The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Julian McCullough made his network TV debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and if you're curious as to why Stephen Colbert was Tweeting about it earlier, then perhaps it might behoove you to attend a taping of The Colbert Report and watch McCullough perform beforehand to warm-up …
You may remember seeing James Adomian on NBC's Last Comic Standing, or perhaps you remember hearing him on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast (or perhaps even still, you already know him from reading about him here on The Comic's Comic. Regardless, late-night TV audiences got to see Adomian for the …
When Tim Minchin made his American TV debut early this year on Conan, we learned that he had given some thought to performing his song, "Prejudice," but had second thoughts about it, according to Team Coco. Well, second time is the charm, then? Because Minchin returned to Conan last night, …
Watching Beardyman jam with Reggie Watts and Tim Minchin at the 2010 Montreal Just For Laughs festival was a true highlight, but American audiences got their first true glimpse of the Beardyman experience last night on Conan. Beardyman showed his prowess by letting the panelists (in this case, actress Melissa …
On last night's episode of Conan, stand-up comedian Ryan Hamilton let us all know that it's OK to be from Idaho or any state in between New York and California. I spent my first two years after college working at a daily newspaper in Idaho, so Hamilton and I often …
Tim Minchin's current two-hour show is great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Magical. As I've said and written before, he's much more than a musical comedian. I saw him last week in New York City, and there's something really deep to what he manages to weave into his comedy and music. If you're in …
Conan O'Brien misspoke last night. Jen Kirkman's new stand-up comedy CD isn't out until next week, but she is funny, as you can see in this performance of hers on Conan, in which she talks about marriage, murder and the problem with kids who don't want to know about what …
Reese Waters was supposed to be on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson earlier this month, but got bumped to last Friday. In his network TV debut, Waters jokes about trying to quit smoking and his relationship with his ex-girlfriend (fun fact: who also is a stand-up comedian). Another fun …
Al Madrigal stopped by Conan last night and described his day with a day laborer. No. Not his day as a day laborer. With one. Why did you read it the wrong way? Why did I type it the right way and then go off on this tangent? Stop looking …
Here's something you don't see all that often. It's comedian Albert Brooks on a talk show in 2011! Then again, Brooks recently did join Twitter, too, to promote his new book. So perhaps it's not as much of a surprise. Still enjoyable, though. Even if he sold most of his …