The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Black dudes in hoodies: A scary thing, but how scary, really? That’s the question Ian Edwards poses and answers in his stand-up set on Tuesday night’s Conan. Hint: Not as scary as white dudes in suits. And then there is the Rev. Al Sharpton, in a suit. Which is a …
Julian McCullough toured with Jimmy Fallon last fall on his Clean Cut Comedy Tour, so obviously, Fallon knows McCullough has five minutes of TV-clean material to perform on The Tonight Show. Which he did this past Friday night! In this set, he jokes about how open it is in Kansas. …
Beth Stelling has made choices in her life. We’ve all made choices. You know we all can make choices, right? For Stelling, it’s leaving Ohio, touring the country telling jokes, maintaining a long-distance relationship, and telling really great jokes. This set on Thursday night’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show …
Joe List likes to worry. Fortunately, he only has to joke about worrying because this set on Thursday night’s Late Show with David Letterman is fantastic. The kind of set that puts hair on his chest, drops a few pounds on the scale and makes him smile a big smile. …
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Nick Turner on Late Night with Seth Meyers! I knew it the whole time. But what about the guy who didn’t? Turner jokes about that guy, as well as how his weight loss delights friends and confuses strangers. Roll the clip!
Gary Vider made his TV debut last night on Conan. Perhaps this will help his financial situation a little bit, or at least enough so he won’t have to come up with any more creative ways to ask his parents for money. And that, in turn, would help his dating …
In case you missed it, Dan Boulger returned to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to perform stand-up again on Monday night’s episode. Boulger had been booked earlier in the month but bumped for time constraints. In this set, Boulger makes light of his lightweight status. Because: Diabetes! Not …
Joe DeRosa moved out to Los Angeles to work as a writer on The Pete Holmes Show, and on Thursday night’s program, he appeared once more onscreen — but this time in his capacity as a stand-up. Living and working in Hollywood has really changed DeRosa. Not really. But really, …
Ali Wong has some good news bad news happening in her personal life — on the one hand, she recently got engaged; on the other, her fiance has a gluten allergy. And ’til death do you part means forever because Wong is Asian. As she explained Thursday night in this …
Look at this photo and tell me which drummer is comedian Will Ferrell and which drummer is Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Exactly. The two men finally faced off in a drum-off on Thursday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, all for charity and arranged via …
