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Please Enjoy Graham Kay’s Latest Late Night Set on The Tonight Show

June 22, 2021
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As we come towards the other side of the pandemic, there are, unmistakably, things that haven’t changed one bit. While that’s alarming in some regards (i.e. people living life as if nothing happened in the last year and a half), there are many things that we’re glad to see weather lockdown intact.

Graham Kay and his comedy stylings are very much still sharp and on point as we remember them. Kay put them on display for his second late night set in his career (the first one was on Colbert), appearing on The Tonight Show last night. He even pulled one of his go-to stories, which he came up with years before the pandemic, but still made it sound fresh. That is truly a feat, especially while on camera for late night.

With all of that said, please enjoy Graham’s Tonight Show set here.

Watch Mark Normand Do a Tonight Show Set on The Staten Island Ferry

January 11, 2021
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In case you didn’t know from the several months of lockdown that we’ve gone through and the several more that we will have to go through, comedy venues and live performance venues of all kinds have gone dark. What that entails from these establishments and the performers who take to their stages continues to be very uncertain.

Thus, in 2021, if you want to perform stand-up, you still have to be very outside-the-box as Mark Normand has handily done for his latest late night set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Normand took to performing on the deck of the Staten Island Ferry, socially distant to a masked crowd in the open air as the crossed the water. It’s a far cry from the bright lights of Fallon’s studio where he tapes The Tonight Show, but that’s what we’re all afforded right now.

Of course, Normand still has a bunch of one-liners at the ready to effectively narrate the short ferry journey during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Give Mark’s set a watch here.

Late Night’s Back (Sort of)

March 30, 2020
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Though Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Fallon have all being doing various bits from the comfort of their own homes for the last couple of weeks, it would seem that the lion’s share of late night talk/panel shows are returning starting tomorrow.

Already, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee did an entire episode on TBS from the woods of Sam Bee’s home with their aid of her husband Jason Jones and her kids, complete with remote segments and remote interviews. Last Week Tonight just aired an episode shot from Oliver’s house, but it seemed to maintain the tone, energy, vibe, and even look of the original show.

Through very clever set-ups that will feature perhaps the smallest crews (maybe 1 or 2 people max?) and monologue jokes and bits written and submitted remotely from writers that are maintaining sheltering at home and social distancing, the likes of Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Desus & Mero, and A Little Late with Lilly Singh will return tonight at their regularly scheduled times.

We’ll really get to see how far the quality of a video shot on mobile devices and via video conferencing will really go on broadcast TV, but, no matter what happens, any shred of normalcy is more than welcome right now. Thus far, many of the bits from Conan along with the monologues from Colbert, Kimmel, and Meyers maintain a lot of the integrity from a typical episode of their show, just without a fancy set and professional grade broadcast quality cameras.

All things considered, this might be a quietly historic night of television in establishing a hopefully temporary new normal for the first wave of TV shows to return to air/production.

If we had to take a guess, the future late night in general will very likely be done more remotely and venture outside of the studio or involve video conferencing/live streaming way more than they have in the past when all is said and done with staying indoors.

Julio Torres Previews His Upcoming Special “My Favorite Shapes”

August 7, 2019
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Julio Torres has been having quite the 2019 with Los Espookys, writing on SNL, and his own stand-up.

Perhaps, his own upcoming comedy special, My Favorite Shapes, set to premiere on HBO this Sat. Aug. 10th at 10:30PM will be the biggest splash for Julio this year as he is doing an entire special where he, as the title suggests, presents his most favorite shapes. 

You’ve seen a bit of what he has in store in the My Favorite Shapes trailer, but Julio gave an extended preview of what to expect on last night’s Tonight Show and it was pretty glorious. 

In fact, Julio might have just brought the avant garde to prop comedy. 

April 22, 2019
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Please Enjoy Jess Salomon’s American Late Night Debut on The Tonight Show

It’s undeniable that Jess Salomon’s smile and energy is infectious (would it surprise you to know that she’s Canadian?). On top of that, she has a wildly fascinating life story (we don’t want to ruin it, but where she came from to comedy and the woman she married could make for a pretty enticing memoir), which makes her debut on The Tonight Show, pretty memorable. 

Please enjoy her set here.

Jo Firestone Shouts Out Mamma Mia 2 and Also Delivers Another Great Late Night Set

January 27, 2019
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Jo Firestone, always one to eschew from convention, prefaced her set on the last Tonight Show this past week with some “praise” for Mamma Mia 2. Then, she went into her set with her signature charming offbeat style for a great set that makes you want to hear Jo kind of talk about anything and everything.

Please enjoy it here.

Please Enjoy Jaboukie Young-White’s Second Tonight Show Set

October 11, 2018
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Behind the sweet face of Jaboukie Young-White is a clever, mischievous (yet, also still sweet) sense of humor. It’s the thing that has carried him to a big following online, TV writing gigs,  and this second set on the Tonight Show from last week. 

For us, the closer on this set is stellar.

Watch and enjoy it here.

ICYMI: Bonnie McFarlane on The Tonight Show

February 11, 2018
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Always balancing a bouncy, spirited energy with a bit of cynicism, Bonnie McFarlane proved once again that she is one of our favorite people to watch do stand-up on late night with her set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Please enjoy it here.

Nikki Glaser Returns to the Tonight Show for Another Tight 5 (with a Little Extra)

June 19, 2017
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As we’ve said before, there are a few comics out there that are built to do sets on late night.

Nikki Glaser is one of the comics and, again, showed why on her recent set from The Tonight Show.

She also made one of the most enjoyable impressions we’ve seen of Jennifer Aniston yet.

Norm Macdonald Is Still One of the Best at Pulling Hijinks on Late Night

June 8, 2017
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For decades now, one of the best guests in the whole world of late night is Norm Macdonald.

You can lose a whole afternoon, evening, and more going down a rabbit hole looking up all of his appearances on Conan, Letterman, etc. 

This latest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is just another nice milestone in just this one particular facet of his monumental comedy career.

Ratings Wise, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” Continues Ascent and Colbert Now Edging Out Fallon

February 18, 2017
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Holding the Trump Administration’s feet to the fire is finally taking precedence over non-topical games. 

Since her debut on TBS, Samantha Bee has almost tripled her ratings with her weekly show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”. Though trailing Fallon and The Tonight Show since taking over The Late Show from David Letterman, Stephen Colbert has taken a slight nightly ratings lead over Jimmy in these recent weeks after Trump’s inauguration and the whirlwind insanity of executive orders, overturned bans, resignations, etc. have dominated the news. Stephen has not wavered in taking Trump to task and didn’t jostle his hair when Trump went on The Late Show. 

That being said, The Tonight Show has got a bit edgier recently with having Jo Firestone play Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. 

Additionally, there seem to be an uptick in Colbert dropping F-bombs in the opening monologue as an appropriate expression of his feelings about what’s going on in The White House. There might not be a correlation with the new ratings lead, but it’s a shift in tactics from when Stephen used to just make fun of sidestepping explicit language because of being on CBS at 11:35PM. 

Going forward, Bee will undoubtedly get more latitude to do even more of what she wants and Colbert might just increase his lead with being a more defiant Colbert. We’re sure that’s the Colbert that will be hosting when The Late Show goes live after the February 28th Trump address to Congress.

Watch Nate Bargatze and Liza Treyger’s Late Night Sets from This Week

November 6, 2016
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In this particular political atmosphere of the moment, non-political comedy can get lost in the shuffle of Trump and Hillary based humor. 

With that in mind, you should watch the recent stand-up sets of Nate Bargatze on The Tonight Show and Liza Treyger on Late Night. They’re both tight sets and are politics free, which is something we’re looking forward to seeing more of after this Tuesday.

Late Night is Finally All Back

September 2, 2014
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For the last several weeks, many of all of our favorite late night programming has taken their summer vacations and we’ve all been left with reruns at 1 in the morning.

Now that Summer’s over, it’s all back to work for all of us, which includes brand new episodes of Letterman, Kimmel, Fallon, Conan, Meyers, The Daily Show, “@midnight”, Colbert, and Ferguson (that’s Craig Ferguson mind you, not Ferguson, MO).

For tonight, you should especially watch Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris on Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC 12:35AM) and Brett Gelman and Brooks Wheelan on Conan (TBS 11PM)

David Steinberg Guest Hosted The Tonight Show

February 4, 2014
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Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, and now, coming up, Jimmy Fallon are the handful of people that can call themselves the host of the legendary Tonight Show.

Well, believe it or not, there has been a guest host of The Tonight Show as well in David Steinberg. Not only did he appear a record number of times, but he also filled in for Johnny Carson more than a few times.

Watch the story on Fallon here.

Budd Friedman, Founder of The Improv Comedy Clubs, Talks Jimmy Fallon Making It in Comedy

November 28, 2013
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The very first Improvisation Comedy Club, now known internationally as The Improv with several locations across the U.S., was founded by Budd Friedman and he stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to wax nostalgic about Jimmy coming up in comedy.

Watch a nice walk down comedy lane between Budd and Jimmy here.

Marc Maron Talks Chasing Down Michael Keaton for WTF on Fallon

May 1, 2013
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Last night, Marc Maron stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote his book “Attempting Normal” and his upcoming IFC show ‘Maron’. Apparently, getting Michael Keaton on WTF was initially easier, then much harder than one would think. 

Also, Marc breaks down the comedians pitching TV show process pretty nicely.

Marc Maron’s ‘Attempting Normal’ Out Today, On Fallon Tonight, ‘Maron’ Premieres This Friday

April 30, 2013
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Marc Maron’s book “Attempting Normal” is out in bookstores today as well as Maron making an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this evening (NBC 12:35AM). Those are in addition to the premiere of his IFC series ‘Maron’ starting this Friday at 10PM. 

Is that enough to call this “Marc Maron Week”?

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