Intentional irony: “It’s real life, it’s not TV” TV clip medley
by My friends over at Slacktory, after receiving a request from New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum, assembled a medley mix video of “it’s not TV” …
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.
Animated stories: When Garfunkel & Oates met John Oates
Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome named their musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. So, wouldn’t you know, someday John Oates of Hall and Oates would …
Rob Delaney on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Rob Delaney has upward of 765,000 followers of his Twitter feed @robdelaney. Maybe even more than that now. What you read on his Twitter, however, …
Webseries Watch: “Mike & Andrew Try to Lose Some Weight”
A fat comedian faces a quandary: Are audiences laughing at him or her because he or she is fat, or only because he or she …
Going Hollywood: Meet Jackie Kashian
People were going Hollywood long before Bing Crosby starred in the 1933 film musical Going Hollywood. Certainly, though, countless unknowns have packed their bags and …
NBC’s Community: Four Seasons and Syndication!?
After a brief interruption, NBC’s Community returned for its belated fourth season earlier this month. Cast members of the sitcom and their fans have used …
CBS Sunday Morning revisits the Catskills “Borscht Belt” era in comedy
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Catskills attracted the crowds and the comedians alike. Several decades later, it’s a much different story. CBS Sunday Morning …
Highlights from the 3rd Annual Streamy Awards
The Streamy Awards went live, online and upscale on Sunday for its third annual celebration of web series. Chris Hardwick hosted the live broadcast from …
Comedy winners at the 2013 WGA Awards
Congratulations to all of the writers who took home prizes from the 2013 WGA Awards, as well as all of the writers nominated by their …
On Letterman, Jeff Caldwell describes being married to an artist
Jeff Caldwell returned for another stand-up performance on last Friday’s episode of Late Show with David Letterman. This time around, Caldwell describes what it’s like …