The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Tommy Johnagin returned to the Late Show with David Leterman on Friday, and as always, he brings the funny. This time, he’s talking about living with a new girlfriend, and what that means to a relationship, along with the age-old question of what it means to say “I love you.” …
I’ve been a fan of Dave Waite’s onstage persona and joke tags since I first saw him several years ago as a Cincinnati stand-up comedian competing in the Boston Comedy Festival contest. Waite now lives in New York City. Last week, he destroyed at a showcase for Late Night with …
Mario Joyner has toured with Jerry Seinfeld, played small indie rooms such as the UCB Theatre in New York City, hosted a stand-up comedy showcase on MTV before you were born, and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The man is versatile! In this clip from Monday night, …
For the first time since publishing his heart-wrenching memoir, Darrell Hammond returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater to perform stand-up Friday on Late Show with David Letterman. Don’t worry. Things didn’t get maudlin here. Nope. Instead, you’re treated to Hammond’s familiar impersonations made famous on his record-setting tenure on Saturday …
Successful stand-up comedy duos are rare; rarer, still, are comedy duos who are identical twins. The Sklars probably are best-known among today’s acts. Stone & Stone perform regularly here in New York City. And now here come The Lucas Brothers, from High Point, N.C. Keith and Kenny Lucas now make …
Erin Foley made her late-night TV debut as a stand-up comedian last night on Conan, and what did we learn? Foley likes the ladies. She knows more about sports than she does about hair products. Athletes get paid way too much for performances that would not hold up if they …
Could Bo Burnham be the next comedy giant? No, seriously. Look at him. He’s already as tall as Conan O’Brien, and he’s still growing! Burnham dropped the piano for this performance, but he still employed music in some interesting ways. And he also loves to comment on the art form …
Finally, someone takes on the insidious laziness of Facebook birthday notes. Keith Alerbstadt was back on Late Show with David Letterman over the weekend, and he took that on and more, including people who rescue pets, gambling, NFL quarterbacks and more. Roll the clip!
Oh, Tim Minchin. Cheeky lad, he. Even when Minchin decides to scale back his musicianship to perform a TV-friendly, three-minute song for Conan, he manages to sneak some jokes through the network censorship system and appeal to the cheeky lad in all of us. Wait. There’s a cheeky lad in …
Cy Amundson would make a great uncle. At least compared to his sister. Or his best friend. You’ll learn this and more in Amundson’s debut performance on Conan. Roll the clip!
