The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Performing on Arsenio was a childhood dream come true for Gabriel Iglesias. Even if the Fluffy Guy is not a kid anymore. He’s a man who works on movies for adults (Magic Mike) and kids alike (Planes). Working for Disney is much different than working for Nickelodeon, though. I’ll let …
You don’t have to be training for a marathon to know that a cleanse isn’t even as much fun as it sounds. And since Monday is Patriot’s Day in Boston, it’s a fine time to remember the Boston Tea Party and how much Americans have contributed to tea over the …
Jamie Lee is half Jewish, all writer on The Pete Holmes Show. Holy Thursday, it’s time to see Lee perform stand-up on the program! She jokes about being single, but beware using your pickup lines on her as she’ll take you quite literally. So, no. The carpets don’t match the …
Tom Segura needs a hobby. As a stand-up comedian who works the road, Segura has a lot of down time. And as he explained to the audience on Wednesday’s episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, that leaves him with room on his schedule for something to occupy …
My friend and yours Dan Soder performed on Tuesday night’s Conan, and don’t let the scruff fool you. He’s still a big kid at heart. And yet, he has enough perspective to know that his grandparents were The Greatest Generation, and that the kids his friends are having are very …
Root root root for the home team, and if they win, you can take credit in it! That’s not how the song goes, but it helps to think that way for the opening bit of Adam Ray‘s performance on Thursday night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Ray is a …
Brent Sullivan’s digital profile is slowly growing, as well as his list of TV credits. Sullivan (@mrbrettsullivan) performed stand-up on Thursday’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show, and had no problems detailing his embarrassing youthful indiscretions in AOL chat rooms, on the New York City subway and high school English …
Nikki Glaser broke up with her boyfriend but they’re back together again, so you can all breathe a little bit easier now. Because the alternative would be porn? No. Not that. Anything but that. Glaser explains in this stand-up performance on Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. Hit the showers! …
You may have seen Rob Gleeson on TV before, in Showtime’s House of Lies or other sitcoms and commercials. But as Gleeson explained in this stand-up performance on Monday’s Conan, he had been living in his own house of lies until this past year, when he came out of the …
So what if you’re racially profiled at an art museum? As Byron Bowers explained on Thursday night’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show…perhaps there is a good reason for it. If you use your imagination. Speaking of art, Bowers also reminds us that most great artists have personal flaws. Is …
