My year in interviews
by Before I get to recapping the year in comedy, circa 2007, let’s look back at some of my more illuminating, insightful and interesting comedy interviews …
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.
WGA showdown: And so it begins
The Writers Guild strike enters a critical phase now…Next week, the late-night shows re-enter production, and I got this email today about The Late Late …
SFSketchfest much more than simply sketchy
The City By The Bay certainly wants to get 2008 started on a good comedic note, as the schedule for its SFSketchfest proves that its …
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Home for the holidays, I managed to make it to the Comedy Studio’s annual Christmas-themed cavalcade of comedy Sunday night, in which much merriment is …
Ha-ha-has for your ho-ho-hos
Christmas is coming, and who cares if the goose is getting fat, because where are the comedy audiences? Probably off to their families, much like …
New Comedy Central Presents debut Jan. 11
Comedy Central has announced that it’s 12th season of Comedy Central Presents — otherwise known as the network’s half-hour stand-up specials — will begin airing …
Missing out on mistletoe, comedy-style
Did you know that if you were to lead your social life solely by Facebook event invitations, that, at least at the end of 2007, …
Continuing work on the archives
Have piles of documents and interviews in front of me, hoping to upload more of them today and tonight. Thanks for your patience.
RIP, Adara Almonte
Maybe you knew Adara Almonte. Maybe you didn’t. Almonte was a stand-up comedian in New York City, and she died earlier this week. I didn’t …
Human Giant’s season 2 preview
The UCB Theatre in NYC hadn’t seen all three members of Human Giant (Aziz, Paul and Rob) together onstage for Monday night’s Crash Test in …