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Month: January 2017

Candice Thompson on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Candice Thompson on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 26, 2017

When was the last time you saw a comedian who’s part Native American and part African American performing on TV? When was the last time …

Cristela Alonzo on enjoying the Netflix effect
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Cristela Alonzo on enjoying the Netflix effect

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2017January 24, 2017

Cristela Alonzo couldn’t help noticing, and stopping to notice, the massive Netflix billboards promoting her first stand-up hour for the streaming platform, Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy, …

Daniel Sloss embraces his evil thoughts on “Conan”
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Daniel Sloss embraces his evil thoughts on “Conan”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2017

Establishing himself as Conan‘s favorite stand-up comedian with repeated bookings to perform stand-up, Daniel Sloss was back onstage and on TV again Monday night, this …

Adam Scott, Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich will fete the late Harris Wittels at fundraising dinner for Wittels’s alma mater
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Adam Scott, Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich will fete the late Harris Wittels at fundraising dinner for Wittels’s alma mater

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2017January 24, 2017

Coming up on the second anniversary of the death of comedy writer Harris Wittels, his high school alma mater in Houston has recruited actor Adam …

Jon Stewart tells Tom Brokaw that social media has “democratized abuse”
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Jon Stewart tells Tom Brokaw that social media has “democratized abuse”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2017

In a conversation celebrating Tom Brokaw’s 50-year career with NBC News, Jon Stewart told the veteran newscaster that social media has “democratized abuse.” More specifically, …

SNL suspends writer Katie Rich indefinitely after her Tweet about Barron Trump
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SNL suspends writer Katie Rich indefinitely after her Tweet about Barron Trump

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 23, 2017

A few minutes after Donald J. Trump took the inaugural oath to become our 45th president of the United States, Saturday Night Live writer Katie …

Episode #134: Matt Iseman
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Episode #134: Matt Iseman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 23, 2017February 7, 2017

Matt Iseman was a jock when I first knew him as a college classmate of mine at Princeton. After graduation, Matt went to med school …

Aziz Ansari’s Saturday Night Live monologue
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Aziz Ansari’s Saturday Night Live monologue

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 22, 2017January 22, 2017

Saturday Night Live opened its first show under the era of President Trump — a confusingly vocal critic of SNL, even though he has other …

Stephen Colbert lets “Stephen Colbert” have the last Word, I mean, WERD, on President Barack Obama
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Stephen Colbert lets “Stephen Colbert” have the last Word, I mean, WERD, on President Barack Obama

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 20, 2017

It’s no secret that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and its host are not fans of the incoming Trump Administration at the White House. …

Billy Wayne Davis on Conan
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Billy Wayne Davis on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 20, 2017

Billy Wayne Davis grew up in a small town in the South. How small? Davis will tell you in this stand-up performance from Thursday’s all-comedian …

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