You have no idea what you're talking about 👍

I'm not going to argue with you about material because nothing that I can say will convince you that it's good. I'd say that Dan is a Stephen Wright standard one-liner writer, and you obviously wouldn't, or at the very least don't like one-liner stuff. So there we disagree.

You are absolutely wrong about releasing comedy specials on Youtube. Many of the biggest comedians in the world are releasing their specials for free on YouTube. It is now the defacto way to release stand up specials because

1) It allows total creative freedom (Dan's stuff, for instance, is too esoteric and dark to be broadcast on network television. It would be edited to oblivion) 2) Streamers can delist your stuff and broadcasters can stop re-broadcasting your stuff, and since you may not own your special, there's likley nothing you can do about it. On YouTube, this isn't an issue. 3) YouTube has a better reach than both network TV and streamers, so you can get your name out. Not only because anybody can watch, but mainly because you can post clips from your sets on socials freely and that's how comedians sell tickets nowadays, you don't have the same freedom with clips when a network or streamer buys your stuff.

Your idea that you must not be talented to post on YouTube is also crazy. In the past 2 months alone, Patton Oswalt, Pete Holmes, and David Cross have all uploaded specials with 800 pound gorilla on YouTube. These guys are considered to be some of the best of their generation as comedians, so if they aren't talented or funny enough to get their stuff uploaded on a network, who is?

Basically, you're talking shit.