The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Stephen Colbert is a devout Catholic. Ricky Gervais is a proud atheist. Although Gervais described himself more as an “agnostic atheist” on Wednesday’s Late Show, after Colbert questioned him about his Twitter fights with critics over religion. Can you believe in religion and science both? Why do we have something and …
It’s no secret that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and its host are not fans of the incoming Trump Administration at the White House. But what about Colbert’s former alter-ego, that conservative blowhard “Stephen Colbert” who raged and raved for a decade on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report? Well, …
Gary Gulman delivered the best late-night stand-up performance on TV in 2016, and here he is in the first weeks of 2017 with even more from his stellar special, “It’s About Time” (read my review), as he joked on Friday night’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert about the negotiations we …
Gabriel Iglesias got nostalgic while performing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, realizing that CBS also tapes The Price is Right in the same complex of studios. But really get Fluffy going by debating him on Marvel vs. DC Comics, a bit he also performs in his newest …
Gad Elmaleh is French Moroccan, but the comedian and actor is fully assimilating into America now, as he demonstrated in this stand-up performance in English on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. You can hear Elmaleh describe his move to America and learning English and why in …
Tom Papa has a new stand-up special out on EPIX called Human Mule, but for this performance on Friday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Papa is more content to celebrate all of us, and how difficult it can be for us just to get through the day …
Kevin McDonald is one of the original founders of The Kids in the Hall, the legendary sketch comedy troupe that started in Toronto, then became internationally famous over five seasons in the late 1980s and early 1990s thanks to HBO and later CBS. McDonald’s recurring characters included The King of …
David Letterman had his memorable moments manning the drive-thru line at Taco Bell, and this past weekend, to prepare for Thanksgiving 2016, his successor at The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, tried his hands at answering phone calls from actual customers to the Butterball turkey talk line. How’d he do? Let’s …
Kurt Braunohler has waited tables before, because most comedians usually have worked other jobs before making a living full-time in show business, but as Braunohler joked on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, he recently encountered a waitress so bad at her job, she may just …
Iliza Shlesinger performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and delivered comedy on something we all can agree on, no matter our politics. A woman will keep applying makeup and changing her hair until her date arrives, no matter how much time that takes and regardless of whether …
