The State of Standup Comedy Specials Today

At some point I will drop my "was Dave Chappelle ever ACTUALLY a great standup comedian" thought bomb on you people & then patiently wait for you to catch up sometime soon but until then I will comment that the number of comedy specials being pumped out at such an absurd rate has led to a proliferation of watered-down, unneeded or asked for & curiously unfunny "specials" that have taken the art from "here's the 12 funniest things I mastered in the last 3 years" to "this is what's happening to me at this exact moment right now"; this is the crest of a wave taking standup comedy fans on a beyond-dull ride from the soaring majesty of A Day in the Life to the "who asked for this?" dullness of a day in the life.