Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Trump backing Alabama Senate candidate and accused child molester Roy Moore because, as Trump put it, Moore denies the allegations, so they must be lies. “And in fairness to Trump, who are you gonna believe: nine women who don’t […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Trump backing Alabama Senate candidate and accused child molester Roy Moore because, as Trump put it, Moore denies the allegations, so they must be lies. “And in fairness to Trump, who are you gonna believe: nine women who don’t […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re looking for a fun way to kill some time today, Decider published a great two-part series where they asked 25 comedy writers to write about a television episode, sketch, or special that helped inspire them to get into comedy. Notably, Mr. Show’s classic “The Story of Everest” sketch has the distinction of being […]
Continue ReadingI’m not a big fan of comedy classes. I think anybody who is starting out and wants to learn should save their money and just watch one of Brian Regan’s specials. Each one — including Nunchucks and Flamethrowers, which dropped today on Netflix — is a near perfect blueprint on how to tell jokes. He […]
Continue ReadingThe Good Place is sticking around at NBC. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has officially renewed Mike Schur’s comedy starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson for a 13-episode third season. Season 2 of the show debuted back in September and is currently airing Thursday nights at 8:30pm.
Continue ReadingWhen Johnny Carson took over as host of The Tonight Show in 1962, there was no sense that he would last 30 years in the job. Television talk shows were in their infancy, and The Tonight Show’s previous two hosts (Steve Allen and Jack Paar) had done such different jobs there was no real standard format […]
Continue ReadingNeal Brennan might get his very own late night show. According to Variety, Fox has ordered a pilot presentation for a weekly late night series executive produced, directed, written, and hosted by the standup, Chappelle’s Show co-creator, and occasional Daily Show guest. The untitled show would be a “topical political and cultural talk show with sketches and man on […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re a Splitsider reader, I probably don’t have to sell you on the idea of Lauren Lapkus and Jon Gabrus starting their own podcast. The Comedy Bang! Bang! regulars and individual hosts of With Special Guest, High and Mighty, Action Boyz, and The Layman have finally teamed up for the ’90s TV themed Raised […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers chats with Amy Sedaris about the holidays and gets some handy tips from her for entertaining, gifts, and family parties. When Meyers asks her for some Thanksgiving holiday advice, Sedaris keeps it simple: “Well, I always say just be prepared. There will be some […]
Continue ReadingFrom the top: Hey, this is Dorian from the tax department — we met last Thursday at the BEPS conference downstairs (I was the one whose silk shirt Pierre commented was “thunderous”)? We spoke briefly about getting some help from you marketing guys on our new Tax Bullet product? I just wanted to skit scat […]
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