The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ricky Gervais announced late Wednesday that Samuel J. Comroe, a comedian born and raised in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, has won his Just Sayin’ app contest and will perform on Conan as part of his prize on Nov. 13, 2012. Congrats, Samuel! Watch Comroe’s official entry. How much appeal do …
Move over, Detroit! Barry Rothbart hasn’t set his stand-up sights on you — in this performance on last night’s Conan, Rothbart recounts a dangerous night he spent in Baltimore. He thinks he’s old enough to start acting like an adult, which means he’s thinking about what kind of parent he’ll …
It’s Eddie Pepitone’s birthday today. Happy birthday, Eddie! With a new documentary out about him, The Bitter Buddha, Pepitone (photographed above by Mindy Tucker) is enjoying a new wave of personal and professional attention from fans who might not have known him before, and show business types who needed to …
Multifaceted, multilingual, matador. These three words tell you what you need to know about Reggie Watts for his latest performance on Conan, which happened Thursday night. Need three more words? How about “Camarones! Mantequilla! Madrid!” Check it!
Conan O’Brien vowed to host an episode of his late-night TBS talker, Conan, in an orange spray-tan and his hair in cornrows — if you would donate money to Night of Too Many Stars to benefit families with autistic children. Well, you gave, and so Conan gave back. Above is …
Stand-up comedian Sean O’Connor had a bit of a substance abuse problem when he was a teen-ager. His parents decided the best solution was to send him to magic camp. Why are you looking at me like this was my idea? It wasn’t. O’Connor himself was puzzled by the experience. …
Isn’t Conan O’Brien orange enough already? Orange you tired of asking silly questions like that? Let’s just stick to the facts. Comedy Central’s Night of Too Many Stars airs on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. It’s the main cause of Robert Smigel, and funds raised go toward autism research and programs …
Ricky Gervais has a contest that will grant one stand-up comedian with a three-minute spot to perform on Conan. Wait, what? Why? Doesn’t Gervais have his own TV shows? And why isn’t Conan O’Brien holding this contest instead? It’s all about the new mobile app Gervais has launched called Just …
Hari Kondabolu makes you think without even realizing you were supposed to be thinking. Jokes! Such as: How can a Back to the Future bit make you think about racism and religion both? Ah. Time travel. Kondabolu also introduces his set with a reference to a European heckling that backfired, …
Jamie Lee made her late-night TV debut the other night on Conan. You may have seen her almost making the finals of the “final” Last Comic Standing. For her first full set on basic cable late-night regular TV programming, Lee managed to dance the line between safe for work and …
