By Punchline Magazine | September 3, 2010 at 12:25 pm | 4 comments
We'll probably never know the answer to this question, seeing as Conan O'Brien isn't the type to gloat about his good fortunes (well, maybe a little).
But he's got to be pleased with this morning's news that The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has registered its lowest summer...
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By Punchline Magazine | August 27, 2010 at 10:25 am | 2 comments
The new installment of our video interview series A Tight Five brings us to comedian Nick Thune. Recorded while we were at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival earlier this year, this may go down as the interview recorded latest in the day in the three year history of A Tight Five....
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By Nate Billy | July 23, 2010 at 4:42 pm | 2 comments
Here’s a little Late Night television history lesson. There once was a man named Johnny Carson; he was the host of The Tonight Show. Joan Rivers was good buddies with him, and was his official fill-in.
Rumor has it, that around that time, NBC was drawing up a list of names...
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By Punchline Magazine | July 22, 2010 at 3:17 pm | One comment
Hey, remember when The Jay Leno Show first premiered-- before the late night wars began? Leno employed a solid group of comedians for recurring segments-- peeps like Nick Thune and Jim Norton, guys that wouldn't normally be thought of as network friendly, even at 10...
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By Dave Mindich | June 24, 2010 at 4:20 pm | One comment
Louis C.K. sat down last night with Jay Leno to, as it would seem, not to talk about his new sitcom, Louie, which premiers – with two episodes – this coming Tuesday on FX at 11 pm EST. C.K., instead, simply talked about his own life: his kids, volunteering at a public school...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 10, 2010 at 10:19 am | No comments
On a recent Tonight Show with Jay Leno interview punctuated by awkward questions about where the red-haired guy went, Chris Rock talks about his two daughters and what life was like growing up in a shoe. Rock quips that his young daughters recently got out of rehab and...
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By Nate Billy | June 8, 2010 at 3:42 pm | 2 comments
Prior to the Conan-Leno late night debacle, and even before Leno pushed Letterman out of the running to become host of The Tonight Show, there was another man who got the infamous Jay Leno treatment. Or so he claims.
Back in 1984 Leigh Savidge produced a live tape of a comedy...
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By Nate Billy | May 18, 2010 at 3:30 pm | No comments
Bill Cosby was a guest last night on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Redux. Surprisingly, unlike many aging comedians, he came on doing what he has always done best, stand-up comedy…except he delivered it while sitting down. Can’t blame Cosby for that, after all he is 72...
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By Punchline Magazine | May 1, 2010 at 11:48 am | One comment
Tomorrow at 7 pm on CBS' 60 Minutes, Conan O'Brien sits down with correspondent Steve Kroft. It's the first interview he's been permitted to give since he left NBC with a huge payout that came with a few restrictions-- talking to the press being one of them. Below, check out the...
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