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Month: June 2018

Comedy Central assembling top-notch dais for Roast of Bruce Willis
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Comedy Central assembling top-notch dais for Roast of Bruce Willis

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 28, 2018June 29, 2018

Comedy Central has sometimes leaned into stunt casting celebrities for its roasts. How else to explain “The Situation”? The situation for 2018’s upcoming Roast of …

Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch 2018
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Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 28, 2018June 29, 2018

Congratulations to this year’s class of “10 Comics to Watch,” as anointed by Variety magazine and toasted in July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. …

Andy Huggins auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018
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Andy Huggins auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 27, 2018

Andy Huggins is a stand-up comedian from Houston who has been in the game long enough to perform in the clubs at the same time …

Bryan Kellen auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018
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Bryan Kellen auditions for America’s Got Talent 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 27, 2018

Bryan Kellen received more stage time on Last Comic Standing than he did on this summer’s edition of America’s Got Talent. Strange but true. Roll …

“French Accent” Kevin Bennett wins over the crowd on America’s Got Talent 2018
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“French Accent” Kevin Bennett wins over the crowd on America’s Got Talent 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 27, 2018

It takes some je ne sais quoi to put on an eye patch, an accordian and a bad French accent to deliver one-liner puns for …

Sean Donnelly on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Sean Donnelly on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 27, 2018

Sean Donnelly (no relation, we swear) got to perform on the Late Show when Letterman hosted, and now he’s back in the Colbert era, apologizing …

CollegeHumor mocks Bassem Youssef for leaving heart surgery and Egypt for comedy in Hollywood
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CollegeHumor mocks Bassem Youssef for leaving heart surgery and Egypt for comedy in Hollywood

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 26, 2018

Bassem Youssef left a career as a heart surgeon to become a successful comedian in Egypt, with a talk show the likes of Jon Stewart’s …

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon join forces and Conan O’Brien, too, in joint monologue about Trump
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Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon join forces and Conan O’Brien, too, in joint monologue about Trump

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 26, 2018

In perhaps an unprecedented move (I’m still waiting for my interns to report back to me!), the hosts of three late-night shows on three different …

Episode #213: Paula Poundstone
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Episode #213: Paula Poundstone

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 25, 2018June 26, 2018

Paula Poundstone started her comedy career in Boston in the late 1970s before taking her act and her life on the road to San Francisco. …

Fallon sorry about playing nice with Trump; Trump, of course, not so nice
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Fallon sorry about playing nice with Trump; Trump, of course, not so nice

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 25, 2018

America has so many problems to deal with, just including new ones created by the Trump Administration, but of course, this guy occupying the White …

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