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July 29, 2012 Leave a comment
Today’s my last day taking in some comedy in Los Angeles. Last night the highlight was watching Jeff Garlin do his interview thing at Largo, which means that he gets a guest and they just talk and banter and meander for about 90 minutes. The guest was Garry Shandling, so I thought I’d check out Shandling’s premiere on The Tonight Show. Who would have thought he’d begin with a prop joke?
February 10, 2012 6 Comments
The documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (2011) opens with a brief statement and a two-word question:
Conan O’Brien replaced Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show” in June of 2009. He was gone in seven months.
What happened?
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January 30, 2012 5 Comments
For those who enjoy comedians criticizing each other, it was fortuitous timing that, the day after Chelsea Handler visited Howard Stern for the first time, Stern regular Joan Rivers happened by and confronted Handler’s criticism.
Against the advice of her daughter Melissa, Joan added fuel to the fire, quickly putting lie to her initial statement that…
I don’t even know who [Handler] is.
