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Month: June 2016

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2016

“You get a car! You get a car!! You get a car!!! EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!!!!” I don’t even need to remind you those were …

Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s turn to Lil Dicky for new TV ad campaign
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Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s turn to Lil Dicky for new TV ad campaign

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2016

Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have employed swimsuit and lingerie models and female webutantes to smash juicy burgers in their faces over the years, but now, they’re …

Episode #95: Dick Gregory
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Episode #95: Dick Gregory

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2016June 7, 20162

At 83, Dick Gregory remains an active comedy legend, logging more than 200 stand-up gigs a year. Gregory changed the game in 1961 when he performed …

Review: Quincy Jones, Burning the Light (HBO)
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Review: Quincy Jones, Burning the Light (HBO)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2016

In case you missed the premiere last night of Quincy Jones: Burning the Light on HBO, it’s available to subscribers now On Demand as well …

Review: Bo Burnham, Make Happy (Netflix)
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Review: Bo Burnham, Make Happy (Netflix)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2016June 3, 2016

My review of Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special, Make Happy, is on Decider.com. What’s it about? I’ll let Burnham tell you what he says 45 …

News / Reviews

The amazing incredible comebacks of Tracy Morgan and Ardie Fuqua

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2016

Two years ago this weekend, after a Friday night gig in Delaware, Tracy Morgan and his entourage were on their way home when a Walmart …

Review: “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” from The Lonely Island
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Review: “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” from The Lonely Island

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2016June 3, 20161

You’re forgiven for believing that Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is the first movie from The Lonely Island. Nobody really saw Hot Rod in the theater …

FOX orders animated pilot presentation from 2015 NYTVF pitch as 2016 submission process comes to a close
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FOX orders animated pilot presentation from 2015 NYTVF pitch as 2016 submission process comes to a close

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2016

FOX has ordered a pilot presentation for That’s My Bus, the animated series about a New York City bus driver from comedians Dan Perlman and …

Episode #94: Quincy Jones, the comedian
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Episode #94: Quincy Jones, the comedian

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 2, 20162

Quincy Jones is the birth name for a legendary music producer from Seattle, and also the stage name for a 32-year-old stand-up comedian who had …

Appreciating the taped musings of The Chris Gethard Show in season two on Fusion
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Appreciating the taped musings of The Chris Gethard Show in season two on Fusion

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 1, 2016

The second season of the Fusion edition of The Chris Gethard Show comes to a close tonight with an epic wrestling match pitting Gethard against …

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