The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When David Letterman introduced Jake Johannsen on Wednesday night’s Late Show for his 46th and final stand-up performance on Letterman’s shows, it dawned on Johannsen that his 28-year relationship with Dave is longer than most all relationships. Speaking of his wife, Jake jokes about the very appeal of wife-swapping, and …
Seaton Smith delivered a breakout performance this winter in FOX’s seemingly short-lived sitcom, Mulaney. Getting that role made Smith consider, however briefly, the possibility of becoming a Republican — as he joked on Thursday night’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. Smith also jokes about having to explain to his …
Bill Murray and Will Ferrell are two funny men too funny for Twitter — and don’t you dare support those joke thieves who continue to cybersquat on their Twitter presences, because they’re frauds. Suffice it to say, you won’t see Murray or Ferrell promoting their fashion senses on Twitter. But …
“I am so trained as a husband,” Dana Gould said on Wednesday’s Conan. Emerging from a divorce, he might not know how to approach a new lady for a date. And yet, as he explains toward the end of his latest stand-up performance, Gould has thought through even the very …
George Miller died in 2003 from complications of leukemia at the age of 61, but before that, the stand-up comedian from the Seattle area had appeared some 56 times on David Letterman’s NBC and CBS late-night TV shows. “George was my oldest friend, and one of the funniest people I …
Fans of Craig Ferguson’s version of The Late Late Show on CBS received a special treat this week when his robot skeleton sidekick returned to the show to perform stand-up. Well, the guy who provided the voice of “Geoff Peterson” did, anyhow, which may have caused you to readjust your …
Brendon Walsh perfomed on Thursday’s episode of The Late Late Show with guest host Drew Carey, and regaled us with a tale of his time back when he lived in Austin, Texas. You see, back then and there, Walsh was gifted a 1961 Plymouth Valiant to drive around — for …
Artie Lange already has achieved favored-guest status with Jimmy Fallon, and usually heads straight to the panel to talk smack with Jimmy. But on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lange started off with a stand-up set, in which he dished about the Kardashian family — …
Paula Poundstone is what she’d call an asexual atheist. But she understands that some people think and pray a lot more about sex on a daily basis, particularly her teen-aged son. Poundstone joked about the disparity in her performance on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show with guest host …
Beth Stelling reminded us on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live that her siblings and mother still live back in Ohio, as if they didn’t have a choice in the matter. As Stelling jokes, her mother also seems to have problems figuring out her cell phone plan and options, and could use …
