Sam Morril utilizes his cleverness to weave in and out of dark subject matter with such ease that it almost doesn’t seem like dark comedy.
He put that skill on display in his third stand-up set on Conan from this week.
TJ Miller has found a new way to get through the serious moments in a late night talk show interview.
Taking a cue from being on set at Office Christmas Party, he really does have a dance party go on behind himself and Conan while talking about the times we’re living in right now.
Conan’s latest globetrotting adventure (one of the best parts of Conan these days), complete with companion Flula Borg, takes places 10PM on TBS tonight.
Here’s a taste of what’s come/why you should be watching this tonight.
Alice Wetterlund, whom we hope you’ve seen in People of Earth and Silicon Valley, made her first appearance on last night’s Conan doing stand-up.
In her set, Alice dispelled myths about feminism and managed to do so with such a chill, laid back vibe making quite the first impression.
Conan Without Borders: Berlin Premieres on December 7th
Ironically, Germany, with Angela Merkel at the helm, might be a pretty great place to visit right now if you’re in the States.
Along with Flula, Conan’s visit to Berlin should show how fun that could really be.
Catch this latest Conan trip special on Wednesday, December 7th at 10PM on TBS.
Of the many subtleties in comedy, timing is one of the most important ones. It’s hard to nail down and master as it’s fluid and intuitive and different, to varying degrees, every time you tell a joke.
The great Dana Gould, per usual, performed his latest set on Conan with flawless timing and sharply written jokes that have such beautiful, unexpected turns.
Watch a master at work here.
Here is some straight up, pure, unfiltered silliness from the brilliant Andrés du Bouchet.
No further explanation will be given as it isn’t needed.
Tonight’s episode of Conan, like any other televised program will be doing for the next several weeks, months, and years, put in his two cents on yesterday’s election results.
In contrast to Colbert’s sobering sign-off, Conan takes a silver-lining approach and, as is his contingency plan when things seem to take a turn for the worst in the country, shows us some great, wonderful, pure silliness.
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland took a break from their Oh, Hello run on Broadway and had to make a trip uptown to Harlem to see Conan O’Brien during his visit to NYC.
You can see why Conan has said of Oh, Hello, “Seen the show twice and it’s so funny it angers me.
Rory Scovel has a history of making the most of his televised stand-up performances.
On Conan alone, he’s done a set at the same time as Jon Dore, affected a Southern accent, and had a Liberace piano play in the background while in a tuxedo.
So, in this latest stand-up set on Conan, what could Rory do that would top all of that?
Well, watch, see, and, per usual, be amazed while laughing from your gut.
Comedians and actors Nick Kroll, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, Ryan Reynolds, Eric Andre, and Mike O’Brien are all pretty much straight as far as we know.
Yet, something was in the air yesterday, perhaps the looming end of the century old Curse of the Billy Goat, that had all three interviews end in the same spectacular fashion.
Well, without giving too much away, Mike O’Brien’s 7 Minutes in Heaven ends how he tries to end all episodes of 7 Minutes in Heaven and Conan O’Brien reenacts the Notebook with Ryan Reynolds.
You can take a wild guess what the common link between these interviews are or just enjoy watching male friendship be taken to the next level between the likes of Colbert and Kroll.
When you see Louis CK on TV these days, expect a deeply human story born out of very simple, relatable embarrassment, an original angle on the zeitgeist, and comparisons that come out of a left field for comedic effect. Those are some of the big elements that have made him this balance between a grounded, organic comedian/storyteller/filmmaker while maintaining a bit of his absurdist flights of fancy.
He delivered on all three in his appearance on Conan last night starting of with a great case for Hillary Clinton being President sans very many digs at Trump and his supporters.
Then, he followed it up with a story about how he learned the value of honesty and openness through walking around the city with his fly down and open and then breaking down the idea of dancing, both as something that can empower and also promise someone a heartbreaking path in life.
If you use a bit of imagination, you can make this up as an episode of Louie to play out in your head.
It’s yet another unforgettable TJ Miller appearance on Conan, the talk show where TJ probably gets the most free reign. All of what we wrote in the headline did really happen and it was an absolutely crazy delight.
Not much other context is needed for you to enjoy, so we’ll let you just watch the whole interview outside of the headline.
Conan O’Brien To Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert
We sure hope that they do a great, very daft bit about Conan doing this on their next episode.
Conan O’Brien will indeed be hosting the concert for the Nobel Peace Prize in the middle of December in Norway and you will be able to stream it on YouTube.
One can only imagine that the are other Nobel Prize concerts that are jealous, right?
Of the great comedians of this era that will stand the test of time, we believe Kyle Kinane will absolutely be on that shortlist. For years now, Kinane has proved to be consistently hysterical in new and exciting ways while still maintaining a genuine sense of self the whole time.
You might not even notice his wonderful command of the English language and his inclusive perspective as he subtly works them into his jokes about late night food and having a good time, but that’s part of what makes his comedy so damn good.
With that said, watch his latest set on Conan where he puts on another stand-up clinic here.
Norm MacDonald has always been a great late night guest, but there’s something about when he sits a few feet away from Conan O’Brien on Conan’s late night talk show that makes for comedy gold.
In last night’s appearance, Norm didn’t disappoint in his pregnant pauses, long and winding misdirects, and top level word play that all simultaneously delight and frustrate Conan.
Norm may have not gotten to take over The Late Late Show, but at least we have these late night appearances every once in awhile.
To put the icing on the cake, Norm even snuck himself into the other guest’s segment.
Of the outsider comedic perspectives of America that you might want to check out, Dylan Moran’s should definitely be one of them.
See why for yourself on his Conan appearance from this week.
Here’s yet another Conan desk piece that rides that line of being spectacularly daft and very clever at the same time with one of the best fictitious cameraman of all time, Andrés du Bouchet.
Patton Oswalt is an American comedy treasure that recently won an Emmy award for his recent special. He has also had the sudden and unfortunate loss of his wife, Michelle McNamara.
On last night’s Conan, Oswalt shared his experience through those lows and highs as only he can.
Overall, we’re just glad to see him back on TV.
This is one of our favorite recurring desk pieces on Conan.
Hopefully, you’ll agree after watching this.
Even though Mary Mack dissects what deeply gets on her nerves, she does so with undeniable Midwestern charm. You can’t help but feel delighted at what makes her mad.
This set on last night’s Conan shows this off perfectly as well as include some very rare, but great riffing in the middle of a late night set.
Please watch and enjoy it here.
If there’s one thing that Nicole Byer is not, it’s bashful.
The way that has informed her comedy is pretty great as you can see throughout her interview on Conan last night.
Even when she was talking about her non-sexual, green card marriage, she managed plenty of colorful language into the story.
This has the same wonderfully chaos of one of Conan’s remote segments, but it just so happens that Conan O’Brien is on his own soundstage as opposed to some sort of martial arts academy.
Watch and enjoy Conan vs. watermelons here.
Brent Sullivan has been very keenly described as a smooth operator when it comes to doing stand-up. He also has sharp, cutting material that juxtaposes quite nicely with that slick delivery.
His very first set on Conan was a solid exhibition all of that and you can see so for yourself here.
From the get go up until the present (and probably far after), David Cross’ stand-up has been treading on, for certain folks, very controversial territory that has had certain network censors and audience members go awry.
During this most recent Conan appearance, Cross details what got cut out from his very first set, over 20 years ago, on network TV on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and the way that a small number of audience members, in 2016, walk out of his shows now.