The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The 1980s were alive and lip-synched Monday night on Conan, as favored musical comedic guest Reggie Watts was on hand for something, well, completely different from his usual completely different performances. For one thing, he wasn’t alone onstage. Watts had The Dance Cartel with him to shake, shimmy and move …
When Robin Williams visited Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night, Kimmel was impressed not only just to have Williams on as a guest — it made him feel like he’s actually hosting a TV talk show — but also because he’d heard that Williams performed improvisational comedy with “the kids” …
Sean Patton has a younger brother. A much younger brother — 14 years younger. On Tuesday night’s Conan, Patton told a story of taking his brother to see Men in Black when the brother was only 4, and how his homemade neuralyzer would have a long-lasting impact on their brotherhood. …
The artist formerly known as Donald Glover made an appearance Tuesday night on The Arsenio Hall Show in his sleepwear and slippers, performing one of his new songs (“Shadows”) and chatting with Arsenio beforehand. Arsenio introduced Glover as Childish Gambino and waited for the audience to figure it out. Just …
Lil Rel already is living the dream just by having performed on Monday night’s Arsenio. Or so he said. Then again, just imagine if he had the same kind of bluetooth his uncle had. Now imagine him wearing a fitted dress. That’s a wholly different dream. Wake up and listen …
Nate Bargatze already performed once this year on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and back in June, Fallon couldn’t have enough nice things to say about the young stand-up comedian. Holding up his stand-up album and whatnot. Well, Fallon one-upped all of that on Friday night’s show. Two-upped it, really. …
Rhys Darby wasn’t just the ill-suited manager and diplomat for New Zealand’s musical duo Flight of the Conchords on HBO, he’s also a stand-up comedian himself. Darby was in New York City last weekend, and performed Friday night on Late Show with David Letterman. Darby proved why men aren’t necessarily …
Shout out to George Wallace for his stand-up performance on Wednesday night’s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show! Wallace — introduced by Arsenio as “Mr. Vegas” — kept it real and kept it topical by referencing the acts before him on the show, as well as audience members. Wallace also …
America the beautiful is so dreamy that we have more food and water than some other countries only can dream of…as Adam Yenser explained on Wednesday night’s Conan. Speaking of excess food, Yenser wonders why Applebee’s menu items sound like types of diarrhea. Just imagine, he could have eaten at …
Has Brian Regan really performed 27 times now on Late Show with David Letterman? Or is it 27 times overall, including NBC and CBS late-night spots? Either way, quite an accomplishment. Just keeping count, or maintaining your spot in line, is something, too. As Regan reminds us in this set …
