Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel write for the show “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and perform regularly on the long-running comedy program. But although humor is their livelihood, identifying the line between entertaining and offending an audience is no laughing matter. Ruffin and Hagel share their Brief But Spectacular take on the role of comedy and their mission as Ladies of Late Night.

African American artist Delano Dunn examines questions of racial identity in his work, which was heavily influenced by his upbringing in South Central Los Angeles. Dunn offers his Brief But Spectacular take on exploring the world through his art.

Scott Aukerman helped launch one of the internet’s most popular talk show spoofs, “Between Two Ferns.” He explains the unexpected origin of the program, what his goal is with interviewing celebrities and how it feels to play an entertaining buffoon — but don’t take anything he says too seriously. Aukerman shares his brief but spectacular take on his life in comedy.

At age 12, Andrew Bastawrous was told by his teachers that he was slow and inattentive. But the results of an eye exam explained why: he had very poor vision. Globally, as many as 2.5 billion people who need glasses don’t have them -- and are unable to reach their full potential as a result. Now an eye surgeon, Bastawrous shares his brief but spectacular take on eradicating avoidable blindness.