I watched it a few days ago and haven’t stopped thinking about it, referencing it, recommending it. Please, please do yourself a favor and sit and absorb it.... and then pass it on. Thank you for your candor, vulnerability and heart, @hannah_gadsby. 👏🏼🙌🏼❤️#Nanette

Her vision of comedy is old school, too. She said that she loved “Nanette” by Hannah Gadsby, who stopped by Largo, in Los Angeles, to see DeGeneres work out material for her special, but described Gadsby’s celebrated special as less stand-up than solo show.