The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you tuned in last night to Conan’s special Breaking Bad episode, then perhaps you noticed that TBS offered what the network called a “Sneak Pete” at its upcoming late-night series, The Pete Holmes Show. And what a delightfully odd duck of a preview it was. Roll the clip! Fans …
Louis C.K. is in Los Angeles for the upcoming Emmy Awards on Sunday night, but he certainly got into the spirit of #tbt last night as he and Conan O’Brien went total Throwback Thursday on Conan by reminiscing about their first days and nights on Late Night with Conan O’Brien …
First rule of Chinatown is there are no rules. It’s Chinatown, Julian! Wait. Neither of those movie lines came back to haunt me or you when Julian McCullough performed on Wednesday night’s episode of Conan. What we did see and hear is McCullough’s own experience with Chinatown (New York City …
With all of the late-night TV talk once again centered on NBC, sometimes Conan O’Brien and David Letterman can feel like odd men out. The comedy thing that binds them together, at least last night, was Steve Martin. In an odd, sincere tribute to Letterman, Tuesday night’s Conan featured a …
Good news all around for Team Coco this week. Jimmy Pardo is stepping in as Conan O’Brien’s sidekick tonight and Wednesday night for tapings of Conan on TBS. Whither Andy Richter, you say? You don’t say! No. Don’t say it. Because Richter is busy with his own new TV project …
In case you missed it last night, Jimmy Fallon invited Howard Stern on his Late Night show last night, and Stern immediately went into Fallon with advice and suggestions for making his show better in February 2014 when he moves up an hour and takes over The Tonight Show. “I …
What’s happening in the comedy world these days… Johnny Carson is coming back to your TVs in primetime, with Conan O’Brien hosting The Tonight Show once more? Yes, yes, and here’s why and how: A remix of classic interviews called Carson on TCM bows Monday nights this summer, starting July …
The Golden Globes may be criticized year-in and year-out for skewing nominations and awards to the hottest celebrities, but what about the Webbys? For all of the great work uploading and exploding online, the Webby Awards is a corporate entity that traditionally recognizes and honors the star-power in the Internet. …
Conan O’Brien had a tough act to follow Saturday night as headliner at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. President Barack Obama killed with his 23-minute feature spot. President Obama, following Ed Henry from FOX News (who served as the host/opening act), joked that he “had 99 problems, and now …
Has it really been 25 years since The Simpsons rejuvenated the idea of animated TV in primetime? Well, yes and no. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson first emerged as shorts on the fledgling FOX network during The Tracey Ullman Show in April 1987 — 26 years years ago. …
