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Last Night on Late Night, 8/10/15: Jon Stewart signs off, John Oliver on sex ed, and Don Rickles

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. The muddled on-again off-again summer schedule of late night shows continues, and last week Kimmel sat out again. There was still a lot …

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Jon Stewart, the 21st Century’s Johnny Carson

As a post-recession, Iraq-war-concluding, police-brutality-video-watching America braced itself for a Presidential campaign pitting a Clinton against a Bush, a beloved late-night host wrapped up his long-running show, leaving America’s entertainment press grappling for words as though they were eulogizing a President or a Pope. Ah, who could forget 1992? If you’ve had it up to …

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Last Week On Late Night, 6/12/15: John Oliver on torture, Seinfeld on political correctness, and Chris Pratt on our minds

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Since Dave retired and the Summer weekly talk-show break eased into Summer talk-show down time, mostly occupied by a few …

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Last Week on Late Night, 6/5/15: John Oliver and FIFA, Colbert introductions, and more

Over the weekend, John Oliver begged big international brands and sponsors like Coca-Cola, McDonalds, and Visa to force Sepp Blatter to resign. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert announced the band leader, New Orleans legend Jon Batiste. Plus, Jen Kirkman got raw on life and face-eating with Conan, Seth Meyers had some good Jeb Bush jokes and talked well with Alan Cumming, and lots more.

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/11/15: Howard Stern kisses Dave and Louis CK talks to Seth Meyers

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Last night on late night, Don Rickles and Howard Stern were on Late Show, Louis CK spoke with Seth Meyers about working …

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/6/15: Anna Wintour loves to laugh, Cher calls Dave an A**hole one more time

Last night on late night, Martin Short and Cher horsed around with Dave, Anna Wintour put Seth Meyers to work, Conan talked with Nick Swardson and Helen Hunt, Dana Carvey showed up on The Late Late Show, and Kimmel got the Adam Levine treatment.

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/5/15: Chris O’Dowd on Conan, Nathan Lane on Letterman

Last night on late night, Conan spoke with Ex Machina’s Alicia Vikander and Moone Boy’s Chris O’Dowd, Nathan Lane serenaded Letterman with an original song called “I’m dead inside,” James Corden played human piƱata with LL Cool J and Kaley-Cuoco Sweeting, Sofia Vergara and Jimmy Fallon played “catchphrase” on The Tonight Show, and Adam DeVine drank beers in a Man Show toast with Jimmy Kimmel! Plus, Cinco de Mayo jokes.

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