The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You may have seen this next comedian on Last Comic Standing or most recently on Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen. Or even more recently, last night on Conan. No matter when or where you’ve seen or before, or especially if you haven’t yet, please now welcome to your Internet …
Tommy Johnagin has appeared on Late Show with David Letterman more than once, which is a pretty big deal, but not like finishing runner-up on Last Comic Standing, although he has done that, too. So, what would we learn when Johnagin made his debut appearance on Conan? Well, for one …
Dear friend of the site Gary Gulman appeared on Conan last night, and in addition to his fond remembrance of the Sony Discman, Gulman also talked about how Things Remembered must be getting killed during the recession, and how the @ symbol has suddenly become more powerful than his idealized …
Look. People are submitting videos this month for the annual Andy Kaufman Award competition (the submission date deadline was this past Monday, I just found out), and I just feel as though in the past couple of years, the awards have become, well, less Andy Kaufmanesque? Less weird. Less special. …
Joe Mande earned a late-night TV credit last night while also seeing one of his TV projects announce his retirement (RIP Andy Rooney Game). Mande managed to dissect foodies and threesomes with his usual skill on last night’s Conan, but I’m not so sure about his choice of a name …
Something old, something new from Baron Vaughn on last night’s episode of Conan. Not to worry, though: nothing borrowed, nor nothing blue. Wait. Is somebody getting married in this item? No. Just fun with words. Words with friends. I like the part when Baron Vaughn is on my TV. Roll …
Hugh Moore performed on last night’s Conan. I’m pretty sure he was sober. But as Moore acknowledged, he has learned that he’s funny when he’s drunk, too. He also wondered why we don’t have cheaper cars in this economy, how you clean a historic statue and what the guy who …
Another member of this year’s “new faces” from Montreal hit the late-night TV circuit last night, as Sean O’Connor shared his uncomfortable sexual journey with the viewing audience on Conan. O’Connor recently moved from New York to Los Angeles to write for Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. Also, I just …
Nate Bargatze had gotten bumped recently from Conan when the other segments ran long. This week, they brought him back and had him tape his stand-up comedy in advance, and made sure to fit it into the program last night. Among other things, you’ll learn how to deal with marriage, …
Ron Funches wins this year’s prize for first Montreal New Face to make the leap to late-night TV post-JFL*, as he performed his set last night on Conan. Hear about why Funches left Chicago for Portland, Ore., and the differences he has experienced in his new home. Roll the clip! …
