The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Henry Cho‘s wife is from a small all-white town in Alabama, so just imagine how they react when Cho and his side of the family come to visit. Then again, you don’t have to imagine it, as Cho explained it during his stand-up set on Monday’s Late Late Show with …
Black don’t crack. Just look at Arsenio Hall, as Helen Hong noted opening her stand-up set on Monday’s Arsenio. Black don’t crack is a cool saying, but Asians age well, too — and Hong thinks they need a catchphrase to honor that. “Rice stays nice!” You know what’s not nice? The …
Brooke Van Poppelen taped her stand-up performance on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last month, and through the magic of television, it appeared on our TV screens late Friday night and online over the weekend. We got to learn about BVP’s parents, too, in this set, and their love …
Sheng Wang likes seeing ladies at his gym, but he’s not going to try too hard to impress them with his own strength and flexibility. For one thing, he has a girlfriend. Wang explains in this performance from Wednesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. With Valentine’s Day around the …
What are you most afraid of? Heights? Public speaking? Chris Fairbanks has other ideas, and he’ll gladly share them with you, as he did on last night’s Conan. Brushing his teeth doesn’t scare him, but it does scare his roommate. Also, what do you say at the end of the …
There was something a bit odd about Phil Perrier’s stand-up performance Wednesday night on Arsenio. No, it wasn’t the long limp out to center stage on a cane. That was odd, to be sure. But no. The answer we were looking for is host Arsenio Hall’s quips to Perrier after …
You know how they say jazz is all about the musical notes that you don’t hear? You don’t know that? Well, now you do. That’s how and why I laughed so much at Myq Kaplan’s performance on Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman. Kaplan has done Letterman, before, and …
Christian Finnegan and his wife, Kambri, live in NYC, but have mixed feelings about it. Which makes them real New Yorkers! Don’t take my word for it. Let Finnegan explain in his stand-up set from Thursday’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. As a compromise, Finnegan and his wife bought …
Neal Brennan has a new hour stand-up special, his first, debuting on Comedy Central this weekend. You can see some of what’s up Brennan’s sleeves by watching his performance on Tuesday night’s Arsenio. Roll the clip! Brennan also shows off his red socks and Barack Obama impersonation in a second …
Bill Cosby sat down for another stand-up set on Monday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, then sat down with Letterman for a delightful panel chat. This time around, Cos wanted us to know what it’s like for him as a grandfather, thinking that a pinata at a 5-year-old’s birthday …
