The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Episode #5 of my exclusive Laughly podcast miniseries, On Second Thought, is out now with Roy Wood, Jr. On Second Thought asks: If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then comedy plus time equals what now? We all know and love Wood now as a star correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor …
How many people can say they interned on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and then performed stand-up on the show two years later? Ali Kolbert can! The 23-year-old made her TV debut on Friday night’s show, then reminisced with Fallon on panel about her days as an intern. Which …
How would you react if a guy auditioning for America’s Got Talent pretended he was Robert De Niro with full De Niro face, only he didn’t sound much like De Niro, but instead presented a series of celebrity impersonations straight out of the most popular impersonations of yesteryear, with Christopher …
Two guys in chef’s costumes end up naked except for cleverly arranged pans. They are, naturally, Men With Pans. And would it surprise you to learn they’re Belgian? Here they are making their proper American debut in primetime on America’s Got Talent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCLLxyQsWzk You will be seeing more of them. …
Nikki Glaser returned to The Tonight Show on Friday night, and we learned about her two dogs and BOGO, although she didn’t tell us if that’s how she got her dogs, as well as a taste of her stellar Jen Aniston impersonation. Roll the clip!
I’m a big fan of Amber Ruffin’s on-air contributions to NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, but this bit takes the cake and eats it, too. Meyers hosted a segment called “Point, Counterpoint” in which two of his writers, Ruffin and Ally Hord, would debate the merits of the new …
Comedians and folks within the industry have caught the bug on Puddles Pity Party already, but for many millions of Americans, tonight’s season premiere of America’s Got Talent was their first taste of the sad clown with the bellowing singing voice. Roll the clip! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyr92K218M
Preacher Lawson won the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition, so what’s next for him? How about America’s Got Talent in 2017?! Here’s his initial audition before the judges, which prompted them to ask for an encore already. Roll the clip!
Mike Vecchione may look like a police officer. But that’s of little to no help to the comedian when he calls on the cops to help track down his stolen vehicle. Especially if and when they show up on horseback. Which I know is crazy but true because I’ve seen …
After the final goodbyes at the end of the 42nd season finale of Saturday Night Live, after the NBC cameras turned off, the cast and guest stars paid one last tribute to departing cast members Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer and Sasheer Zamata. Moynihan, after nine seasons, will star in his …
