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Dana Carvey did many things to entertain you Thursday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Carson — from playing a “Wheel of Impressions” with Fallon (in which they both dusted off impersonations of Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger), to performing his “Choppin’ Broccoli” song that won him a spot …
As a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Michelle Wolf already has enjoyed plenty of chances to shine onscreen in sketches and segments, particularly as Grown-Up Annie and as Cassandra in the game show, “Fake or Florida.” On Thursday night’s show, Wolf got her first opportunity to perform stand-up, …
Paul Morrissey may remind you of a younger Jim Gaffigan in some ways, joking about how pale he is and how poorly he eats. But perhaps I’m biased. Because I’ve lived with my roommate for three years now, which means he and I might be common-law married?! Yikes. The things …
Daniel Sloss returned to Conan on Thursday night to talk about the ladies of Wimbledon, the futility of making videogame soccer a bit too realistic, and the dilemma of Tinder. Timely! Topical! Trendy! Things are not going well for Sloss on all three fronts, which makes for more jokes for …
Hari Kondabolu‘s stand-up theme on Monday night’s Conan was colonialism, which meant that he delivered it in English — even though the waiter spoke in Chinese, when we all know that you’re supposed to do in Rome what the Romans do. But what would Adam and Steve do? A lot …
Roy Wood Jr. returned to perform on Conan in advance of the upcoming season of Sullivan & Son (also on TBS). Wood makes a reasoned case for why Captain America is the best superhero of them all — we’re talking movie versions, not necessarily comic-book versions, mind you — and …
Gary Gulman has a great bit about shopping at Whole Foods, but he’s really enamored with Trader Joe’s, too. On Thursday night’s The Pete Holmes Show, Gulman delivered an ode to Trader Joe’s and the employees who work there — with an aside for lions, witches, wardrobes and “Oreos.” Did …
Myq Kaplan puts enough thought into his jokes that he’s thought out the arguments and counterarguments, and those are all part of the jokes, too. In this set from Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Kaplan fills us in on Facebook’s thoughts on adding a second button as an alternative …
It’s a regular Last Comic Standing party up here this week. Season 6 winner Iliza Shlesinger performed on Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and she brought flatbread for everyone. Just kidding. Just the ladies. Just kidding. You know what she’s talking about, though. Shlesinger also …
How long has it been since Dave Chappelle left his Comedy Central series, Chappelle’s Show? Long enough that in his first appearance on Late Show with David Letterman in a decade, Chappelle joked to Letterman that he just says to Comedy Central that he hasn’t quit. “I am seven years …
