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Month: March 2013

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So You Think You Can Roast? Amadeo Fusca wins 2013 Friars Club contest following roasts of Dennis Rodman, Padma Lakshmi, Ricky Schroder

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 20, 2013March 20, 2013

The Friars Club wrapped up its annual “So You Think You Can Roast?” contest over the weekend with a celebrity-and-amateur roast of Dennis Rodman, and …

Bill Cosby at 75: “I used to be you” but now he’s better in this demented Letterman clip
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Bill Cosby at 75: “I used to be you” but now he’s better in this demented Letterman clip

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 20, 2013March 20, 2013

Some aspiring comedians think they need to start performing stand-up as soon as possible; like yesterday, even. Just watch Bill Cosby. Take notes. Cosby returned …

Stephen Colbert breaks character to support his sister’s Congressional campaign
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Stephen Colbert breaks character to support his sister’s Congressional campaign

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 19, 2013March 19, 2013

Stephen Colbert plays “Stephen Colbert” on Comedy Central, and in doing so on The Colbert Report, he has pretended to be a conservative talking airhead …

D.L. Hughley’s “The Endangered List” honored by Television Academy
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D.L. Hughley’s “The Endangered List” honored by Television Academy

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 19, 2013

D.L. Hughley may not have started his Dancing With the Stars experience on the right foot Monday night (earning the low scores of the evening …

UK classic comedy character revivals: New “David Brent” from Ricky Gervias, “Alan Partridge” from Steve Coogan
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UK classic comedy character revivals: New “David Brent” from Ricky Gervias, “Alan Partridge” from Steve Coogan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 18, 2013

What’s a decade for comedy nerds to wait for their beloved British characters? Over the weekend, we saw the rebirth of not only Steve Coogan’s …

Mike E. Winfield wins 2013 Gilda’s LaughFest competition
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Mike E. Winfield wins 2013 Gilda’s LaughFest competition

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 18, 2013

Mike E. Winfield enjoyed a productive and fruitful comedy festival over the weekend, earning $10,000 as winner of the 2013 Gilda’s LaughFest Stand-Up Competition in Grand Rapids, Mich. …

Which came first: The Onion’s satire of student athletes who rape, or the real thing?
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Which came first: The Onion’s satire of student athletes who rape, or the real thing?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 18, 2013March 18, 20134

Trick question. This is a segment from Onion SportsDome that aired on Comedy Central in 2011. As friend of the site Krister Johnson, who worked on …

Gilbert Gottfried and Alan Thicke swapped wives on ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap”
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Gilbert Gottfried and Alan Thicke swapped wives on ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 15, 2013March 15, 2013

In case you missed it, this week on ABC’s new episode of Celebrity Wife Swap, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedic actor Alan Thicke spent time …

RIP Scott Kennedy
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RIP Scott Kennedy

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 15, 2013March 15, 2013

Scott Kennedy died unexpectedly on Thursday. The stand-up comedian, known for leading dozens of stand-up comedy tours to American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan over …

Throwback Thursday with Classic Television Showbiz: Kliph Nesteroff interviews Bill Dana
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Throwback Thursday with Classic Television Showbiz: Kliph Nesteroff interviews Bill Dana

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 14, 2013March 14, 2013

What better day than Throwback Thursday to celebrate our friend of the site’s site, Classic Television Showbiz. That’s where Kliph Nesteroff, a comedian from Vancouver, British …

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