monologue

In the hilarious opening monologue Argan sits coddled in his chair—sort of a baroque Barcalounger—going over his treatments and the hefty prices charged for them by his “primary care physician,” Dr. Purgon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Weeks before Serbia's highly anticipated election, Zoran Kesic, the country's star late-night talk show host, opened his monologue with a stark warning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The character hovered beside Kimmel during his Thursday monologue and offered to handle everything from his social media posts to his personal needs.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

But she cited her earlier performance as Muriel in Alan Bennett's monologue Soldiering On, as one of her proudest moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

He has a long monologue to speak—twenty lines of type in the script, delivered as he walks the stage and leads a tour of first-year students.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

But those monologues are still reviewed and vetted like other material on the show and performed as part of a dress rehearsal before the live show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

This was despite the fact that Gillis’ track record of problematic, punching-down monologues spoke for itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

On one weekend in Tokyo, hundreds of visitors flocked to a zine fair showcasing a wide range of handmade magazines in different sizes and formats -- some incorporating abstract designs, photography or personal monologues.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

In one of his first monologues, he pointed out his boss in the audience, then-network-head Les Moonves, manning a switch that could kill Colbert’s show in favor of reruns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

When we were done with our overlapping monologues, we glared at each other.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore