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For Bob Odenkirk’s Latest Meta Late Night Bit, He Makes a Movie Where He Trades Places with Stephen Colbert

February 17, 2017
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bob odenkirk, cbs, fake trailer, inception, late show, meta comedy, movie within in a movie, stephen colbert

For every Bob Odenkirk late night appearance, it isn’t satisfactory enough to just do a straightforward panel interview. 

The co-creator of Mr. Show has to sneak in some mischief in some way, shape, or form and Odenkirk opted for taking the idea of “trading places” and adding a Mr. Show-With Bob & David twist to it while on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

Watch it here.

Todd Glass Does What Todd Glass Does on Set List

March 14, 2014
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improvised, inception, nerdist, set list, stand up, todd glass

One of the few comedians who can enact an Inception-like number of layers within his bits, Todd Glass goes on Set List and does what you’d expect with riffing on the idea of doing material on the topic instead of doing the topic and making it still funny.

Watch his set here.

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