The Definitive Guide to Comedy
On Friday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Fallon showed audiences how NBC crews had constructed an exact replica of his set next door in Studio 6A, where the show will air when it returns from this break until February 2014. That’s when Studio 6B (where Fallon had taped for …
First rule of Chinatown is there are no rules. It’s Chinatown, Julian! Wait. Neither of those movie lines came back to haunt me or you when Julian McCullough performed on Wednesday night’s episode of Conan. What we did see and hear is McCullough’s own experience with Chinatown (New York City …
With all of the late-night TV talk once again centered on NBC, sometimes Conan O’Brien and David Letterman can feel like odd men out. The comedy thing that binds them together, at least last night, was Steve Martin. In an odd, sincere tribute to Letterman, Tuesday night’s Conan featured a …
Baron Vaughn looked rather dapper last night on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and he smelled good, too. Does YouTube have a scratch ‘n’ sniff edition available yet? No? Too soon? “Ladies, ladies all over the place!” Vaughn’s got something to say about mosquitos, but please do stick around …
“What’s your favorite stereotype?” Wait! Don’t answer that. It’s a trap! It’s a trap Hugh Moore is willing to jump into in this performance as he returned to the stage of Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Because he’s cool with the saying that “black don’t crack.” He’s also got …
I saw Dan St. Germain in Montreal last week at the Just For Laughs comedy festival, and can report that neither one of us was smoking or drinking. Not that we’re goody two-shoes, either one of us. On Conan last night, St. Germain talked about the realizations he has had …
Dwayne Perkins returned last night for another performance on Conan. Perkins said smartphones and Facebook have made us dumber. Just go onto Facebook “and type in almonds” and see what happens. That’s one of his suggestions. He also has ideas for the future of videogames, based on where we’ve come …
Cristela Alonzo will be in Montreal next week for the Just For Laughs comedy festival. Before heading north of the border, though, Alonzo stopped by Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to perform a bit of her stand-up comedy. A few bits, to be more precise; explaining the secret language …
Adam Newman made his network television debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Don’t take my word for it? Listen to Letterman himself make the introduction. Newman’s stand-up performance includes a discussion on former NBA star Dikembe Mutumbo, the joys of living in Brooklyn — unless you’re a …
Good news all around for Team Coco this week. Jimmy Pardo is stepping in as Conan O’Brien’s sidekick tonight and Wednesday night for tapings of Conan on TBS. Whither Andy Richter, you say? You don’t say! No. Don’t say it. Because Richter is busy with his own new TV project …
