D.L. Hughley gets Saturday night CNN talk-show
by CNN has announced it’s giving D.L. Hughley his own hourlong platform on the cable news network at 10 p.m. (Eastern) Saturdays, beginning Oct. 25, with …
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.
Interview/review: Jeffrey Ross, and his new DVD, “No Offense: Live From New Jersey”
At 43, Jeffrey Ross has spent two decades in comedy, and as he told me over the phone just minutes ago, he has "waited a …
New Yorker Festival video, recaps and a new comedy blog
Not to be undone by New York mag’s fete, and actually even before that and bigger, the New Yorker did it up earlier this month …
Stella reunites for New York mag’s 40th bash
My Damn Channel, home to Wainy Days, not so coincidentally gets some exclusive access to the reunion of Stella, the comedy trio featuring David Wain, …
Interview: Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford calls me en route to a gig last weekend at the Punchline in San Francisco. Don’t worry. She’s not driving during the course …
Overview of The Hysterical Festival (Oct. 15-18, 2008)
An English teacher once learned us that you cannot call anything a "first annual" because until year two, it hasn’t actually been an annual event. …
Would you rather: Rare Daves comedy edition
If you had the chance to get out late on a Monday night in New York City, and had the chance to see Irishman David …
SNL planning new video-centric site
Remember way back when when Saturday Night Live and NBC got mad at fans for posting and redistributing videos from the show in a viral …
Review: Violet Krumbein’s “Human Painkiller”
Dazzling. Startling. Laugh-out-loud hilarious. Violet Krumbein‘s one-woman romp is called Human Painkiller, and for good reason, because I’m not sure how anyone can still feel …
Emerging comics contest their emergence
While you wait to see if I’ll break down and break down the funniest reporter contest, let me first get you up to speed on …