List of Kathy Griffin stand-up specials

This page lists the television and DVD stand-up specials of Kathy Griffin. To date she has one half-hour special, eighteen one-hour specials, and one two-hour special. She has a Guinness World Record for the most aired comedy specials of any comedian.^[1]

HBO specials

Title	Original airdate	Filming location	Segments	Notes
HBO Comedy Half-Hour	October 18, 1996	The Fillmore San Francisco, California	Griffin's first guest spot on Seinfeld Griffin's attempt to find a male prostitute The Jerry Springer Show Meeting Salt-n-Pepa
Kathy Griffin: Hot Cup of Talk	August 14, 1998	Variety Arts Theatre Los Angeles, California	Griffin's acting stint in the play Awaiting the Renaissance Madonna's British accent VH1 Divas Live with Celine Dion and Mariah Carey Griffin's encounter with President Bill Clinton Hanson

Bravo specials

Title	Original airdate	Filming location	Segments	Notes
Kathy Griffin: The D-List	March 24, 2004	Laugh Factory Los Angeles, California	Britney Spears's Las Vegas wedding Meeting Whitney Houston at the Billboard Music Awards Griffin's appearances on Hollywood Squares with Anna Nicole Smith and Little Richard Hosting an AmfAR event with Sharon Stone
Kathy Griffin: Allegedly	November 30, 2004 (DVD)	Variety Arts Theatre Los Angeles, California	Pitching a sitcom to NBC VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards Gwyneth Paltrow Scientology The 9/11 celebrity telethon Appearing in the music video for "The Real Slim Shady" with Eminem Griffin's trip to Afghanistan Brooke Shields' wedding The View	Originally a DVD release and later aired on Bravo. Griffin's only two-hour special to date.
Kathy Griffin Is...Not Nicole Kidman	August 3, 2005	Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California	Presenting with Ryan Seacrest at the American Music Awards Anna Nicole Smith Barbra Streisand on Oprah Kelly Clarkson Clay Aiken	Preceded the series premiere of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-list.
Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman	May 9, 2006	Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California	Star Jones Griffin's incident joking Dakota Fanning had entered a rehab facility Tom Cruise Hurricane Katrina coverage Griffin's encounter with Celine Dion Griffin's vacation in Palm Springs
Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It	June 5, 2007	Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, California	Mel Gibson's arrest Lindsay Lohan Club Hyde in Los Angeles Whitney Houston Rosie O'Donnell's R family cruise The Creative Arts Emmys Ann Coulter
Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell	November 29, 2007	Chicago Theatre Chicago, Illinois	Griffin's Emmy Award acceptance speech controversy To Catch a Predator Senator Larry Craig Barbara Walters Paris Hilton Paula Abdul Larry King's 50th Anniversary roast Dr. Phil The View Martha Stewart
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch	April 15, 2009	Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, Oregon	Taylor Swift The Jonas Brothers Griffin's encounter with Cher Judge Judy The Prime-time Emmy Awards
Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel	November 3, 2009	Civic Center San Diego, California	Britney Spears Taylor Swift and Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards Jon and Kate Gosselin Levi Johnston and Sarah Palin Whitney Houston Paula Abdul Barbara Walters Michael Jackson Miley Cyrus The Prime-time Emmys
Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt	June 8, 2010	Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, Tennessee	The Waffle House Dancing With the Stars Renée Zellweger Griffin's appearance on Law and Order: SVU Hoarders, Attending a dinner party with Sharon Stone Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King at the Texas State Fair
Kathy Griffin: Whores on Crutches	November 2, 2010	Pechanga Resort and Casino Temecula, California	The View Playing on a slot machine Paris Hilton Tiger Woods and his affairs Television shows she frequently watches Maggie's new book The Real Housewives of New Jersey	Originally titled "Diva in a Tipi".
Kathy Griffin: 50 and Not Pregnant	March 17, 2011	Riverside Theater Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Attending parties at the 53rd Grammy Awards The Oprah Winfrey Network Attending a roast of Quentin Tarantino Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Steven Seagal: Lawman Maggie Griffin Sarah Palin Performing in Knoxville for her previous special Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt
Kathy Griffin: Gurrl Down	June 22, 2011	Wilbur Theatre Boston, Massachusetts	Sarah Palin and her family Trying to pick up guys at MIT Griffin's run-in with Michele Bachmann Hosting CNN's New Year's Eve Bash with Anderson Cooper My Strange Addiction Kirstie Alley Phaedra from The Real Housewives of Atlanta Meeting Bill O'Reilly backstage at Glee Lady Gaga's parents
Kathy Griffin: Pants Off	September 20, 2011	Segerstrom Center for the Arts Costa Mesa, California	Maggie Griffin Kim Kardashian's wedding Bruce Jenner Casey Anthony Nancy Grace Marcus Bachmann The Real Housewives of New Jersey and Orange County Performing at a maximum security prison Being pants-less during the 2011 Virginia earthquake in New York City Dinner with Gloria Steinem Eating a pot brownie Housesitting for Anderson Cooper	Originally titled "Kathy Griffin: Pray The Gay Back".
Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker	December 20, 2011	The Borgata Atlantic City, New Jersey	Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' divorce Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's divorce Receiving a bikini wax Hugh Jackman's one-man Broadway show Nancy Grace on Dancing with the Stars Griffin starting a fake account on Grindr Griffin's dogs Larry and Pom-Pom Lindsay Lohan's community service Pajama jeans and Forever Lazy The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Ordering pizza with Cher
Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class	July 26, 2012	Terrace Theater Long Beach, California	Miley Cyrus's engagement to Liam Hemsworth Anderson Cooper guest starring on Kathy Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp The Real Housewives of Orange County The Westboro Baptist Church protesting Griffin Oprah's Next Chapter The whippets and sizzurp crazes Cher's Twitter feed Stealing a seat at the Grammy Awards from Eric Church Griffin's prison pen pal
Kathy Griffin: Kennedie Center On-Hers	January 3, 2013	State Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota	Meeting Celine Dion backstage in Las Vegas Lindsay Lohan's legal problems Liz and Dick and Lifetime original movies Filming video spots for Barack Obama with Cher Miley Cyrus Sexting Anderson Cooper Beyond Scared Straight The reunion special of The Real Housewives of New Jersey Josh Groban
Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl	June 4, 2013	Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, California	Convicted murderer Jodi Arias following Griffin on Twitter Meeting Barbra Streisand at Jane Fonda's birthday Justin Bieber Amanda Bynes Lil Wayne's overdose Griffin's new boyfriend Reading articles about oral sex in Redbook
Kathy Griffin: Record Breaker	December 18, 2013	Majestic Theatre San Antonio, Texas	Rick Perry Presenting at the Daytime Emmy Awards Maggie Griffin's opinion of Miley Cyrus's performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Griffin going on a gay cruise Appearing on Kirstie Alley's sitcom Fanmail from Griffin's prison pen pal	Griffin's 20th special and a representative from Guinness World Records attended to certify her record of "Most Televised Stand-Up Specials by a Comedian."[2]

Subjects

Subject	HBO Comedy Half-Hour	Hot Cup of Talk	The D-List	Allegedly	...Not Nicole Kidman	Strong Black Woman	Everybody Can Suck It	Straight to Hell	She'll Cut a Bitch	Balls of Steel	Does the Bible Belt	Whores on Crutches	50 and Not Pregnant	Gurrl Down	Pants Off	Tired Hooker	Seaman 1st Class	Kennedie Center On-Hers	Calm Down Gurrl	Record Breaker
Paula Abdul	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Clay Aiken	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kirstie Alley	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
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Cher	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
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Celine Dion	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
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Macy Gray	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Maggie Griffin	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chelsea Handler	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
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Paris Hilton	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
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Kim Kardashian	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Gayle King	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
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Rick Perry	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Don Rickles	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Salt n Pepa	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ryan Seacrest	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
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Charlie Sheen	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
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Subject	HBO Comedy Half-Hour	Hot Cup of Talk	The D-List	Allegedly	...Not Nicole Kidman	Strong Black Woman	Everybody Can Suck It	Straight to Hell	She'll Cut a Bitch	Balls of Steel	Does the Bible Belt	Whores on Crutches	50 and Not Pregnant	Gurrl Down	Pants Off	Tired Hooker	Seaman 1st Class	Kennedie Center On-Hers	Calm Down Gurrl	Record Breaker

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special	Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell	Nominated
2009	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special	Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch	Nominated
2011	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt	Nominated
2012	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Variety Special	Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker	Nominated
2012	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant	Nominated
2013	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class	Nominated
2014	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl	Won

Album releases

• For Your Consideration - July 17, 2008
• Suckin' It for the Holidays - November 3, 2009
• Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt - August 9, 2010
• Kathy Griffin: 50 and Not Pregnant - July 18, 2011
• Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class - August 20, 2012
• Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl - August 6, 2013
• Look at My Butt Crack - August 14, 2014

Home video releases

• Kathy Griffin: Allegedly - November 30, 2004 (Region 1)
• Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch - January 12, 2010 (Region 1)
• Kathy Griffin: Pants Off/Tired Hooker - August 7, 2012 (Region 1)
• The Kathy Griffin Collection: Red, White & Raw - October 30, 2012. Contains seven of Kathy's Bravo specials including Balls of Steel, Does the Bible Belt, Whores on Crutches, 50 and Not Pregnant, Gurrl Down, Pants Off and Tired Hooker. (Region 1)

References

1. Arellano, Jennifer (2011-03-16). "Kathy Griffin really deserves a Tony: Check out her 'Playbill' bio | PopWatch | EW.com". Popwatch.ew.com. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
2. "Kathy Griffin Sets World Record For Most Comedy Specials". KMBZ. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-12-02.