The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jon Rineman is a writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and on Friday night’s show, Rineman emerged from behind the scenes to perform some of his own stand-up. Get to know Rineman better: He’s married for four years now, which offers him a different perspective on the old chestnut …
Russell Howard is one of them thar British blokes that done found himself in America now, and he’s here to tell us that the Brits don’t hoot and holler nor whoop like Americans do. What makes him whoop it up is a solid prank against his mum, who doesn’t seem …
Robert Klein made his 87th appearance on The Tonight Show on Friday night, but ’twas his first time performing stand-up when Jimmy Fallon hosted — and his first time in that New York City studio since 1973. Which makes him a certifiable member of AARP. Don’t know about AARP? Want …
Judd Apatow performed stand-up on Monday night’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and it’s so fascinating and fun to see Apatow return to the game after some two decades away from it. What he brings to it now, with age and experience and also not having to worry while also …
Following a two-week break from late-night, Jimmy Fallon took to explaining why his absence from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon started a day earlier than planned. “I tripped and fell in my kitchen,” he said from his TV desk following Monday night’s monologue. Fallon blamed the fall on his …
J.R. Havlan won eight Emmy Awards writing for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and currently writes for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His boss is on vacation for the week, and Havlan will try to earn some extra cash gambling in Las Vegas. As in millions of dollars …
As a lifelong native New Yorker, Colin Quinn must have appeared in multiple episodes within the Law & Order universe on NBC, right? You’d think that, wouldn’t you. So would Quinn. Especially since every other NYC comedian and aspiring actor has performed a turn in one or more of the …
Elayne Boosler was a regular performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Carson, and this week the “new” guy Jimmy Fallon brought her back for a new stand-up set. Just in time for the next Macy’s One Day Sale! The main thing that’s changed for her since the Carson era …
Jeff Garlin here tells the story of being in line at airport security behind an elderly black man, and oh yes, he’ll voice the whole encounter of the old black man with TSA about his lotions and creams, and there’s a lot of talk about lotion in his voice and …
Netflix helped take home multiple honors in the annual pay-to-play Webby Awards, with Funny or Die, CollegeHumor and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also bringing in wins for their 2015 online efforts. Netflix’s special achievement victories came courtesy of Chelsea Peretti, named outstanding comedy performance for her stand-up special, …
