The Definitive Guide to Comedy
How about Mrs. Doubtfire sequel? Forget about that. How about that Mike Recine? Here he is from Tuesday night’s show on Conan, making his debut. Funny stuff. Love that joke about his hot teacher getting married and changing her name (do we all have one of those growing up?!), as …
Andy Kindler returned once more to the Late Show with David Letterman to perform on Friday night’s episode. Kindler also broadcast this message (pictured above), wondering how he’ll cope with the departure of his late-night hero. Health-wise, Kindler joked that his doctor says his “cholesterol is excellent, but I’m low …
Jasper Redd wanted to address America last night, and so he spoke out on Arsenio. The comedian envisioned a day in which President Barack Obama finds his legacy commemorated in coin. Perhaps the penny? Redd jokes about how the penny is the blackest of money, and uses “his third eye” …
Dan Telfer knows dinosaurs. How well does he know dinosaurs? Well enough to challenge the audience on The Pete Holmes Show to name the best, baddest extinct dinosaur of all time, only to have him tell them why they’re most likely, probably wrong. By the way, Telfer said this via …
Carl Reiner appeared as a guest Tuesday night on Arsenio, and when he saw Arsenio Hall welcome a spoken-word act to the program, Reiner wanted to read a little something of his own. This is “Ode To the Buttocks Bountiful,” a 70-year-old poem the young Reiner wrote and still remembers. …
Ryan Hamilton knows what he looks like, you guys. And as a stand-up comedian, Hamilton knows to come out swinging and takes the first shot at himself, and then some, referring to his permanent smile and how it makes him look more like a comedy club logo than an actual …
We were treated to a two-song hip-hop set from Zach Sherwin on Thursday night’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show. First up, “Flag Roast.” Look out, Monaco! Your flag is toast. Copied, buttered toast by so many other countries. But which country’s flag will win in a dragon fight: Bhutan …
Emily Heller lets the audience know there are definite do’s and do not’s when you’re housesitting. On this set from Wednesday night’s Conan, Heller recognizes that she is an adult woman, and there are better ways to treat a cat. Perhaps she should listen to a different radio station? Roll …
Bill Cosby dropped by for a good bit of the hour Wednesday on Arsenio, not only delivering almost seven minutes of stand-up — in which he joked about how old people only talk with each other about their current medications or their late parents — then reminisced about the time …
Black may not crack, but Paul Mooney, at 72, shows signs of wear and tear. On Monday night’s episode of Arsenio, he ambled onstage with a cane, and seemed to be in no sweet hurry to get anywhere anytime soon in his late-night TV performance. Mooney joked that host Arsenio …
