The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Stephen Colbert has come back around to the idea of welcoming stand-up comedians to The Late Show in person (they used to tape the stand-up sets separately in groups, then plug them into episodes when necessary or appropriate). On Monday’s show, Johnson joked about noticing things in New York City …
It has been a while since you saw Stephen Colbert onstage while a stand-up comedian performed on The Late Show. Normally, they’ve filmed stand-ups in separate bunches for a separate audience, then stitched each comedian into an episode when they could schedule them. But Paul Mecurio isn’t any comedian. He’s …
The first time I saw Bianca Cristovao performing stand-up, she was the opening act for Bill Burr at The Forum in Inglewood as part of the Netflix is a Joke The Festival this May. But for many of you, your first time seeing her comedy is right now, thanks to …
The Late Show for years had stand-up comedians perform at separate comedy-only tapings, but not this time. Former Late Show writer Emmy Blotnick got the full experience with her former boss Stephen Colbert watching from the desk, as Blotnick joked about how real-life conversations are awkward now thanks to the …
Alex Edelman stopped by The Late Show on Friday to joke about how he compares to his Olympian brother and his medical-innovating father. It’s just a bit of context should you want to experience Edelman’s one-man show, “Just For Us.”
Three nights in a row this week, one of the late-night talk shows has trotted out a stand-up comedian. On Wednesday, it was The Late Show‘s turn, and here’s Russell Howard visiting us from Britain. Weird timing for these particular Putin jokes, but ok.
Chris Turner didn’t come all the way over from England to make his American network television debut and just deliver some clever wordplay, did he? Alas, no. For his first performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Turner let us know he wasn’t joking when he said he was …
Late Late Show writer Fumi Abe made his network TV debut Monday on The Late Show. Abe joked about growing up Japanese-American in Ohio, where he was “a sample size of one,” as well as topics as serious as the pandemic and as normal as dating in your 30s.
Alex Falcone made his network television debut on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show, joking about how he’s still married to his childhood sweetheart, and wouldn’t mind getting friend-zoned at all. By anyone.
Wally Baram writes for TV shows, but on Wednesday night’s Late Show, she got to perform stand-up on the TV. She may only still be 23? But she already has written for BETTY (HBO) and What We Do in the Shadows (FX/Hulu. )Let’s roll the clip!
