The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Isabel Hagen studied viola at Juilliard and has performed with the orchestra for several Broadway productions. But have you ever seen viola combined with stand-up? Now you have, thanks to her booking last night on The Tonight Show.
Ian Lara has his own stand-up special premiering Nov. 11, 2022, on HBO Max, but first, he got to tell jokes on The Tonight Show, celebrating “dating season” and warning men that breaking up with women these days just leads to them leading their best lives, immediately. Lara lost his …
Sabrina Wu made their Tonight Show debut on Wednesday, which sounds great until you realize whom Sabrina has felt in competition with over the past six-plus years. In the meantime, Wu joked about having to come out twice to their immigrant father, trying to impress white people, and showing off …
Colum Tyrrell is an Irish comedian who’s been based in America since 2014, and on Monday night, he made his American TV debut on The Tonight Show! Tyrrell joked about why Game of Thrones really chose to film in his homeland, dating an American woman, and wondering how he’s supposed …
Michael Rowland made his late-night TV debut this week on The Tonight Show, and the comedian joked about his friend’s habit of “people watching” perhaps isn’t as good of a habit once you think about it for a minute. Is it better or worse than watching Sex and the City …
Katherine Blanford is an Atlanta-based comedian who made her TV debut Wednesday on The Tonight Show, and joked about how she used to be a nanny.
How many times is this now? Pete Lee, one of Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-ups, returned to The Tonight Show on Thursday, where he joked about drinking, wanting to choose where you store your body fat, and why he’d never ghost a woman.
Simon Taylor made his American TV debut Tuesday on The Tonight Show, and the Australian comedian explained the modern rules of playing Monopoly, which don’t seem like they allow anyone under 35 to win. Thanks, boomers. Taylor is married, and explains how his wife actually proposed to him. If you …
Samantha Ruddy made her Tonight Show debut this week, and let us know why she cuts her own hair now. But she’s not quite as comfortable handling her money as she is with her hair.
Preacher Lawson made his Tonight Show debut on Friday, but NBC audiences already well know Lawson from his stint on America’s Got Talent (he’s even the regular MC at the AGT Las Vegas revue at the Luxor!). Anyhow. He’s just excited if you recognize him. But make sure you give …
