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On a Thursday night, just two days after the 2024 presidential election, stand-up at Baby Battista was providing community first and foremost.

On Friday, his 11th stand-up special, “The Skinny,” premieres on Hulu as part of the new brand rollout dubbed “Hulu Laughing Now,” featuring 12 new comedy specials per year on the streaming platform.

With his stand-up hair, skinny body and long, skeletal fingers, he could pass for a contemporary of ours, a proto-punk figure who would seem at home on the Lower East Side.

The comic, who has made waves in the stand-up scene in recent years, announced Tuesday that he will take his material on the road with a new tour set to launch in 2025.

“They were going to lose, and I wouldn’t have it, so I said, ‘Guys, look, he’s a stand-up human being.