Samuel Comroe made his stand-up debut on Conan (video)
<p> <p> </p> </p> You might not recognize the name <p> Samuel Comroe </p> but there’s a pretty good chance you might. Comroe was hand picked from hundreds of submissions by <p> Ricky Gervias </p> to win the Team Coco Just Sayin’ Stand-Up Competition . Comroe was rewarded 5 minutes on <p> Conan </p> last […]
CNN to premiere “The History of Comedy” in February
The History of Comedy, executive produced by Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner (Hazy Mills) with Emmy Award winners Mark Herzog and Christopher G. Cowen (Herzog & Company), will premiere Thursday, February 9th, at 9pm on CNN. Following a world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Using archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends, […]
Conan O’Brien is a Mexican telenovela star now
Conan O’Brien is in Mexico City, filming his latest international special, Conan Without Borders: Mexico – and from the look of all the Facebook videos he’s been posting, the whole Team Coco staff is having quite a fiesta, from learning lucha libre and playing futbol to crashing a quinceanera and bullying a mariachi band. But […]
Pete Holmes tells Conan about his balls, his billboards, and driving in LA
Pete Holmes, creator and star of new HBO comedy Crashing, caught up with his old boss, Conan O’Brien, last night. O’Brien, who produced The Pete Holmes Show, has lots of questions about the stand-up’s new mostly-autobiographical series – where he plays a young comic whose divorce helps spark his career – but first, Conan calls […]
Bill Burr, Marc Maron, Anthony Jeselnik, and more to headline The New York Comedy Festival
The New York Comedy Festival is returning to NYC for its 15th year and they have big plans for things this time around as they’re expanding their programming to a full week between November 5th and 11th. Just this morning festival organizers announced the initial (17 out of 200 performers) lineup for this year’s festival […]
Fox Cancels The Wanda Sykes Show
Oh Fox, you still have yet to make a legitimate late night show work for pretty much anything. We don’t need to run down the list of late night failures but we can at least add another one to it. At the recent upfronts, the Murdoch network announced that their late night legacy is still […]
Conan’s A Creep (video)
Apparently, Conan O’ Brien is covering Radiohead’s “Creep” on his current “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour.” We’re not quite sure what’s funnier – his rendition, or the mustache Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is rocking for their cover of the same jam. You be the judge below.
Guess Conan won’t be visiting Newark anytime soon
Yesterday, we brought you news of the mayor of Newark, New Jersey placing Conan O’Brien on Newark Airport’s no-fly list. Didn’t you hear that Conan just hit his head, Mayor Cory Booker? Leave Conan alone (still a relevant reference)! But why am I defending Conan? Dude is more than capable of sticking it to Newark […]
Conan O’Brien To Host The 97th Academy Awards
Courtesy of Team Coco. The Oscars Host search has come to a close. The Academy announced this morning that beloved Emmy Award winning comedian, host & writer Conan O’Brien has been tapped to host the 97th Academy Awards on ABC March 2nd, 2025. This marks the comedian’s first time hosting the star-studded awards show and […]
Three Comedy Specials Produced By Conan O’Brien You Should Know
Comedy legend & revered late night host Conan O’Brien has been the epitome of what it means to be a champion for stand-up comedians & comedy writers over the past three decades. As part of his previous late night television iterations via Late Night, The Tonight Show & his self-titled show on TBS, Conan has […]