Tonight Show cancels Norm Macdonald appearance after his comments in The Hollywood Reporter
by Norm Macdonald was supposed to go on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon today to promote his new Netflix talk show. But because of what …
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Desus & Mero ending Viceland late-night, heading to Showtime?
Desus & Mero are ready for the big time. Or perhaps, Showtime. Either way, the New York City duo will end their nightly late-night talker …
Episode #165: Nate Bargatze
Nate Bargatze is Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-up comedian, and Bargatze has the Tonight Show credits to back that up. Nate also has gone on tour …
Seeso goes retro with streaming series set behind the scenes of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show
The Larry Sanders Show, one of TV’s greatest meta-comedies, starred the late great Garry Shandling as a late-night talk show host and the craziness that …
Episode #95: Dick Gregory
At 83, Dick Gregory remains an active comedy legend, logging more than 200 stand-up gigs a year. Gregory changed the game in 1961 when he performed …
R.I.P. Pat Harrington, Jr. (1929-2016) aka “Schneider” or “Guido Panzini”
To children of the 1970s or 1980s, he was “Schneider,” the building superintendent for nine seasons on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time. …
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R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)
Before anyone else could claim to be “the pit bull of comedy,” before anyone else turned anger directly into laughs, Jack Carter stood tall amongst …
Is “Conan” the only stand-up TV credit that matters most now?
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 …
Going Hollywood: Meet Dan Cummins
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and …
Jay Leno is the Richard Nixon of comedy
Jay Leno struck this pose Sunday night while accepting the 2014 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In doing …