The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chris Turner didn’t come all the way over from England to make his American network television debut and just deliver some clever wordplay, did he? Alas, no. For his first performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Turner let us know he wasn’t joking when he said he was …
Are push-ups better than therapy? Is Kanye West the Michael Jackson reference for millennials? Nore Davis explains in this stand-up set on Tuesday’s Tonight Show.
Late Late Show writer Fumi Abe made his network TV debut Monday on The Late Show. Abe joked about growing up Japanese-American in Ohio, where he was “a sample size of one,” as well as topics as serious as the pandemic and as normal as dating in your 30s.
Happy 50th birthday to Jackie Fabulous, who celebrated with a performance on The Tonight Show! The pandemic almost broke her, though, as she moved in with her mother and had to consider getting a real job when comedy gigs went away.
Alex Falcone made his network television debut on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show, joking about how he’s still married to his childhood sweetheart, and wouldn’t mind getting friend-zoned at all. By anyone.
Wally Baram writes for TV shows, but on Wednesday night’s Late Show, she got to perform stand-up on the TV. She may only still be 23? But she already has written for BETTY (HBO) and What We Do in the Shadows (FX/Hulu. )Let’s roll the clip!
Randall Otis writes for The Daily Show, and made his network TV debut as a stand-up performing on The Late Show. Otis wishes he were from Atlanta. He’s from Florida instead. And yes, he’s sorry. Even though he’s from a “nice” part of Florida? His parents kept things real for …
Ali Sultan made his network TV debut on last night’s Late Show, and host Stephen Colbert wanted us to know beforehand that Sultan was born in Yemen. Spoiler alert?! Sultan immigrated to America when he was 15. We think.
Ever get stuck in revolving door with a stranger? Rojo Perez has, and he told us all about it in this performance on The Tonight Show, as well as his recent travel experience with a slouching low-energy pilot. That doesn’t sound good. Sounds better than a crying baby, though, right?
Graham Kay is a Canadian comedian based in New York City. Perhaps more importantly to this story, and to this set, Kay has recently crossed the threshold of 40 years of age. Things are gonna change for him. Kinda like they did when he was 14? Allow Kay to explain …
