Bill Burr’s new stand-up special arrives on Netflix January 31

These are good times for anyone who enjoys the caustic, often scathing, yet fundamentally humane comedy of Massachusetts-born funnyman Bill Burr. In addition to his popular, freewheeling Monday Morning Podcast and his Netflix animated series F Is For Family—which returns for a second season later this year—Burr is releasing a new hour-long comedy special called Walk Your Way Out on Netflix on January 31. The streaming service has previously played host to such Burr specials as I’m Sorry You Feel That Way, You People Are All The Same, and Let It Go. This new special was recorded live in front of a packed house at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, a venue best known as the home of the Grand Ole Opry series of country music concerts. If that seems like an unlikely venue for a cranky Northerner like Burr, that’s probably the point. Comedy thrives on contrast.