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Conan O’Brien’s special Star Wars episode of Conan last night on TBS included much of the cast of Episode VII: The Force Awakens. But before he got to them, Conan and Andy Richter invited a few of their comedian friends to Jerry’s Diner to play out a cold open in …
Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff returned to Conan on Monday night to perform another song off of their EP, “I Don’t Care, I Like It.” And this song takes a moment to build toward its fun reveal. Although since you read the headline, perhaps you already know where it’s going. …
How many McCarthys in comedy would you guess live in the New York City neighborhood of Astoria? Well, Moody McCarthy may live near me and be a funny stand-up comedian, but those are the only ways we’re related. That I know of. Moody is from Syracuse, where as he joked …
Dan Cummins‘ fiancee loves to butter him up. Good for the marriage, but all that fattening is making him fat. As Cummins explained on Monday’s Conan, he also has two young children who he says are very smart. Good for their education, bad for him with all of the questions …
Ian Karmel gets two separate video clips from his stand-up performance on Thursday’s Conan because, well, he incorporated his good friend and comedian Ron Funches into it, even insisting that Conan O’Brien mention their friendship in his introduction. Then Karmel leaned in by talking to Funches before delivering his first …
Conan O’Brien recently brought his longtime personal assistant, Sona Movesian, to her ancestral homeland of Armenia, as well as a Team Coco film crew to capture the adventure for a special hour of Conan that’ll air Tuesday night on TBS. It’s funny and moving. Here are two preview clips that …
The industry trade publications broke news about Iliza Shlesinger’s newest gig just minutes before we sat down in her hotel room to talk during the New York Comedy Festival. Schlesinger is making and starring in a comedy series of minisodes for ABC’s new streaming app. But Iliza has been hustling, …
Sean Donnelly knows what he looks like, and it’s not the kind of guy who would go halfsies on a gun purchase. Donnelly is the kind of guy, though, who used to work at a Blockbuster and got fired from another job as a doorman, and he’ll explain all of …
Ed Gamble made his American late-night TV debut on Monday’s Conan, so you’re forgiven if you don’t recognize him straight away. Of course, Gamble also lost a bunch of weight after getting diabetes, so he looks different, too. Still sounds British, though! Roll the clip.
TBS has been impressed with upcoming new sitcom Angie Tribeca for months now — bringing the cast and sneak peek episodes to both SXSW in Austin this March, then NY Comic-Con in October. So it’s not surprising to hear the cable network already has renewed the slapstick cop farce starring …
