The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Beth Stelling made her TV debut as a stand-up comedian last night on Conan. Stelling was a Chicago-based stand-up and New Face at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival last July. We learned as much about her uterus as she did! Uterus. We also learned that biking can be fun and healthy, …
Sebastian Maniscalco made his Conan debut on Thursday night. The habits of everyday people in the modern world tends to throw Maniscalco for a loop. On his mind on this night? Selling your furniture on Craigslist is weird, but so was hosting a garage sale back in the day. Also: …
Ted Alexandro returned Thursday night for another appearance on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Find out what happens when the comedian meets a female audience member after his gig who lives in his neighborhood. Will our comedic hero remain calm, cool and collected? Will he get home in one …
Todd Barry returned to Late Show with David Letterman last night, just days before his new one-hour stand-up release, “Todd Barry: Super Crazy,” hits Comedy Central, your CD and DVD stacks, iTunes files and video-game consoles. In this clip, Barry explains why, if he had to go to prison, he’d …
Cristela Alonzo made her late-night TV debut last night on Conan. She does, however, already have other TV credits to her name, including Last Comic Standing, and stand-up showcases for Comedy Central and Showtime. Alonzo explained in last night’s set that she realizes the things she can and cannot do …
David Letterman long has held a soft spot for comedians of his own generation, particularly if he was part of their circle in the Los Angeles comedy scene of the 1970s. After hearing about Gallagher’s recent health and financial problems, Letterman invited the famous watermelon-smashing prop comedian from the 1980s …
It’s always nice to see another McCarthy succeed in the comedy business, even if it’s not a relative (but if it’s a dummy, then, well, you’re old like me and get the reference). Moody McCarthy had been bumped from an episode of Late Show with David Letterman earlier in the …
Just like The Roots, comedian Big Jay Oakerson is a Philadelphia boy. Well, he’s a big man now. He even put it in his stage name. Anyhow, Oakerson made his debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and wasn’t afraid to talk about his love of the Philadelphia Eagles and …
Matt Kirshen seemed really, really happy to be back on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Friday night. Turns out that’s merely Kirshen’s default facial expression! Kirshen revealed that and more in his performance here. Especially the dangers in having big front teeth. And that’s all you wanted for …
Rory Scovel returned to Conan on Monday night for some more stand-up. Though he didn’t have Jon Dore by his side to confuse and amuse the audience with their two-man overlapping routines, Scovel did have a beer bottle and a character that the viewers didn’t even know wasn’t him. Got …
