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Month: December 2015

President Barack Obama opens seventh season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
Web series

President Barack Obama opens seventh season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 21, 2015December 21, 20151

Wait, is the president of the United States a comedian? We’ll get to that soon enough. In the meantime, though, President Barack Obama will open …

Episode #45: Reformed Whores
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Episode #45: Reformed Whores

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 21, 2015December 21, 20151

Marie Cecile Anderson and Katy Frame say their musical duo is the love child of Tenacious D and Dolly Parton, but Reformed Whores is an …

SNL #41.9: Merry Christmas from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Bruce Springsteen (and famous friends!)
Saturday Night Live / TV

SNL #41.9: Merry Christmas from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Bruce Springsteen (and famous friends!)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 20151

Christmas has become an extra special time for Saturday Night Live, as the cast and writers save their best for the end of the year …

Amazon orders Tig Notaro’s “One Mississippi” and two other new comedies, renews “Red Oaks”
TV / Web series

Amazon orders Tig Notaro’s “One Mississippi” and two other new comedies, renews “Red Oaks”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 18, 2015December 29, 2015

Christmas came early to the latest batch of pilot contenders for Amazon Studios, as the retail giant that’s now an award-winning competitor to the other …

Reggie Watts presents James Corden with The 12 Days of Christmas
TV

Reggie Watts presents James Corden with The 12 Days of Christmas

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 18, 2015

Self-explanatory. From last night’s “Christmas Spectacular” final episode of 2015 from The Late Late Show with James Corden. Roll the clip!

TJ Miller, Ron Funches and Aisha Tyler populate Conan’s “Star Wars” diner
TV / Video

TJ Miller, Ron Funches and Aisha Tyler populate Conan’s “Star Wars” diner

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 18, 2015December 18, 2015

Conan O’Brien’s special Star Wars episode of Conan last night on TBS included much of the cast of Episode VII: The Force Awakens. But before …

Seeso, Say So: A sneak peek at the newest comedy streaming platform
TV / Video / Web series

Seeso, Say So: A sneak peek at the newest comedy streaming platform

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 17, 2015December 17, 20151

The year 2016 may just be the year we’re all convinced to stop watching TV the traditional way, and Seeso will go a long way …

Reliving “The Great American Dream Machine,” on PBS from 1971-1972, and now on DVD
TV / Video

Reliving “The Great American Dream Machine,” on PBS from 1971-1972, and now on DVD

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 17, 2015

Four years before Saturday Night Live, and three years before Monty Python’s Flying Circus would land on this side of the pond, New York City’s …

Comedian To Do List: Men vs. Women, by Sara Schaefer
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Comedian To Do List: Men vs. Women, by Sara Schaefer

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 17, 2015December 17, 2015

The only thing more striking about Sara Schaefer’s recent Twitter photo of the differences between men and women in stand-up comedy today (circa 2015)? Reading …

“Oh, Hello” has its moment as Gil Faizon and George St Geegland draw rave Off-Broadway reviews, big names and hit “Late Night” TV
TV / Video

“Oh, Hello” has its moment as Gil Faizon and George St Geegland draw rave Off-Broadway reviews, big names and hit “Late Night” TV

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 17, 2015December 17, 20151

In this age of “Too Much TV,” we’re also here in New York City living in the age of Too Much Tuna. Gil Faizon and …

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