his second hour on Netflix, after Soup to Nuts in July 2023.
Where can I watch Mark Normand for free?
His 2020 hour, Out to Lunch, is free on his official YouTube channel. He posted it himself after networks and streamers passed on it, and it now has nearly 14 million views.
Who does Mark Normand do podcasts with?
He co-hosts Tuesdays with Stories with comedian Joe List and We Might Be Drunk with comedian Sam Morril.
Is Mark Normand from New Orleans?
Yes. He is a New Orleans native and started doing stand-up there in 2006 before moving to New York City, where he lives today.
Image credits
- Featured image: Mark Normand in Midtown Manhattan, March 2018. Photo: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.
- Mark Normand in New York City, March 2018. Photo: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Normand on Neal Brennan’s Blocks podcast, 2023. Image: Neal Brennan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.
Sources
- Mark Normand, official website and bio
- Los Angeles Magazine, Roy Trakin, July 25, 2023
- Fox News Digital, Max Bacall and Nikos DeGruccio, March 17, 2026
- Paste Magazine, The Standups season 3
- The Interrobang, Tuesdays with Stories at four years, October 2017
- CBS News, Riyadh Comedy Festival, September 2025
- Out to Lunch on YouTube (view count checked October 17, 2026)
- Official tour page (checked October 17, 2026)
- Wikipedia, Mark Normand
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