The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Andy Kindler is not only a correspondent for Late Show with David Letterman, he’s also sometimes asked to showcase his stand-up comedy on the program. As he did again last night. In this set, Kindler jokes about hotels that put life concepts into their names, the origination of phrases such …
John Oliver made his first appearance last night on Late Show with David Letterman. After talking about the differences between comedy in the UK and the USA — audiences are surprisingly worse and prone to heckling at every opportunity across the pond, apparently, if that makes American stand-up comedians feel …
Growing up in South Africa with an African mother and a Swiss-German father, the nation’s prevailing policy of Apartheid at the time meant that Trevor Noah had been “Born a Crime.” That’s the title Noah adopts for his one-man show, “The Racist,” which over the past year he has performed at the grand …
Tommy Johnagin was back on Late Show with David Letterman last night. You may have heard about how Johnagin has become a father with his girlfriend, and how he feels about fatherhood — Johnagin will explain that for you now (or again) in this clip. He’ll also go into detail …
Joe Matarese has been on Late Show with David Letterman before. But now he is getting older (we’re all getting older, don’t you know), and Matarese is recognizing some of the signs of his own middle age in his most recent stand-up performance on Letterman this week. For one thing, he’s on …
Pete Lee made his debut last night on Late Show with Dqvid Letterman. Lee, who appears weekly on the new version of VH1’s Best Week Ever and just shared his tips with The Comic’s Comic on entering and winning stand-up comedy competitions, poked fun at himself for his name, his …
Ross Bennett made his network television debut over the weekend on Late Show with David Letterman. Bennett joked about how the New York he grew up in differs just a little bit from the New York City he’s in now. But his feelings upon finding a parking space in Manhattan …
Gary Gulman helped us take another look at the Rocky film franchise as well as Greece and the Greek legacy, thanks to his performance last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Roll the clip! But this is too little of a look and look back with Gary Gulman. Much …
Andy Hendrickson made his network television debut on Wednesday night’s episode of Late Show with David Letterman. Hendrickson, who grew up in the Beltway of Washington D.C., joked about being having a successful brother in and out of the military, having a baby in the era of social media oversharing, …
Some aspiring comedians think they need to start performing stand-up as soon as possible; like yesterday, even. Just watch Bill Cosby. Take notes. Cosby returned to Late Show with David Letterman last night, and at 75, he remains at the top of his game. Even when he’s pretending he isn’t, …
