Jackie Kashian’s “Conan” set explains how comedy prepared her for marriage

Comedian Jackie Kashian stopped by Conan to deliver a stand-up set that was as hilarious as it was a very honest… MORE

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Michael Showalter and Stephen Colbert share a sketch from their short-lived 1999 show “Random Play”

Two offbeat sketch show veterans reunited last night on The Late Show when Stella alum Michael Showalter joined host Stephen Colbert, who… MORE

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John Oliver Tries His Best Not to Talk About Getting Sued by a Coal Company CEO on ‘The Late Show’

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with fellow late night host John Oliver about getting sued by coal company CEO Bob Murray for a Last Week Tonight segment he did on him – a lawsuit he’s been advised not to comment on, though Colbert does his best to get […]

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Season 1 of Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’ Will Be Free on YouTube Later This Month

Season 2 of Issa Rae’s HBO comedy Insecure premieres later this month, and if you need to catch up but aren’t an HBO subscriber, the network has an easy, free way for you to get your fix. Deadline reports that HBO will make all eight episodes of Insecure’s first season available for free on YouTube and […]

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Team Coco announces guest list for Comic-Con 2017 tapings of Conan for TBS

Conan O’Brien and Team Coco head to San Diego for their third straight trip to Comic-Con International, and Conan has announced its guest list for next week’s episodes there. CONAN‘s Comic-Con® International shows will be taped at San Diego’s historic Spreckels Theatre on Wednesday, July 19 – Saturday, July 22. Episodes will air that Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 11 p.m. (ET/PT) on TBS, with availability […]

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Stand-up Harrison Greenbaum aces his “America’s Got Talent” audition, making it to the TV competition’s next round

Comedian Harrison Greenbaum totally killed during his America’s Got Talent audition, easily earning a spot in the reality competition’s next round.  All… MORE

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Harrison Greenbaum auditions for America’s Got Talent 2017

Harrison Greenbaum told the America’s Got Talent judges before his audition that this was his “make or break moment.” And then the comedian, who actually began his career as a magician, launched into a bit about coming out as a stand-up to his parents, and how they and everyone else thought he’d just be coming […]

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Studying the Booms and Bombs of Standup Comedy History with Kliph Nesteroff

Decades before writing The Comedians, a deep dive into the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff was a young standup working out his set in small town Canada. Nesteroff revisits the plight of current amateur comedians as the host of Funny How?, a new Viceland series premiering this week. Nesteroff shadows rookie comics from all […]

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Trevor Noah on Donald Trump Jr.’s Emails: “This Is the Best Comedy Show Ever”

Here’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah breaks down Donald Trump Jr.’s decision to release his emails about his meeting with a Russian lawyer in an effort to appear transparent – an effort that’s backfired and instead possibly incriminated him, considering the emails show proof of Trump Jr.’s desire to collude […]

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Aidy Bryant Looks Back on Her Catholic School Days on ‘Conan’

Here’s a clip from last night’s Conan, where O’Brien chats with SNL’s Aidy Bryant about her experience attending a very strict Catholic high school and the time she got a two-hour detention for wearing a toe ring. She also got in some trouble with the dean for her approach to her job doing the morning […]

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