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Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.
The Late Show with Larry Wilmore as Stephen Colbert cedes cold open to his former Comedy Central colleague
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The Late Show with Larry Wilmore as Stephen Colbert cedes cold open to his former Comedy Central colleague

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 2, 2016September 2, 2016

“Welcome to The Late Show. I’m your host, Larry Wilmore.” Wait, what? CBS opened cold on Thursday’s episode of The Late Show with Wilmore subbing …

Tape Face gets “Dunkin Save” through semifinals, into finals of America’s Got Talent 2016
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Tape Face gets “Dunkin Save” through semifinals, into finals of America’s Got Talent 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 1, 2016September 1, 20162

Tape Face, aka The Boy with Tape on His Face, is scheduled to launch a European tour next week. But somewhere over the course of …

Lori Mae Hernandez’s semifinals performance on America’s Got Talent 2016
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Lori Mae Hernandez’s semifinals performance on America’s Got Talent 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 1, 20162

There will not be a stand-up comedian in the finals of the 2016 season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Teenager Lori Mae Hernandez came up …

Brent Sullivan on Conan
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Brent Sullivan on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 1, 2016

What were the last two weeks of your heterosexuality like? For comedian Brent Sullivan, it involved an unhealthy obsession with female bodybuilders, as he joked …

Matt Farley performs “Used to be a Pizza Hut” as Papa Razzi and the Photogs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Matt Farley performs “Used to be a Pizza Hut” as Papa Razzi and the Photogs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 31, 2016August 31, 20161

Matt Farley has written more than 18,000 songs in the past eight years, but his biggest performance came Tuesday night when Jimmy Fallon took up …

Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey almost starred in a sitcom set behind the scenes of SNL, years before 30 Rock
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Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey almost starred in a sitcom set behind the scenes of SNL, years before 30 Rock

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 31, 2016September 28, 20161

Years before 30 Rock hit NBC and won all of the Emmys, Dino Stamatopoulos, Stephen Colbert, Scott Adsit, Robert Smigel and Michael Stoyanov wrote a sitcom pilot …

Tommy Johnagin on The Late Late Show with James Corden
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Tommy Johnagin on The Late Late Show with James Corden

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 31, 2016

There’s something so assured, so steady about Tommy Johnagin onstage. The guy’s a joke murderer, with clinical precision, striking time and time again, even if …

Dan Naturman on Conan
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Dan Naturman on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 31, 2016

Dan Naturman returned to Conan on Tuesday night, once more a new uncle, fresh with jokes about how much simpler a job being an uncle …

Dan Whitney breaks from “Larry the Cable Guy” character to explain it after “FOX & Friends” segment backlash
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Dan Whitney breaks from “Larry the Cable Guy” character to explain it after “FOX & Friends” segment backlash

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 30, 2016September 1, 2016

Larry the Cable Guy made the media rounds today to promote his new Netflix special with Jeff Foxworthy, but even before noon, the comedian made …

Watch the performances from Comedy Central’s “Goddamn Comedy Jam”
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Watch the performances from Comedy Central’s “Goddamn Comedy Jam”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2016August 29, 2016

In case you missed it over the weekend, Comedy Central debuted the first-ever televised edition of The Goddamn Comedy Jam, the live concert held monthly …

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