Open call for New York’s Funniest Stand-Up 2008
by For the second consecutive year, Carolines and the New York Comedy Festival will stage a contest to determine the city’s funniest stand-up comedian. What you …
Author: Sean L. McCarthy
Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.
New York Times columnist tries stand-up
A few folks have pointed my way toward this weekend’s Executive Pursuits column in the New York Times, in which Harry Hurt III writes about …
Ticket info for Russell Brand’s Comedy Central special
Want to see Russell Brand perform live in New York City as he tapes his first Comedy Central special? Here are the details: He performs …
Best of the Sarah Palin impersonations
With all of the hullabaloo about Tina Fey hobnobbing with the object of her mockery, Sarah Palin, on Saturday Night Live, I wonder if the …
Zach Galifianakis sings for David’s Situation
Bob Odenkirk talks about a newly released clip from the HBO sitcom David’s Situation, which he and comedy collaborator David Cross self-aborted before it could …
SNL #34.5, Backstage with Sarah Palin
Here’s an extra couple of minutes of footage shot backstage last night before and during Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s visit to Saturday Night Live. I’m …
SNL #34.5 with Josh Brolin, Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin, and Adele
Sometimes a TV show becomes too tapped into the popular culture zeitgeist and gets caught up in it, and loses the sense of wonder that …
Mike Birbiglia tonight: On Conan, Off-Broadway
Mike Birbiglia has a busy afternoon and evening planned for his Friday, Oct. 17. Not only will he perform stand-up and do his first panel …
Sarah Palin on SNL this weekend?!
Mere hours after Obama and McCain made jokey jokes at a fancy dinner that had global television reach, word comes down that Alaska Gov. Sarah …
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Details magazine gets manly tips from Gabe & Max
We all know that Gabriel Delahaye and Max Silvestri are manly men who already have taught us how to harness the power of the Internet. …