The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 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? …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Toronto has a rich history of producing great sketch comedy performers and troupes that have crossed over in the United States. Among the TV series: SCTV. Bizzare. The Kids in the Hall. Baroness Von Sketch Show. And now the foursome from the sketch group, TallBoyz II Men, who broke out …
Emil Wakim made his Tonight Show debut on Tuesday, joking about how he knows he should know what’s up in the Middle East, and how he’d love to appeal to everyone, but first off, he has to figure out how to address everyone properly. Y’all get it, right?
Katie Hannigan taught preschoolers and performed as a mime before embarking on a full-time career as a stand-up comedian. So far, so good. Hannigan was a New Face at Just For Laughs Montreal, made her late-night TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert soon after. Hannigan has appeared …
You wouldn’t know it from the title and caption on the YouTube video, but this Nana indeed has a name, and she’s Debbie Bazza from the Bronx. Bazza got to perform stand-up on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show as part of a weeklong Nana stunt to promote Jimmy Fallon’s …
