Here's Louis C.K. on Letterman last night to promote his new HBO stand-up hour, Louis C.K.: Oh My God, which premieres a week from Saturday on April 13th. Letterman got down to brass tacks and asked C.K. about an episode of Louie last season that ended with him screaming, "Fuck you, Letterman!" at the Ed Sullivan Theater from the street, and the two managed to work the misunderstanding out.
Longtime Conan writer Brian Kiley had an impressive weekend in the late night world. First, on Friday, he had a strong standup set on Letterman (above). Then, last night, he went on Conan to read what fellow Conan writer Deon Cole wrote about what Dr. Martin Luther King Day means to him, so that Deon Cole can take the day off (below). For all we know, Brian Kiley probably guest-hosted Last Call with Carson Daly this weekend too. There's just no way to be sure.
Albert Brooks, who's promoting his Oscar buzz-generating role in Judd Apatow's This Is 40, sat down with David Letterman last night. Here's the interview (part two is after the jump), which is a reminder that Albert Brooks should be in the Talk Show Guest Hall of Fame. Also included after the jump is Brooks's first-ever Letterman appearance, from 1983. Enjoy!:
Here's comedian Myq Kaplan performing his second stand-up set on Letterman Friday night (his first was last year). In his "tight five," Kaplan discusses the Wright Brothers, tattoos, pick-up lines, and grammar. Even if you don't like standup comedy, Kaplan's jokes about fighting and his fear of confrontation should make you feel better about not being as much of a wimp as he is.
Will Ferrell was on Letterman last night, and of course he was dressed in his regal finest in honor of the upcoming royal wedding. He also offered his royal greeting to the couple, which, once seen, explains why he wasn't invited.
David Letterman became the second person this week to ask Tina Fey if she and Amy Poehler would ever host the Oscars. Her response: "Oh, I don't think so. I'll tell you what – for a woman, just the amount of dresses that you would have to try on, that's a dealbreaker. I'm out." Fey told a reporter "No way" when asked the same question two days ago. So, her going from "No way" to "I don't think so" in just a couple days should at least give fans some hope. I have a feeling this is a question she's going to get asked a lot, so hopefully, she'll [...]
Here's David Letterman being pretty weird towards Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein during an appearance on his show Friday night, obsessively trying to get them to admit to dating each other, even though they're totally not. This is apparently the first platonic friendship between a man and a woman Letterman has ever seen.
Amy Poehler appeared on Letterman last night and told a fun story about how she tried to plant a kiss on Joe Biden when she met him, just for the hell of it, which prompts Letterman to go in for an awkward kiss with her (with some urging from Poehler). This has been a long time coming.
Hit the jump for the rest of Letterman's Amy Poehler interview, in which she talks about how her son asked her if she ever had a penis and the iPhone app she uses to play a Santa scam on her kids.
"Ultimately we made the decision that in times of crisis, television tends to continue. We thought, well, there will be news channels on, there will be reporters running around, we should be able to do a show. And in light of everything else that's going on, maybe it will be a nice alternative for people who have had their fill of watching reporters in slickers in the rain."
- 'Late Show' producer Rob Burnett to TV Guide about the hurricane-inspired decision to have David Letterman go on the air without an audience the past two nights.
Here's Jerry Seinfeld doing five minutes of stand-up last night on Letterman. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this guy's got a future in stand-up.
David Letterman must be having all of America's greatest comedy people on his show this week. After yesterday's wonderful appearance by Albert Brooks, Bill Murray paid a visit to the show – after being dragged in handcuffed against his will and tazed by a bunch of goons.
Hit the jump to see Bill Murray and David Letterman celebrate the Rockefeller Center tree lighting:
Last week, an audience member vomited in the balcony of a performance of the Broadway play Grace, starring Paul Rudd, and now, here's Rudd on Letterman last night, running through the "Top Ten Thoughts That Went Through His Mind When An Audience Member Vomited During His Broadway Show." This video should unite all you snobs and slobs out there as it has the perfect combination of high art (Broadway) and low (vomit humor).
On Letterman last night, Martin Short talked about being invited to fancy political dinners in Washington and got a good laugh from joking that he "really shouldn't be allowed out." He then went on to make a pretty good case for why he should be kept indoors: at the Correspondents Dinner, he mistook Obama staffer David Axelrod for his friend, actor Richard Kind, and proceeded to walk up to him, hug him, and make fun of his weight before realizing his mistake. It's nice to know that Short subconsciously channels Jiminy Glick from time to time.
