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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.
Britt Migs: “Dolphin Mode” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Britt Migs: “Dolphin Mode” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐½ Britt Migs, a “Creator to Watch” at last year’s New York Comedy Festival, is a hit online through her solo front-facing sketches or through …

Jazz Emu: “The Pleasure Is All Yours” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Jazz Emu: “The Pleasure Is All Yours” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐ Are you not gruntled? Fine people of Edinburgh, are you not gruntled?!? Jazz Emu, aka Archie Henderson, is a graduate of the Cambridge Footlights …

Marjolein Robertson: “Lein” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Marjolein Robertson: “Lein” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐½ The third in a trilogy, this hour actually also serves as her origin story. So even if you hadn’t seen “Marj” or “O,” or …

Chloe Petts: “Big Naturals” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Chloe Petts: “Big Naturals” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wasn’t so long ago that the UK tabloids showcased young women with “big naturals” on Page 3 of their daily newspapers. That could be …

Glenn Moore: “Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore?” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Glenn Moore: “Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore?” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ What were doing 10 years ago? Glenn Moore didn’t even consider himself a comedian a decade ago, and certainly didn’t have the self-esteem to …

Rosie O’Donnell: “Common Knowledge” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Rosie O’Donnell: “Common Knowledge” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 4, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ This hour is not a direct attack on “Mango Mussolini.” But it is, perhaps, a direct result of the threat America’s current president represents …

Xhloe and Natasha: “And Then The Rodeo Burned Down” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Xhloe and Natasha: “And Then The Rodeo Burned Down” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 4, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The first of three consecutive Fringe First award-winning productions from Xhloe Rice and Natasha Rowland is both their most purely clownish hour, and also …

Ismael Loutfi: “Heavenly Baba” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Ismael Loutfi: “Heavenly Baba” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 4, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ismael Loutfi’s story is not the typical saga of the child of immigrants who becomes an American stand-up comedian and TV writer. Sure, Loutfi …

Grace Helbig: “Let Me Get This Off My Chest” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
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Grace Helbig: “Let Me Get This Off My Chest” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 4, 2025August 6, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 Plenty of Fringe shows begin with trigger warnings, but how many can boast a cute warning? Grace Helbig was inducted as part of the …

Reviews from the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe
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Reviews from the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 3, 2025

I’m back! Still getting acclimated and running around trying to see shows and book tickets for more shows. Full reviews will begin posting late tonight …

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