Alingon Mitra expresses his disdain for inspirational Instagram posts, and ponders whether someone can really be anti-Trump without being pro-Hillary during his performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Alingon Mitra is a stand-up comedian known for his tight jokes, original thoughts, and affable presence. Making his television debut on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Mitra finished first in the public vote 5 weeks in a row to win the comic comeback contest and perform on the finale. He has since been invited to do stand-up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central. In addition, he wrote for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Adam Ruins Everything. Mitra went on to be named one of the “New Faces of Comedy” at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He also won both the Boston Comedy Festival and the “Funniest Comic in New England” contest in the same year. Mitra was a writer for the humor magazine The Harvard Lampoon.
