The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jesse Elias was a “New Face” in Montreal last summer, and last night, he remained a new face one last time for network television, as Elias made his debut as a stand-up comedian on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The young man from the Bay Area and a stage presence evoking memories …
If you’ve never gotten high on marijuana before, then perhaps don’t. But if you ever plan on doing so, then cue up “The High Song” by comedians Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff, and then decide. Here they are, performing that song off of their new EP, on Thursday night’s episode …
It took a few months, but The Late Late Show with James Corden finally welcomed its first stand-up comedian to the show to perform stand-up. Although Nick Thune took the idea and ran with it, arriving onstage in black-tie with an acceptance speech prepared for the award he held proclaiming …
Tim Minchin stopped by Conan on Monday night to perform one of his songs from the Broadway hit, Matilda the Musical. This is “When I Grow Up,” featuring Minchin on piano and vocals, with more than a little help from three of the touring Matildas. Roll the clip!
As a lifelong native New Yorker, Colin Quinn must have appeared in multiple episodes within the Law & Order universe on NBC, right? You’d think that, wouldn’t you. So would Quinn. Especially since every other NYC comedian and aspiring actor has performed a turn in one or more of the …
Gina Brillon‘s sister has low self-esteem, and it’s not because Gina is a stand-up comedian, or why she is. Nor does it explain why Gina sees a therapist herself. A therapist might be a better dating option for her than the young boys in New York City who keep hitting …
Elayne Boosler was a regular performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Carson, and this week the “new” guy Jimmy Fallon brought her back for a new stand-up set. Just in time for the next Macy’s One Day Sale! The main thing that’s changed for her since the Carson era …
The great Gary Gulman went against character on Tuesday’s Conan by going into character. Or rather, by going along with his girlfriend’s idea to introduce role-playing into their bedroom routine. Which goes pretty deep. As Gulman explained in this stand-up set. Roll the clip!
On this day in 1982, the first year of David Letterman’s 33-year run in late-night television, Todd Barry already was a man with a plan for his comedy career. Or as Letterman introduced him: “Todd Barry. Apparently a man with a lot of time on his hands.” That’s because he …
Jenny Zigrino came close to winning Funniest Wins last summer on TBS, and now Thursday night she returned to the station, this time to make her late-night TV debut as a stand-up comedian on Conan. Zigrino came up with a song you can singalong to, if you’d like, about having …
