The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Zach Galifianakis was Jimmy Kimmel’s first guest back Monday after paternity leave from Jimmy Kimmel Live. We quickly learned that Galifianakis had prepared as if he were guest hosting for Kimmel. Sure they joked about it in the opening segment. But Galifianakis had done his homework, as we also saw …
You can put a suit on Pete Lee, but it’s not going to disguise his wholesome face and Midwestern accent, as he proved and then joked about in his performance on Friday’s Tonight Show. Lee crushed with a series of jokes mocking his supposed softness and earned multiple applause breaks …
For Jimmy Kimmel’s final day of paternity leave this week, he turned over hosting duties of Jimmy Kimmel Live to David Spade. Spade joked that he’s what previous night’s guest host Kristen Bell “would look like in 15 years.” Spade further made fun of his looks by playing a game …
I’ve been telling you since Anthony Atamanuik first stepped onto the UCB stage to debate James Admonian as “Trump vs. Bernie” for the first time, that we were watching something special. Sure, you can find plenty of other Trump impersonators, and plenty more since Trump became president. You may laugh …
Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live began with a warning, because a broadcast network was allowing a woman to host a late-night talk show! Hooray for Kristen Bell! In her monologue, she joked that although this was a first for her, “I legitimately hate Matt Damon,” so she should be …
Sarah Tollemache made her network TV debut on Thursday night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and she recounts all the steps it took her to get there. Sort of. Tollemache also has some handy tips for getting out of debt. Roll the clip!
If you’re worried about healthcare, then perhaps you should listen to Joe List‘s experiences, as he joked on Thursday’s Conan. Turns it you really should ask the right questions before you go into surgery. Roll the clip!
The Chris Gethard Show lives! And will live on as a live national cable TV show, with 16 new hour-long episodes ordered by truTV. It had aired two seasons on Fusion, after making the leap from stage show at the UCB Theatre to community access TV and livestreaming from NYC. …
So it looks as though Jimmy Kimmel will continue showing how much David Letterman inspired him as a talk show host by also using his paternity leave to churn through guest hosts as one-night stands, rather than picking a semi-permanent replacement. For Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the show opened …
Iliza Shlesinger made no secret of wanting her own late-night talk show, and Tuesday night, she premiered Truth & Iliza on Freeform. It’s a weekly half-hour, each week built around a theme of Shlesinger’s choosing. For her debut, she chose “Well, What Can We Say.” The episode included an opening …
