Greg Fitzsimmons pays tribute to his lifelong friend and mentor, Kevin Meaney
by Greg Fitzsimmons first met Kevin Meaney when Fitzsimmons was just a kid, and Meaney was just a teenaged waiter at the country club the Fitzsimmons …
Month: October 2016
“Barry Crimmins: Whatever Threatens You,” released by Louis C.K.
Barry Crimmins calls his new stand-up special, released in video and audio versions Sunday night by Louis C.K. (who directed and produced it), the “Best …
Episode #119: Norman Lear
Norman Lear is a television legend. Writer, producer and creator of all-time classic sitcoms of the 1970s – including All in the Family, Sanford and …
R.I.P. Kevin Meaney (1956-2016)
One of the brightest lights in any comedy club over four separate decades, Kevin Meaney has died suddenly and tragically. Meaney was 60. It’s at …
Review: Wanda Sykes in “What Happened…Ms. Sykes?” on EPIX
Before she ever started stand-up comedy, Wanda Sykes worked as a contractor for the NSA and hyphenated her last name to include her husband’s surname. …
Watch Chris Cubas join the 1% for one month on “Chris Gets Money” on Fusion
In the 1985 film, Brewster’s Millions, Richard Pryor plays a minor-league ballplayer who’s offered a challenge of spending $30 million in 30 days to inherit …
Episode #118: Joe Rogan
You first saw Joe Rogan on the classic NBC sitcom NewsRadio, then later as host of the competition show Fear Factor. Now not only can …
Review: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney in “Oh, Hello” on Broadway
Whatever you think it’s going to be, Oh, Hello on Broadway is even better than that. What began perhaps as a goof a decade ago …
Kevin Hart: What Now? (review)
In just its opening weekend, Kevin Hart‘s third concert film already has beaten both the box-office debut of his previous stand-up film, 2013’s Let Me …
Harry Shearer sues Vivendi, StudioCanal to pay back $125 million to creators of Spinal Tap
How selfish could Vivendi and StudioCanal be over the profits from 32 years of This Is Spinal Tap? The answer is none. None more selfish. …