The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Joe Mande earned a late-night TV credit last night while also seeing one of his TV projects announce his retirement (RIP Andy Rooney Game). Mande managed to dissect foodies and threesomes with his usual skill on last night’s Conan, but I’m not so sure about his choice of a name …
Neal Brennan put in a hard-working performance last night on Conan. Don’t believe me. Just watch how hard he’s breathing! Brennan also explained his theory for how models really should earn their looks, as well as how football was conceived. Makes you think. Doesn’t it? Roll the clip!
In case you missed it Friday night, David Letterman welcomed Larry Miller back to the Late Show to perform a stand-up set. Miller milks the initial audience applause breaks for more, then fills us in on what’s wrong with kids these days. Kids! Good try! Roll the clip.
Dana Carvey came back to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night, and Carvey and Fallon had fun talking about impersonations and exchanging back and forths and back and forths and you know whats. You know what? Just watch these clips. Here is the first part of Carvey and …
Tig Notaro appeared on last night’s episode of Conan, and her opening bit reflected a counterpoint to the point of Conan O’Brien’s discussion earlier with second guest Nicole Scherzinger. Notaro also has something to say to parents about the aging process of their children, and showed off her impression of …
Did you see Nick Turner perform on Friday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon? Fallon’s show once again grabs a “New Face” from Montreal and gives him/her their network TV debut. In this set, Turner reflects on turning 30 as well as upon his relationship with his building superintendent. Roll …
Ted Alexandro taped a performance a while back on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, but got bumped, and it finally aired last night. In this clip, Alexandro reflects on how much your 40s are different from your 20s, and how being single affects your toilet paper situation. Life …
British comedian Bill Bailey is starting a brief North American tour of his one-man show, “Dandelion Mind,” and The Comic’s Comic has a few pairs of free tickets if you’d like to see him perform it in New York City over the next couple of nights! Please let me know …
Something old, something new from Baron Vaughn on last night’s episode of Conan. Not to worry, though: nothing borrowed, nor nothing blue. Wait. Is somebody getting married in this item? No. Just fun with words. Words with friends. I like the part when Baron Vaughn is on my TV. Roll …
I didn’t remember the first time that Jim McDonald performed on Letterman, but sure enough, the Internet tells me it was about four years ago. McDonald also has done Ferguson’s show twice, and been around long enough to have TV credits on the old A&E shows from Caroline’s and The …
