New Obama song: When the Voting Gets Tough
by After we all saw the deliriously delicious sight of political parody band Detroit Octane perform "Barack Obama-Sistable" on TV for Conan O’Brien, we wondered — …
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.
Adam Sandler, Tenacious D honor The Who
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NBC’s 2009 late-night TV shuffle
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Posthumous George Carlin CD due July 29
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Montreal 2008: New Faces 2
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Montreal 2008: Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry
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Montreal 2008: Stiles and Proops Unplanned
Anything and everything is up for grabs in the hour-plus riffathon here in Montreal called Stiles & Proops: Unplanned. As the sign behind Ryan Stiles …
Montreal 2008: Flying Solo reviews
After running around the city on Wednesday night, I decided to make my Thursday much easier to digest by camping out at Theatre Ste-Catherine for …
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Montreal 2008: Putting the business in show business
This year’s festival added that two-day Just Comedy confab to attract industry, and they also enticed comedians to come in a pay-for-play tease…you pay us …