The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Erin Foley made her late-night TV debut as a stand-up comedian last night on Conan, and what did we learn? Foley likes the ladies. She knows more about sports than she does about hair products. Athletes get paid way too much for performances that would not hold up if they …
Could Bo Burnham be the next comedy giant? No, seriously. Look at him. He’s already as tall as Conan O’Brien, and he’s still growing! Burnham dropped the piano for this performance, but he still employed music in some interesting ways. And he also loves to comment on the art form …
Oh, Tim Minchin. Cheeky lad, he. Even when Minchin decides to scale back his musicianship to perform a TV-friendly, three-minute song for Conan, he manages to sneak some jokes through the network censorship system and appeal to the cheeky lad in all of us. Wait. There’s a cheeky lad in …
Cy Amundson would make a great uncle. At least compared to his sister. Or his best friend. You’ll learn this and more in Amundson’s debut performance on Conan. Roll the clip!
Moshe Kasher appeared on Conan last night and told us about a couple of odd things he encountered during his childhood because he grew up with deaf parents. Roll it. Don’t worry about the short set, because Kasher also did a panel segment with Conan O’Brien. If you’d like to check …
Back in the day, stand-up comedians repeated their sets on multiple TV appearances. Because. Well. We didn’t have the Internet to save these performances for posterity (or as long as these individual Web-hosted video sites and channels exist). It’s rarer now. If you missed Dana Gould two months ago on …
Mike Lawrence made his late-night TV debut last night on Conan, and if you haven’t seen him live before, then you’re really in for a treat. Sure, this Floridian who now lives in New York City has plenty of jokes about the big city. But he also has a way …
Kumail Nanjiani returned to Conan on Wednesday night for his second appearance on O’Brien’s chat show, and brought the stage presence that I’ve come to know and respect him for, as he’s confident enough to remain in the moment and react to an audience, even when it’s being taped for …
Comedian Matt Knudsen went on Conan this week, and if you’d like to know how he feels about mattresses, marriage without children, and not working out, then this is the clip for you! Roll the clip!
Some comedians lose their regional accents when they go Hollywood. Some play them up more. Jay Larson’s Massachusetts accent is subtle and not mentioned (except I just did so!). Mentioned: Buying a plunger, basic etiquette lessons, and the differences between being in “the” band and being in “a” band. And a …
