Reviews from the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe
by 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 …
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.
Episode #474: Tamara Yajia
Tamara Yajia’s family immigrated to America from Argentina twice before she became a teenager, and the second time prevented her from becoming potentially Argentina’s version …
Episode #473: Veronica Osorio
Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Veronica Osorio moved to New York City after spending her teen years clowning and acting in South America. Once in America, …
Episode #472: Nimesh Patel
I spoke with comedian Nimesh Patel when he thought he had licensed his new hour, Instant Karma to Netflix. Shortly after our chat, Netflix decided to …
Episode #471: James Tom
The comedian James Tom now jokes about having told they/them pronoun jokes as far back as 2013 quote-unquote “before most non-binary people were born.” Back …
Episode #470: Rory Rosegarten
Rory Rosegarten started his career as a comedy manager by the time he was 20 with a whopper of a first client: the already legendary Robert …
Episode #469: Mike Drucker
Mike Drucker is an Emmy-nominated and WGA-winning writer and comedian living in New York. Drucker’s comedy career really began with an internship at Saturday Night Live, where …
Episode #468: Abby Govindan
Fooling media outlets into thinking she created the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” may have won the comedian and Fordham grad Abby Govindan plenty of new followers on Twitter …
Episode #467: Brad Alexander
Brad Alexander composes music for television and musical theater, whose notable works include the music for See Rock City & Other Destinations, which won the …
Episode #466: 800 Pound Gorilla Media
What’s in a name? Since its launch in 2016 by comedy managers Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman, along with founding members Ian Adkins and Anthony …