The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chris D’Elia, on the East Coast performing headlining dates at Carolines, swung by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to do a stand-up set and offer his impressions of drunk girls, and how they’re different from drunk guys. A drunk girl, as impersonated by D’Elia, starts off sounding a little bit …
New York City comedy fans — particularly those who make their second homes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres — might have gone bonkers last night seeing that Arthur Meyer was a guest on Late Show with David Letterman. Arthur Meyer was part of the recently late but always great …
Jim Hamilton made his late-night TV debut as a stand-up comedian last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Hamilton shoots early and often with the one-liners. If one misses the mark or causes the live studio audience to groan (Red Hot Chili Peppers fans?!), not to worry. Another one-liner …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
On his performance for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Godfrey had to explain to his childhood friends in Chicago that he’s African African, not African-American. Although he is American, too. His parents are Nigerian. Let him explain. Godfrey also has some things to say about the “see something, say something” policy, …
Remember when The New York Times profiled Eddie Brill into a corner and caused an uproar both within CBS and Late Show with David Letterman — which took away Brill’s power to book stand-up comedians on Letterman after almost 11 years — and within the comedy community, which debated whether …
Just like The Roots, comedian Big Jay Oakerson is a Philadelphia boy. Well, he’s a big man now. He even put it in his stage name. Anyhow, Oakerson made his debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and wasn’t afraid to talk about his love of the Philadelphia Eagles and …
There’s the phrase “came out of nowhere,” and then there’s the reality of it. Over at NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the show recently turned to Jeff Singer — one of the programming consultants for Montreal’s Just For Laughs (hold on, scratch that, revise it to show his LinkedIn …
I’ve been a fan of Dave Waite’s onstage persona and joke tags since I first saw him several years ago as a Cincinnati stand-up comedian competing in the Boston Comedy Festival contest. Waite now lives in New York City. Last week, he destroyed at a showcase for Late Night with …
Successful stand-up comedy duos are rare; rarer, still, are comedy duos who are identical twins. The Sklars probably are best-known among today’s acts. Stone & Stone perform regularly here in New York City. And now here come The Lucas Brothers, from High Point, N.C. Keith and Kenny Lucas now make …
