Sabrina Jalees’ latest late night set is a jaunty, fun, short set that bristles with Jalees’ charisma and “daddy” energy. Also, she gets to head over to the couch for a jaunty, fun, short (perfect for late night) story with Lilly Singh and guest Nico Santos.
Please enjoy Sabrina’s set on A Little Late with Lilly Singh here.
“See Jo Firestone” should be an additional definition to the word “delightful” in any and all dictionaries.
Firestone got to return to the Tonight Show stage for her second set in front of Fallon. You can’t help but smile and laugh at as well as really consider the true demographic of women’s clothing company Ann Taylor.
Enjoy Jo Firestone on The Tonight Show here.
Erin Jackson is starting to rack up late night sets with her refreshing charm. She’s already done Conan and she just performed a lovely set on Late Night with Seth Meyers that really showcases a winning, upbeat persona and really great sense of timing.
So, please enjoy Erin Jackson on Late Night with Seth Meyers here.
Last Friday, Carmen Lynch showed yet again that she can really craft and deliver a hilarious classic late night set on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Callbacks, misdirection, and overall great joke structure and delivery are all on display here in addition to the charm of Carmen’s low-key persona and incredibly expressive eyes (used marvelously to comedic effect).
So, please enjoy Carmen Lynch’s latest late night set here.
Todd Glass is a master of the comedic moment. Whenever you see him perform, he knows how to cause quite the silly ruckus only to effortlessly and hilariously undercut it all with one line, getting a big laugh and applause for doing so. Additionally, Glass is funny with his bits, outside of his bits, and from almost any other angle, which is such an impressive feat unto itself.
No one does it quite like Todd and it really is a beautiful thing to watch him wrangle all of it together, especially with the dimension of him running bits with a full band that’s game for whatever he throws at them.
You can see Todd put all of this on display from his set on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Please, please enjoy it here.
We gave one of 100 best of 2019 slots to one Pedro Gonzalez because he was so damn good at crafting jokes regardless of him learning English as a second language.
Well, here’s Pedro doing just that very thing yet again on last night’s Colbert, so precise with misdirection and timing. It’s a beautiful thing to watch.
Please enjoy the set here.
Kate Willett is another one of those cases where she is so damn funny and has been for such a long time and having plenty of specials and TV sets under her belt that we kind of can’t believe this set on last night’s Colbert was her first time on network television.
Yet, here we are. So, please enjoy another round of Kate’s smart, sex positive humor right here.
Kindness and earnestness abound with this interview as is always the case with Joe Pera, especially when he’s on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
It’s almost like a bonus ep. of Joe Pera Talks With You and you can have it brighten your day right now right here.
Stuart Goldsmith has spent so many years over in the UK with his terrific podcast The Comedian’s Comedian that dissects the creative process of so many great comedians while also honing his own skills, that he makes quite the impressive debut with his first late night set in America.
It’s clear that he’s absorbed plenty of the knowledge and skills of the craft of comedy from the hundreds of hours he has recorded for The Comedian’s Comedian as this set is both carefully constructed, yet undeniably seamless and very fun.
So, please enjoy Stuart Goldsmith’s U.S. stand-up TV debut here.
Man oh man, the many voices and asides (literal asides from herself to herself) from Jessica Kirson are such a delight in this set from this late night set on last week’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It’s the perfect preview for her special Talking to Myself premiering on Comedy Central on Dec. 6th at midnight.
Please watch and enjoy Jessica Kirson on The Tonight Show here.
For us, Chase Bernstein just has irresistible understated charm and it is clearly emanating throughout this whole set, that just happens to be her late night debut (also, glad to see that A Little Late with Lilly Singh is having stand-up).
Enjoy Chase’s set here.
There is a certain finesse that comes with working in the realm of dry humor. It’s akin to the artful arranging of negative space in a photograph or painting. When comedians can pull it off, it really is amazing to see how they cleverly play with that energy just like Emily Catalano did in her late night debut on Conan.
Watch and see Catalano work her wry/dry magic here.
Megan Gailey just released a great album this week, My Dad Paid For This and offered a more fine comedy wares with her set on The Tonight Show from last night.
This set is a pretty great bookend to the album as Megan demands that she be engaged on her album by the time of its release and is now, in fact, engaged. Gailey’s just a few steps ahead always.
Please enjoy the set here.
At this point, it’s kind of crazy that Chris Garcia hasn’t done late night until just last night. Chris has a half hour special on Comedy Central, a handful of great TV appearances, and been even featured on This American Life. All throughout those times, he has been so damn funny with his distillation of his identity as a Cuban immigrant with immigrant parents.
Still, a chance for Garcia to take the stage is one to be relished and we hope you enjoy Chris’ first (of hopefully many more) late night sets here, taped on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
Alex Edelman just served us all another great stand-up set on Conan that showcases Edelman’s knack for weaving sharp writing and imagination together.
Indeed, Alex talks about two heroes, though, it’s almost up to you to decide if it’s any pairing of Coco the Gorilla, Robin Williams, Michael Collins, or Neil Armstrong.
Watch, enjoy, and decide the two heroes for yourself here.
The way that Jay Larson distills life into his bits and stories is a great reminder that, perhaps, we should all re-examine the way we live our lives. Whether Larson is living his life for the joke or he just is hyperaware of the comedy in every moment of life, Larson knows how to spin quite the tale.
Give his latest performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden a watch here.
We’ve recently noticed a trend in late night stand-up sets that we’re really digging. It’s subtle and just beginning, but more and more comics seem to be free to have ad libs/asides, here and there, making their very rehearsed performance seem more alive and closer to the experience you’d get if you were to see them at a live comedy show. It’s part of what makes live comedy magical.
Part of the fun of watching Brooks Wheelan do stand-up is seeing the sheer fun he has telling jokes and stories, a lot of which has to do with the him playing with his set from moment-to-moment. That’s clearly on display in this very delightful set he just did on last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers.
So, with all of that said, go give Brooks Wheelan’s set on Seth Meyers a watch here.
Always cool, calm, and calculated, Noah Gardenswartz delivers a tight 5 (it pretty much 5 min. on the dot from tip to tail) on The Late Late Show with James Corden that features one of the more of the bizarre arguments to ever happen at a Subway.
Please enjoy it here.
In a slick silver suit, on The Tonight Show, and executing a flawless delivery on very well crafted 5 min. set, Ryan Hamilton almost seems a throwback to the Johnny Carson’s days on the Tonight Show.
That being said, the set itself has a certain timeless quality and probably would have killed in the 70s too. See Ryan’s set from last night’s Tonight Show for yourself here.
Julio Torres is on his own comedic wavelength (ex. My Favorite Shapes, Los Espookys) and not easing up for anyone, which makes him all the more wonderful.
This clip from his most recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers is further proof of his otherworldly charm wherein he shares a sketch that he never got to make at SNL and how he freaked out one of the interns. Please enjoy here.
In order to promote season 2 of The Ron Burgundy Podcast, Will Ferrell showed up not once, twice, but five times across all of late night last night as his famed Anchorman character, Ron Burgundy.
All told, Ron performed on Conan, Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, Corden, and Seth Meyers last night.
This is notable for a few reasons.
First, we’re pretty sure that no one else has pulled such a feat off by securing that many late night appearances in one fell swoop and having them all be on the same night (there must be a lot of coordination on wardrobe and pre-taping). Thus, it’s probably a world record.
Second, this is a testament to the power of podcasts these days as Ferrell essentially did a special’s worth of TV appearances in character with almost different, intentionally bad material all to plug the season two premiere of The Ron Burgundy Podcast. Essentially, Ferrell pulled a TV stunt like no other to promote a podcast. Wow.
Last night, Catherine Cohen got to show the world what many comedy circles around the country have gotten to enjoy for a few years now. Cohen performed one of her songs from her solo show, accompanied by Henry Koperski on piano, and showed off her wonderfully sarcastic panache and, of course, her voice as well.
So, please enjoy this lovely debut of Catherine Cohen on Seth Meyers here.
Josh Gondelman and is kind of perfect for late night as his craftsmanship of jokes are fantastic and he has an upbeat charm, but it’s never overbearing. Those are just a couple of the reasons he gets to make the rounds performing stand-up on late night .
See for yourself in his latest set on The Late Late Show with James Corden here.
Andy Sandford is one of the best joke craftsmen in comedy working today. We’ve said it many a time and we’ll say it again because he maintains such a high level of excellence in the art of stand-up comedy.
Please enjoy his latest work from this splendid set on last night’s Corden.
Phil Hanley is the sort of clever writer and smooth operator that makes him kind of perfect for doing late night sets. Already he’s racked up sets on Late Night and The Late Late Show.
Last night, he added The Tonight Show to his resume and definitely delivered (there are so many applause breaks in this set).
Watch and see what we’re talking about here.