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Erin Jackson made her late-night stand-up debut on Monday’s Conan. She didn’t get to also debut a that new grudgery business idea she talked about, but we understand a lot better why she’d want to get married and some more appropriate single-lady questions for online credit access. It’s bananas! Roll …
Rachel Feinstein feels like she must apologize for her mother, who is so aggressively liberal she attempts to bond with the immigrant cab drivers of New York City. Feinstein explains in this stand-up performance on Monday night’s Conan. You can see more of Feinstein in season 2 of The Standups, …
Jews. Gays. Mark Normand isn’t really afraid of telling any jokes that may offend you onstage, or on TV, as he demonstrated again Tuesday night on Conan. “I wish I cared about anything as much as you cared about that joke.” And as he pointed out, you’re much more able …
What’s it like growing up in the woods of northern Wisconsin? Mary Mack tells all in her most recent performance on Conan. Including the emotional capabilities of lettuce versus tater tots. Nothing beats mashed potatoes, though. Who knew? Roll the clip!
The latest stand-up comedian from last November’s “Comics to Watch” showcase made his debut on Conan on Tuesday night, and Michael Longfellow regaled us with tales about living in California with an 82-year-old roommate who’s not his grandmother. Roll the clip!
Alex Edelman is enough of an Orthodox Jew that he’s never tried bacon. But as he joked on Tuesday’s Conan, he has tried cocaine. If you think that’s something, just wait until you hear him describe his twin brother. Yes, his twin brother. He’s also worked at a KFC. Not …
Debra DiGiovanni jokes that she looks great for her age not because of botox, but because of food. But as she noted in this performance on Conan, there’s something to be said about catcalling. Mostly because there are plenty of other things that scare Debra. Roll the clip.
Congratulations to Jena Friedman on perhaps becoming the first stand-up comedian to devote a TV performance to the rise of American Nazis and also the scariness of men in general. Fun times! Here’s Friedman from Thursday’s episode of Conan. Roll the clip!
Seann Walsh is a 32-year-old British comedian, which doesn’t seem old until you hear him talk about his jealousy toward young people, and how they never had to live in a world that included illegal downloading of music. Actually, that just makes me feel old. But Walsh, performing for his …
Jordan Temple made his debut on Tuesday night’s Conan, and expressed hope in seeing more black people in more inspiring occupations. And not just in porn. Temple also joked about the upcoming Harriet Tubman money, Tim Burton movies, and going to a white boarding school in a black neighborhood. Roll …
