Conan O’Brien’s audition for NBC’s “Late Night,” April 13, 1993
by With all of the renewed talk about the shuffling of late-night TV hosts, can you believe it has been 20 years since a then-unknown Conan …
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RIP Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)
Jonathan Winters, one of the most inventive and inspired comedians whose career spanned the entire second half of the twentieth century, has died. He was …
Milton Berle’s 1974 documentary, “Mad Mad World of Comedy”
Here’s something for your (TBT) Throwback Thursday files. Within the opening minute of Milton Berle’s Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (made and aired in 1974-1975), …
Career at the turning point: Nina Conti rediscovers ventriloquism through “Her Master’s Voice”
About five years ago, Nina Conti faced a crisis of self-confidence regarding her career as a ventriloquist — despite winning the BBC New Comedy Award at the …
Conan O’Brien reunites with The Simpsons writers for some “Serious Jibber-Jabber”
For his next episode of his spin-off video podcast, Serious Jibber-Jabber With Conan O’Brien, O’Brien reunites with his former co-workers from the writers’ room of The …
Pete Lee’s debut on Late Show with David Letterman
Pete Lee made his debut last night on Late Show with Dqvid Letterman. Lee, who appears weekly on the new version of VH1’s Best Week …
First look: Bo Burnham’s “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous” on MTV
Anyone who has followed Bo Burnham’s burgeoning comedy career from his bedroom out to the comedy clubs and theaters literally has seen him and his …
So You Want to Win a Comedy Contest? Life lessons from six stand-up champions
So you want to win a comedy contest? Sounds like fun, right? Maybe if you win. But first, you have to enter the competition. Submit …
On Conan, Nate Bargatze talks about his father’s magic, clowning; pranks his friend
Nate Bargatze returned to perform on Conan again on Monday night, but some friends and family also joined him on the TBS stage in story …
Vice profiles “The Man Behind @DadBoner,” comedian Mike Burns
You may not know that you’re already following the career of comedian Mike Burns, unless you already know that Burns also types out observations on …