Last night, long time writer and sketch actor Brian Stack said farewell after working with Conan O’Brien for 18 years on ‘Late Night’, ‘The Tonight Show’ and ‘Conan’.
Following the show, ‘Conan’ staff writer Andrés du Bouchet tweeted:
“Late night legend @BrianStack153 is leaving us for NYC and The Late Show w/ Colbert. We’ll miss him! ”
Brian, a Chicago trained comic actor and writer, performing at both Improv Olympic and the Second City, has featured regularly in many late night sketches over the years. TeamCoco.com have compiled a nine minute supercut featuring a whole host of Brian’s memorable characters, including the Traveling Salesman, Brian LaFontaine, Fan-Tastic Guy, the ghost of Artie Kendall, the voice of the Wiki Bear, and The Interrupter.
If Brian’s favourite type of late night comedy is anything to go by, I think we can expect a little bit of silliness on the ‘Late Show’.
Brian Stack on the Traveling Salesman and His Many Other ‘Conan’ Characters – Splitsider
My favorite kind of comedy on late night has always been the non-topical silly stuff where it’s not really at anybody’s expense. My least favorite kind of joke is a celebrity joke, because it tends to be very familiar or sometimes very mean, and if it’s not mean it doesn’t even work, usually. [laughs] But that’s just part of the landscape, and some people definitely have it coming. But my favorite kind of comedy on late night is at no one’s expense but the character that’s involved in the sketch where you’re not really going after anybody. There may be less emphasis on silly character bits than there used to be in general, but we still do it occasionally, and you’ll see some wonderful silliness on Colbert or Seth Meyers’s show that tells me it’ll never really go away completely; there’s still an appetite among comedy writers and fans to see some of that. And I’m very grateful for that, because that’s always been my favorite.
Brian Stack Headed to the 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'
Last night, long time writer and sketch actor Brian Stack said farewell after working with Conan O’Brien for 18 years on ‘Late Night’, ‘The Tonight Show’ and ‘Conan’.
Following the show, ‘Conan’ staff writer Andrés du Bouchet tweeted:
“Late night legend @BrianStack153 is leaving us for NYC and The Late Show w/ Colbert. We’ll miss him! ”
Brian, a Chicago trained comic actor and writer, performing at both Improv Olympic and the Second City, has featured regularly in many late night sketches over the years. TeamCoco.com have compiled a nine minute supercut featuring a whole host of Brian’s memorable characters, including the Traveling Salesman, Brian LaFontaine, Fan-Tastic Guy, the ghost of Artie Kendall, the voice of the Wiki Bear, and The Interrupter.
If Brian’s favourite type of late night comedy is anything to go by, I think we can expect a little bit of silliness on the ‘Late Show’.
Brian Stack on the Traveling Salesman and His Many Other ‘Conan’ Characters – Splitsider
My favorite kind of comedy on late night has always been the non-topical silly stuff where it’s not really at anybody’s expense. My least favorite kind of joke is a celebrity joke, because it tends to be very familiar or sometimes very mean, and if it’s not mean it doesn’t even work, usually. [laughs] But that’s just part of the landscape, and some people definitely have it coming. But my favorite kind of comedy on late night is at no one’s expense but the character that’s involved in the sketch where you’re not really going after anybody. There may be less emphasis on silly character bits than there used to be in general, but we still do it occasionally, and you’ll see some wonderful silliness on Colbert or Seth Meyers’s show that tells me it’ll never really go away completely; there’s still an appetite among comedy writers and fans to see some of that. And I’m very grateful for that, because that’s always been my favorite.