The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Is Nick Griffin feeling depressed, or is this just a natural state of being once you hit your 40s? On Tuesday night’s Conan, Griffin isn’t quite sure. He does know now that if it’s not sex, money, booze, or dessert, then he’s not having any of it. And don’t try …
We all had the opportunity the past few years to see how well Nasim Pedrad could impersonate and mock Kim Kardashian on Saturday Night Live, but if you blinked, then you may have missed your chance to see Pedrad’s impersonation of comedian Aziz Ansari. Never fear. When Pedrad showed up …
Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, aka Garfunkel and Oates, performed their song, “The Fade Away,” on Thursday night’s Conan. It’s about how some of their female friends break up with boyfriends via passive aggression. Roll it. Micucci and Lindhome are enjoying their first season playing Garfunkel and Oates on IFC, …
On Monday, Mel Brooks joined the select group of movie stars who have immortalized their handprints and footprints in the cement outside the iconic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Then Brooks told Conan O’Brien how he successfully snuck in an 11th finger — six fingers instead of five on his …
Almost every comedian I know shared a photo and/or an anecdote about Joan Rivers tonight in the wake of her death at 81, a week after she suffered cardiac arrest and stopped breathing during throat surgery. (Read the obituary of Joan Rivers here) Looking at all of these photos shows …
Before he moved to Los Angeles and broke into TV, such as his current recurring role on the FX series Married, Brett Gelman was an improviser in New York City. One of his earliest big breaks came via the New York Lottery. No, he didn’t win it. He starred in …
“So, I was just fired from Saturday Night Live.” How’s that for an opening line to your stand-up comedy set on the TV? But wait. Brooks Wheelan followed up that salvo on Tuesday’s Conan with this: “That’s not even the worst thing that happened to me this summer.” Roll the …
Fresh off his performance a few weeks ago at Montreal’s Just For Laughs as a New Face, fresh-faced Hampton Yount made his stand-up debut on Conan Wednesday night. Yount wonders why local TV news anchors use a very specific type of delivery to introduce some stories, lets us know a …
I don’t know if Cameron Esposito ever considered calling her upcoming stand-up album Zero Penis Summer, but I’m sure Same Sex Symbol has a certain symmetry and family-friendly appeal when merchandising and marketing, too. In this performance from Thursday’s Conan, you’ll also hear Esposito relay a delightful tale about two …
Here is the Talking Dead spoof you didn’t know you kneaded. Ahem. It’s “Talking Bread,” with your host Chris Hardwick, well, talking bread with guests Andy Daly and Tig Notaro. Thanks, Team Coco? Yes. That’s what this is. Roll the clip!
