The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Has Brian Regan really performed 27 times now on Late Show with David Letterman? Or is it 27 times overall, including NBC and CBS late-night spots? Either way, quite an accomplishment. Just keeping count, or maintaining your spot in line, is something, too. As Regan reminds us in this set …
Simon Amstell is a young chap from the U.K. on his own on the road and at home. And despite his youth, he has some honestly dark and amusing insight into a life lived in isolation. No rules! Perhaps there should be some rules. Or at least one rule. Failing …
Kathleen Madigan learned more about her parents during a recent two-week visit with them in the Midwest, and she shared her findings on Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman. For one thing, Madigan is amazed at the U.S. Postal Service for raising the price of stamps — but not for …
Dan Naturman made his fourth appearance on Late Show with David Letterman on Friday night’s show, and crushed it. Killed. You’ll learn in under five minutes why Naturman hasn’t gotten married yet, how it’s too easy to have children, how he finally upgraded his cell phone package, what he knows …
“I’m in a suit! This is big time for me!” That’s how Sean Donnelly opened his network TV debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Just a month ago, Donnelly was one of the New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival. Of course, two other New …
We thought we knew Jason Sudeikis had performed for his last time as a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live back in May. But we couldn’t tell you for sure, positively, definitively, 100 percent certainly until last night — because that’s when Sudeikis finally announced he had left SNL …
Adam Newman made his network television debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Don’t take my word for it? Listen to Letterman himself make the introduction. Newman’s stand-up performance includes a discussion on former NBA star Dikembe Mutumbo, the joys of living in Brooklyn — unless you’re a …
President Barack Obama gave a big speech last week about climate change and carbon pollution. Or as the science people who use big words like to call the problem: Global warning. As ThinkProgress discovered in the days since Obama’s speech, his solution received coverage and opinions from the TV networks …
Perhaps you’ve seen Chris DiStefano before on your TV this year dispensing advice to the teens via MTV2’s Guy Code or MTV’s Girl Code. Last night, DiStefano made his network television debut performing stand-up on Late Show with David Letterman. Here we learn a little more about his background, his …
I’m not entirely sure if this opening line is brilliant or brilliantly awkward, but I am convinced that Dylan Moran gave 100 percent of himself to this performance last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Moran’s an Irishman. His first stand-up tour of North American theaters begins this weekend …
