Monday, July 28, 2014

Tonight Show - Thank You Notes

This is a great example of how the current iteration of the Tonight Show is different from other talk shows. The bit, "Thank You Notes", is a sufficiently original bit but it's not entirely different from other comedy bits. The difference is the ability of the Tonight Show to veer off the written comedy (or the interview for that matter) and go on a complete tangent for some improvised comedy sillies.

The setup to this comes from a monologue story where a man was selling crack at a McDonald's drive-thru.





Sunday, July 27, 2014

Late Show - MacArthur Park

Jimmy Webb performs his 70s hit "MacArthur Park" with the CBS Orchestra.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Conan in a Movie

Conan will make his debut as an actor in the upcoming SyFy movie "Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda" and he's put the entirety of his role online. This is not a joke - "SvP" is a "real" "movie" and Conan is really in it.



You'll note that a lot of the different shots of beaches don't appear to match each other. In "Rifftrax Live: Sharknado" there was the same problem. As the shot would change there was a lot of "Meanwhile on another beach..."

"Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda" airs August 2nd at 9PM on SyFy.

Late Show - Elaine Stritch

Long time character actor Elaine Stritch died recently so the Late Show posted this video to their Youtube channel from the night where she made a very special appearance.



The first time I remember seeing her it was in a very special TWO PART episode of "Head of the Class" in which the school is trying to put on a production of the musical "Hair" but encountering resistance from the school administration. It was dramatic. So every time I saw her thereafter I thought, "That's the woman from 'Head of the Class'".

Monday, July 21, 2014

Game Grumps - Snow, Wind and Bees Every Time

So there's this series of videos on the youtube called "Game Grumps" where two guys play video games. That's pretty much all there is to it. I'm recommending it and you're going to sit there and like it. And there's nothing you can do to stop me.



Friday, July 18, 2014

Conan Joins Tinder

Conan and Dave Franco explore the world of dating with Tinder.



Dave Franco is fine but I was so hoping that the person joining him would be Jordan Schlansky. How great would that be?

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Late Night - Keith Morrison

This is arguably the first funny comedy bit on Late Night with Seth Meyers. The premise is: NBC wants Seth to be friends with other people in the NBC family so they set him up on play dates. In this episode, he hangs out with Dateline's Keith Morrison.

Oh nooooooo.