Brad Wenzel on Conan
by Brad Wenzel performed on Wednesday’s Conan, and taught us that you can buy redwood trees, but you cannot simply put people to sleep by closing …
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.
Rain check: Amazon shelves Woody Allen’s last (?) movie?
Every year since 1982’s A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Woody Allen has directed and released a feature film. Until now. Not only is Allen not …
Review: Drew Michael (HBO)
I’d watched Drew Michael’s HBO special, interviewed him about it, and written a review for Decider before reading anyone else’s takes on it. And of …
Review: Bert Kreischer, “Secret Time” (Netflix)
If you want to know a lot about Bert Kreischer, then listen to my podcast with him recorded live at Montreal’s Just For Laughs two …
Dean Delray’s debut on Conan
Dean Delray couldn’t have had a more supportive welcome wagon for his late-night debut on Monday’s Conan. First guest Marc Maron has a story involving …
HBO making a “My Dad Wrote A Porno” comedy special
Andy Kaufman once (or maybe many times, depending upon the audience) read a great work of literature onstage to see how far the audience would …
Episode #222: Elayne Boosler
Elayne Boosler’s comedy career began by working the door as the hostess at the original Improvisation club in New York City in the 1970s. For …
R.I.P. Neil Simon, Broadway’s King of Comedy
Neil Simon may not have been the funniest guy in the writers room, but he certainly was the most prolific, if not also the most …
Rose Matafeo wins best comedy show at 2018 Edinburgh Fringe
Congratulations to Rose Matafeo, the New Zealand comedian who has won the 2018 Best Comedy Show Award at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe for her monthlong …
Interviews / TV
Comedy is art, and Drew Michael’s HBO special defies you to define it
The first time I saw Drew Michael perform live, the experience at QED in Astoria felt surreal, like an out-of-body experience. So seeing his comedy, …