Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers holds his very own White House press briefing with Sean Spicer and asks him all the most important Donald Trump-related questions on Americans’ minds right now, including questions about Trump’s fear of stairs and slopes, his White House kitchen remodeling project, and, of course, […]
Continue ReadingDuring his creepy inauguration speech last month, Donald Trump told the crowd that his biggest goal during his presidency is to put “America first,” so now, a bunch of countries in Europe have decided to troll the new POTUS by rallying for their shot at being considered the #2 country. According to Vanity Fair, this […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where correspondent Roy Wood Jr. tries to get a break from his job covering all the terrible Donald Trump news by heading to this year’s Super Bowl Media Day, where he got the opportunity to transition from covering politics to sports. Unfortunately for Wood, covering politics is […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where correspondent Roy Wood Jr. tries to get a break from his job covering all the terrible Donald Trump news by heading to this year’s Super Bowl Media Day, where he got the opportunity to transition from covering politics to sports. Unfortunately for Wood, covering politics is […]
Continue ReadingApparently Donald Trump telling Iran they are “on notice” was the final straw for Stephen Colbert last night, who is clearly completely fed up now with the newly elected president stealing pretty much everything that made his old Comedy Central show and character unique. During last night’s Late Show, Colbert responded to Trump’s “on notice” […]
Continue ReadingAfter the EU referendum result, Bridget Christie ripped up her Edinburgh show and created a new one in just a few weeks. This is an anatomy of a standup set that has changed with the headlines
Creating a new hour of standup can be a lengthy process. Most comics spend months writing material and honing punchlines. For many, performing a run in Edinburgh is the final goal. For more established names, there’s life after the fringe, with possible London runs and national tours. So what happens when, after months of labouring over an idea, world events derail your plans? On 23 June, Britain voted to leave the EU. Suddenly that seemed far more important to Bridget Christie than the topic she was writing about, so she ripped up her show and started from scratch.
I meet Christie in a cafe near her home in Stoke Newington, north London, to talk through the creation of that new show – how every idea was formed, every punchline introduced, all in just a matter of weeks. She sits down, opens her rucksack and pulls out reams of A4 paper – drafts, handwritten set lists and pen-marked notes like handed-back school tests. So let’s start at the beginning.
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Continue ReadingHere’s a great clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee heads back to the SoulCycle bunker to chat with ACLU civil rights attorney Lee Gelernt, who was one of many lawyers who worked tirelessly over the weekend trying to help travelers who were detained due to Trump’s unconstitutional Muslim ban, which ultimately led […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed Donald Trump’s terrible Black History Month speech yesterday (if you can even call it a speech), Late Night created a way for you to check it out without actually having to watch it. In the above clip from last night’s episode, Seth Meyers welcomes writer Amber Ruffin to do a live […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to The Second City Archives, in which we post an exclusive clip each week of some of comedy’s biggest superstars performing early in their careers on the legendary Chicago stage. Second City has generously given us a glimpse into their extensive archive of live performances, and over the coming weeks we’ll be sharing some […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert welcomes his old friend Jon Stewart to present the audience, in character as Donald Trump, with some of the president’s upcoming executive orders — and also some helpful wisdom for those who oppose him. “We have never faced this before: purposeful, vindictive chaos. But […]
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