The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Conan O’Brien has enjoyed great success when he leaves his late-night TV studios, whether at NBC or now TBS, to journey out for remote field pieces, whether they’ve been in New York City, Hollywood, Burbank or even off to Ireland and Finland. Over his four-day President’s Day weekend, O’Brien revealed …
Solomon Georgio made a dashing debut on Conan earlier this week, even though he might confuse some audience members or viewers at first, since he is an Ethiopian with an Italian name. And also because of how he chose to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Don’t worry, though. He …
If you think the people who review everything on Yelp are weird, then what do you make of the people who review online pornography videos? Ari Shaffir delivers his own take on the subject, in this stand-up performance on Tuesday night’s Conan. Roll the clip! Four-and-a-half stars! Much better than …
Brian Scolaro most recently appeared on your TV screens as a regular on the TBS sitcom, Sullivan and Son, and Tuesday night showed up on TBS late-nighter Conan to remind us how TV shows and advertisements often shame fat people by portraying them as dumb, too. Scolaro also has a …
Alingon Mitra made a big splash last summer on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and for this performance on Monday night’s episode of Conan, he once more tells us about his own issues with gay athletes and gay marriage. Which isn’t so much first-hand. Then again, he doesn’t know why people …
Simon Amstell returned to Conan on Wednesday night’s show to report that he’s in a great relationship with his current boyfriend. The only potential downsides to that? What didn’t happen in his previous relationships, and what’s happening in his dreams. Amstell is on tour, and will hit up some American …
The cowardly massacre of 12 people, including cartoonists at Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police officer and bystanders, made all of us in the comedy community pause to reflect on the nature of free expression and the importance of civility amid chaos. Some joined massive demonstrations in Paris, New …
Michael Palascak vows to tell his future children better bedtime stories than his mom told him when he was a kid. As the comedian explained in his stand-up performance on Monday’s Conan, Palasack still enjoys going home to visit his parents, though, wherein he learns all of the various parking …
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and moved to Los Angeles in the years and decades since then, hoping for show business to discover them and make them a star! New York …
Sebastian Maniscalco and his wife have different ways of dealing with a wild opossum in their yard. Same goes for squirrels, even! Let him explain in this stand-up set from Thursday night’s Conan. You can find a full hour where that came from in Maniscalco’s latest stand-up special, “Aren’t You …
