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Month: December 2018

Golden Globes will honor Carol Burnett with her own namesake award
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Golden Globes will honor Carol Burnett with her own namesake award

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Carol Burnett has won lifetime achievement awards from the Screen Actors Guild, the Peabody Awards, the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center Honors and the Presidential …

Episode #237: Sarah Cooper
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Episode #237: Sarah Cooper

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 10, 2018December 10, 2018

Sarah Cooper could have enjoyed a lucrative career in tech, only she didn’t enjoy Google as much as she did making jokes about it. She …

Emma Willmann on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Emma Willmann on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 8, 2018December 8, 2018

Emma Willmann returned to The Late Show for her second performance, and had to explain to her father that she’s “the man one” in her …

Nimesh Patel reflects on getting kicked offstage at Columbia University showcase
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Nimesh Patel reflects on getting kicked offstage at Columbia University showcase

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

Nimesh Patel has written for Saturday Night Live and performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers, but his most newsworthy gig happened just last weekend …

Joe Machi on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Joe Machi on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

Joe Machi will not try to convince you that he is who he is. Nor will Machi apologize for his ways. Roll the clip!

Does the Oscars host have to be woke? Does the Oscars host have to be funny?
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Does the Oscars host have to be woke? Does the Oscars host have to be funny?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

I don’t pretend to know what’s in Kevin Hart’s heart or going through his head. The comedy star just threw a “Cowboys and Indians” party …

Here are your Writers Guild Award nominees from 2018
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Here are your Writers Guild Award nominees from 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

Congrats to all the hard-working scribes out there getting the most out of their WGA memberships! Here are the comedy-related nominees this year. 2019 Writers …

Patton Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Fred Armisen vie for Grammy’s Best Comedy Album of 2018
News

Patton Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Fred Armisen vie for Grammy’s Best Comedy Album of 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

Three former Grammy-winning comedians are vying for another Grammy Award for the Best Comedy Album of 2018. Best Comedy Album: “Annihilation” — Patton Oswalt “Equanimity …

Here are your 2019 Golden Globes nominees for comedy (and musical, and sometimes dramatic comedy)
News

Here are your 2019 Golden Globes nominees for comedy (and musical, and sometimes dramatic comedy)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

It’s not every year we get major news on four different major awards in 24 hours, but 2018 is not every year. The Golden Globes …

R.I.P. Chuck Dauble
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R.I.P. Chuck Dauble

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 6, 2018

You probably could name at least one famous person who came out of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, if not several …

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