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Month: January 2016

Picture This! with Brandie Posey illustrates stand-up comedy while also commenting upon it
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Picture This! with Brandie Posey illustrates stand-up comedy while also commenting upon it

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 29, 2016January 29, 20161

There’s a fine line between heckling and helping, and it’s drawn via invitation. A shout from the audience? Unwarranted. No, thank you. You don’t have …

Brad Wenzel on Conan
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Brad Wenzel on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 28, 2016

“I wear a lot of flannel, ’cause I’m pretty butch for a lady.” Or because he’s the weak paper towel version of Brawny. Find out …

JB Smoove recollects his rejected SNL pitches for Seth Meyers
Saturday Night Live

JB Smoove recollects his rejected SNL pitches for Seth Meyers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 28, 2016

For as much as we think we know about the making of each Saturday Night Live episode, we still don’t get to see the magic …

Episode #56: Roy Wood, Jr.
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Episode #56: Roy Wood, Jr.

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 28, 2016January 28, 20162

When Roy Wood Jr. started interning in morning radio and working in his native Birmingham, Ala., he initially thought he might be the next Ricky …

Zach Galifianakis tells Conan the one question he wouldn’t ask President Barack Obama on “Between Two Ferns”
TV / Web series

Zach Galifianakis tells Conan the one question he wouldn’t ask President Barack Obama on “Between Two Ferns”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 27, 2016January 27, 2016

“Yeah, that was a weird thing,” Zach Galifianakis told Conan O’Brien, almost two years after he had sat down with President Barack Obama for an …

Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond organizing Lorne Michaels tribute at Lincoln Center to benefit American Songbook
Saturday Night Live

Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond organizing Lorne Michaels tribute at Lincoln Center to benefit American Songbook

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 27, 2016January 27, 20161

The husband-wife team of Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond are organizing an all-star tribute to Lorne Michaels at Lincoln Center on Feb. 11, 2016, to …

Behind the scenes of the “Fuller House” Full House reunion for Netflix
TV

Behind the scenes of the “Fuller House” Full House reunion for Netflix

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Here’s a nostalgically fun look with the cast and fans of ABC’s Full House, which is coming back two decades later to catch up with …

TV

Woody Allen casts Elaine May, Miley Cyrus to star alongside him in six-episode Amazon series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Woody Allen shared the Broadway stage with Elaine May — although not onstage together, technically — as writers in 2011 for “Relatively Speaking,” a collection …

Laurie Kilmartin and Brian Kiley performed on “Mission Conan”
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Laurie Kilmartin and Brian Kiley performed on “Mission Conan”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 26, 2016January 26, 2016

When Conan O’Brien traveled to Qatar with Joining Forces to perform for the American military stationed there, he not only came with First Lady Michelle …

Video

The Laugh Factory hosting two All-Star “Artists For Bernie” fundraisers for Bernie Sanders 2016 Presidential campaign

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 25, 2016January 27, 2016

What originally was billed as a very special Kevin Nealon and friends night Tuesday at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood has morphed into two all-star …

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