The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Lauren Graham would love to host a late-night TV talk show, even if, as she explained to Conan O’Brien on Tuesday’s Conan, she might go crazy if she did it for 22 years like O’Brien has. O’Brien replied that the job takes on a “Groundhog Day” (as in the movie) …
Conan O’Brien is taking his Team Coco to Comic-Con 2015 in San Diego for a week’s worth of tapings this July, and on Monday night’s show on TBS, Conan unveiled a new set of toy figurines that Funko has made just for the occasion. Which one is your favorite? Conan …
If you’ve never gotten high on marijuana before, then perhaps don’t. But if you ever plan on doing so, then cue up “The High Song” by comedians Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff, and then decide. Here they are, performing that song off of their new EP, on Thursday night’s episode …
Tim Minchin stopped by Conan on Monday night to perform one of his songs from the Broadway hit, Matilda the Musical. This is “When I Grow Up,” featuring Minchin on piano and vocals, with more than a little help from three of the touring Matildas. Roll the clip!
The great Gary Gulman went against character on Tuesday’s Conan by going into character. Or rather, by going along with his girlfriend’s idea to introduce role-playing into their bedroom routine. Which goes pretty deep. As Gulman explained in this stand-up set. Roll the clip!
Jenny Zigrino came close to winning Funniest Wins last summer on TBS, and now Thursday night she returned to the station, this time to make her late-night TV debut as a stand-up comedian on Conan. Zigrino came up with a song you can singalong to, if you’d like, about having …
Check out the first brand-new teaser clip promoting Samantha Bee’s upcoming entrance into the late-night TV game as the only female host in a world full of Jimmys. TBS debuted this clip today as part of the Turner Networks’ annual Upfronts presentation to advertisers. In it, Bee surmises a wall …
Conan O’Brien has taken his late-night TV show on the road before, most recently in 2014 to Dallas in conjunction with the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. Topping that feat this summer, Conan not only will film a week’s worth of shows in July from Comic-Con in San Diego, but …
Andy Sandford has just about watched all of Netflix, which has led to some shocking revelations. Such as: How many 1980s cop movies were too cheesy? Why are copycat killers worse than regular ones? And how do you solve the problem of an airport farter? OK, that last one came …
There are so many places to see stand-up comedy on TV and online during this digital comedy boom, that it certainly has become difficult to know what credits even matter any longer. As Grant Pardee notes in a piece today for Paste Magazine: “It was funny to see Madonna perform …
