The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Eugene Mirman’s routines have a non sequitur vibe upon first blush, but if you change your focus just a smidge, it all blends together harmoniously. Take Mirman’s performance on Wednesday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. He opens with a bit about an audition scene set in the 1920s — topical …
Nick Griffin returned to Late Show with David Letterman for another stand-up set on Friday’s show — his 10th appearance on the program! That’s a long-term relationship. Sort of. Probably a healthier one than the relationships Griffin talks about in this set. Even his. “Lesson learned,” he said. “I also …
You remember those UPS ads that said they did more before 10:30 in the morning than you did all day? Well, it’s not the UPS that makes Nate Bargatze feel so lazy, so much as it’s pretty much everything else. As Bargatze explained in his performance on Thursday’s Tonight Show …
Here’s a standard element of late-night TV newly incorporated into The Pete Holmes Show on TBS, as Holmes welcomed stand-up comedy to the program Wednesday night in the form of his friend Jared Logan. Logan let us know about his relationship with his girlfriend and their mutual love of bed-and-breakfast …
Ian Karmel found out something new about himself in the drive-thru line at Jack in the Box. Which is probably not the place he was expecting for revelations. Hearing it from his girlfriend, however? That may be a bit less surprising, as he learned and then shared with us in …
Lenny Marcus has an issue with the post office. Don’t we all? Wait. What’s a post office? I know I know (related by blood to the USPS), but how about you. On Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, Marcus reminded us how the questions the postal clerks ask you …
Bryan Kellen is happy to be married. For one thing, he doesn’t have to try to attract a mate while dealing with the humidity in Houston. You don’t have to picture it. Kellen will show you what that looks like, from Thursday night’s performance on Late Late Show with Craig …
Grawlix! Adam Cayton-Holland did stand-up on The Pete Holmes Show, and as he told us on the TV, he’s very much forward to performing at SXSW in Austin this year based on his first time performing there last year. Suffice it to say, it’s much more pleasurable than prom. Or …
Isaac Witty has come to terms with the fact that his hair is balding, but he’s still figuring out the best way to meet people — whether it’s picking up a woman in a bar or just shaking the hand of another guy. As Witty explained in this stand-up performance …
Chris Porter has regrets. Well, at least one. An ex-girlfriend, whom he remembers in this stand-up performance on Tuesday night’s Arsenio. As well as the thought that’s not in your head about hippie vegan tigers getting all judge-y. Go on. Think about it. Picture it. Ready? Roll the clip!
