May 27, 1982: Todd Barry’s teenage debut on Late Night with David Letterman
by On this day in 1982, the first year of David Letterman’s 33-year run in late-night television, Todd Barry already was a man with a plan …
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Darrell Hammond is now impersonating the late Colonel Sanders for KFC
As a kid, I watched a lot of TV, ate a lot of fast food and wondered who was playing Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders …
Frank Garcia-Hejl presents “Oh No!”
That Frank Garcia-Hejl is showcasing his characters and impersonations to audiences of hundreds on weeknights in a basement, instead of to millions live on Saturday …
Josh Robert Thompson, aka the voice of robot skeleton “Geoff Peterson,” performing stand-up on The Late Late Show
Fans of Craig Ferguson’s version of The Late Late Show on CBS received a special treat this week when his robot skeleton sidekick returned to …
Norm Macdonald recalls the week of making SNL40 happen, and the Eddie Murphy performance that almost happened
Norm Macdonald is as straight a shooter of one-liners and longer punchline-laden jokes as there has ever been in stand-up comedy. It made his tenure …
Godfrey re-enacts Bill Cosby’s denial of rape allegations to the AP, NPR
Godfrey has a Bill Cosby impersonation, as so many comedians already did. But this time, he’s not making light of light news. Nope. It’s a …
See an unaired SNL sketch with Nasim Pedrad as Aziz Ansari
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, …
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Remembering Robin Williams
You want to be able to quote his inspirational movie lines back to him, to step on a desk and shout to him, “O Captain! …
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On the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation, Harry Shearer inhabits the late, disgraced president: “Nixon’s The One”
Forty years ago today, President Richard Nixon resigned. Today today, you can watch comedian, actor and satirist Harry Shearer faithfully and comedically re-enacted this tragic …
Paying tribute to Seinfeld through puppetry: New Material Seinfeld on The Pete Holmes Show, voiced by Joe DeRosa
A couple of weeks into The Pete Holmes Show on TBS last fall, Holmes sought to let viewers know how he felt about hosting his …