10. Gary Gulman’s state abbreviations
I think this might be the best late-night set I’ve seen (other than Becky Lucas and Rhys Nicholson’s debuts on Conan). Gary Gulman basically does a five-minute chunk on how the US states got their abbreviations and the writing in it is absolutely impeccable.
Who DID come up with those?
Mostly I just respect the courage it takes to dedicate your entire set to one bit because it’s not like he can change topics or segue into another bit if the audience isn’t on board with it. It’s crazy good, and the best thing is I later discovered that the “documentary” that he mentions at the start absolutely does not exist which, for me, makes this bit even funnier.