ASpecialThing Records is a stand-up comedy record label started by Matt Belknap and Ryan McManemin. Belknap was the creator of aspecialthing.com, an internet message board especially popular with west coast comedy fans. McManemin was an executive at Sony/MGM and longtime member of the ASpecialThing message board.Using the site as a launching pad, in late 2006 they announced to the web community that they would be starting their own record label, ASpecialThing Records.