The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Online, this clever kid from New Hampshire is SimplyMattD. But that simply won’t do when you’re making your national TV debut, so Conan O’Brien introduced him to you on your tubes under his real name, Matt Donaher. Donaher’s set examined his lifelong difficulties with women, and a slightly related bit …
The Lucas Brothers have been animated on FOX, served up laughs on 22 Jump Street, and joined the new sketch comedy show Friends of the People on truTV, but at their roots identical twins Kenny and Keith Lucas are stand-up comedians. Their first late-night set happened way back when Jimmy …
Brian Regan has performed stand-up so many times on Late Show with David Letterman that when Letterman introduced Regan on Friday night’s episode, Letterman didn’t even try to give a specific number. “More than 25 times,” is what he said. What made this night special, though: Regan also received an …
Halloween Friday was a busy night for stand-up comedians on late-night network TV. Alingon Mitra performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. You may remember seeing Mitra this summer on TV and online as the “Comic Comeback” winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. On Ferguson, Mitra notes that …
The “Greatest Generation” won a world war, had to drink pulp in their orange juice and couldn’t download a book into their hands within seconds. So how great were they, really? One of my faves, Gary Gulman, performed on Tuesday’s Conan and put all of that and some more technological …
Lenny Marcus performed Friday night for his third time as a stand-up comedian on Late Show with David Letterman, and the third time actually is charming if you watched the portion of the show before Marcus appeared onstage. As soon as Marcus switches gears in this set to mock vegans, …
Dan St. Germain showed up to perform in a suit on Monday’s Conan, which is an odd look for this man at this location. As he readily acknowledged. His ex-girlfriend left him to work for Google, which is awkward for all of us. I wonder what his future self would tell …
Denver-based comedian Andrew Orvedahl made his debut Monday on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and let’s just say it’s more significant than a pre-school graduation. Orvedahl would go much further than that. Both in life and in this routine. Fun fact: Andrew is one-third of The Grawlix, a Denver …
Dane Cook is in New York City this weekend, and showed up Friday to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. What about love? Are you in love? How do you talk when you’re in love? Roll the clips! They’re cut into two because of NBC’s rule of nothing …
Simon Amstell returned to Late Show with David Letterman on Friday night, a little older, a little less cheeky? That’s his worry. Well, one of his worries. Amstell jokes about his fragile ego and having to live in competition with others for happiness. Perhaps a trip to Peru is in …
