The Definitive Guide to Comedy
“I wear a lot of flannel, ’cause I’m pretty butch for a lady.” Or because he’s the weak paper towel version of Brawny. Find out more about young Brad Wenzel from his first stand-up comedy performance on Conan. He was a finalist for the “Conan Just Sayin Contest” back in …
When Conan O’Brien traveled to Qatar with Joining Forces to perform for the American military stationed there, he not only came with First Lady Michelle Obama and Grace Potter, but also brought a few comedians. Among them: John Mulaney, and two of his Conan writers, Laurie Kilmartin and Brian Kiley. …
Check out the nervous energy Marques Ray brings to his first performance on Conan on Thursday night, which feeds into giggles from the audience for his jokes, crowd work, characters and celebrity impersonations. That Johnny Depp, in particular, man. It makes for the fun kind of showcase set that you …
Maria Bamford is Stephen Colbert’s favorite comedian. Don’t take my word for it. Colbert said that himself when he invited Bamford onto The Late Show on Friday night to really kick off the show’s relationship with stand-up comedy and comedians. Bamford joked about being a newlywed and keeping the love …
Joe List has a sweet fiance, but perhaps there’s a better way for her to let him know he’s not hot? Don’t worry, though. He’ll never cheat on her. For the obvious reasons, and also for several funny ones, which List explained in his performance Monday night on Conan. Roll …
For her third appearance performing stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Iliza Shlesinger went back to catch viewers up on her notion of the “party goblin,” a concept explaining that part of your subconscious that talks you into making poor decisions that she has joked about before — …
Rory Scovel’s first stand-up hour special, The Charleston Special, takes the comedian back home to familiar ground in South Carolina, but asks viewers to go somewhere new and different in Seeso, the new streaming Video On Demand subscription platform that went live yesterday. Seeso is available online at Seeso.com or …
It took four months for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to book a stand-up comedian performing stand-up comedy, and who knows how much longer we might have had to wait if not for Jerry Seinfeld’s appearance Monday night — since Seinfeld insists upon performing stand-up as a prerequisite to …
Jamie Lee‘s starting her 2016 off right, hosting a new show called 10 Things that debuts tonight on truTV, and performing stand-up Monday night on The Late Late Show with James Corden. For one thing, Lee wants us all to know she’s not just a “basic bitch” because she has …
Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff returned to Conan on Monday night to perform another song off of their EP, “I Don’t Care, I Like It.” And this song takes a moment to build toward its fun reveal. Although since you read the headline, perhaps you already know where it’s going. …
