We haven’t flicked on the spotlight at Kats Comedy Hut in quite a while. But if this were an actual club, Luenell would be our resident headliner. The Sunday- and Monday-night star of Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club is in talks — like, at this moment — with Kimmel about developing her own talk show.
And David Letterman is involved. Kimmel and Luenell chatted about the idea on a Zoom chat Wednesday morning, sharpening the concept. A lot of moving parts, yes.
Here’s how it went down: Luenell blew up John Mulaney’s “Everybody’s In LA” talk show last month. The show was part of the “Netflix Is a Joke” comedy festival across Los Angeles. Mulaney’s guests were Letterman, Bill Hader, Pete Davidson and seismologist Lucy Jones.
Jones was there to talk about earthquakes. But it was Luenell who shook up the stage, especially when Mulaney asked Jones why she became a seismologist. “I discovered geology,” the expert on earthquake scenes said.
“I read the book on my first week of class ...
” Luenell cut in, “And you fell in love with earthquakes.” The line sent Letterman, Hader and Davidson into a laughing fit. “I can’t, I can’t,” Davidson said while busting up.
After Jones said she actually married a fellow seismologist, “I’m a bit of a size -mologist myself,” Luenell followed. “It’s different,” Mulaney explained to the earthquake expert, who was doing her best to keep up. The appearance initiated an ongoing dialogue between Letterman and .
