Joe Zimmerman on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Joe Zimmerman doesn’t feel old, but the casting people he auditions for have other ideas about him based on his look, as he explained in this set on The Late Late Show. This set is for the birds!
Episode #388: Addie Weyrich
Addie Weyrich got an early jump on her comedy career, dropping out of NYU when the teenager’s work with the likes of the Upright Citizens Brigade, Improv Everywhere and Buzzfeed were taking off. She scored roles on episodes of Crashing on HBO, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon, and Your …
Moses Storm on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Moses Storm got to spend his birthday performing stand-up comedy on national network TV, thanks to The Tonight Show. If you haven’t yet caught Storm’s HBO Max special, then this bit will give you a taste.
Episode #387: Karen Chee
Karen Chee is a writer and performer for Late Night with Seth Meyers. She has previously written for the Golden Globes and the Amazon Prime Video special, Yearly Departed, has developed TV pilots for Netflix and Comedy Central, and has published humor pieces in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. All …
Phil Wang on Late Night with Seth Meyers
You may recognize Phil Wang from his recent appearance on Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth on Hulu, or from my podcast. But Wang’s about to head out on a U.S. tour, and he made a pit stop Tuesday on Late Night to share some jokes.
Lara Beitz on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Lara Beitz made her TV debut a couple of years ago on Comedy Central, but had to wait until now to make her network TV debut as a stand-up on The Late Late Show. Which meant she got to make some major changes in the interim. Who wants ribs, anyhow? …
Episode #386: Alison Leiby
Alison Leiby is a writer and comedian who started her own showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City called It’s A Long Story. Leiby’s story is still being told. In TV, it has included late-night writing on staff for Comedy Central’s The President Show, and The …
Emmy Blotnick on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show for years had stand-up comedians perform at separate comedy-only tapings, but not this time. Former Late Show writer Emmy Blotnick got the full experience with her former boss Stephen Colbert watching from the desk, as Blotnick joked about how real-life conversations are awkward now thanks to the …
Episode #385: Irene Tu
Irene Tu is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. After moving to Berkeley from Chicago, she quickly established herself in the Bay Area comedy scene. The San Francisco Chronicle singled her out as an “artist on the brink of fame,” while other outlets have named her to the …
On Second Thought: Gilbert Gottfried on how “The Aristocrats” changed his career
Gilbert Gottfried invited me into his home in 2017 so he could remind us what kind of comedian he was before 2001, why he decided to launch into “The Aristocrats” at the Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner for Comedy Central, and how it completely changed the arc of his career. …