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Julie Seabaugh and Troy Conrad document “Ringside at Roast Battle” in a new book!
Books / News

Julie Seabaugh and Troy Conrad document “Ringside at Roast Battle” in a new book!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 7, 2018August 7, 2018

My colleague on the West Coast, freelance comedy journalist Julie Seabaugh, has turned many late Tuesday nights at The Comedy Store into a brand-new book …

David Spade skips straight to the audiobook for new Audible memoir
Audio / Books

David Spade skips straight to the audiobook for new Audible memoir

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 19, 2018

No reading required for David Spade’s new memoir, A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World. Spade skipped the whole book part, instead going straight to …

Episode #213: Paula Poundstone
Books / Last Things First -- Podcasts

Episode #213: Paula Poundstone

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 25, 2018June 26, 2018

Paula Poundstone started her comedy career in Boston in the late 1970s before taking her act and her life on the road to San Francisco. …

Tom Papa gets “Baked” on Food Network, new book out for Father’s Day
Books / News / TV

Tom Papa gets “Baked” on Food Network, new book out for Father’s Day

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 13, 2018

Tom Papa has been telling Joe Rogan about bread for years. Here he was a couple of years ago bringing homemade sourdough to the Joe …

New biography, documentary explore the life and death of Robin Williams
Books / News / Video

New biography, documentary explore the life and death of Robin Williams

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 8, 2018

Is there ever an appropriate time to look back at the life and legacy of Robin Williams without feeling sad at how it all ended? …

Episode #206: Nell Scovell
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Episode #206: Nell Scovell

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 14, 2018

Who is Nell Scovell? She’s the creator of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, first staff writer hired for SPY magazine, second woman ever to write for …

Episode #203: Louie Anderson
Books / Last Things First -- Podcasts

Episode #203: Louie Anderson

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 23, 2018April 23, 2018

Louie Anderson won an Emmy Award for his performance as Christine Baskets in FX’s Baskets. He previously won Emmys two decades earlier for his voiceover …

Pence parody book has a happy ending
Books / News / TV

Pence parody book has a happy ending

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 23, 2018

When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of a children’s book about Vice President Mike Pence’s family …

Jimmy O. Yang on How To American
Books / TV

Jimmy O. Yang on How To American

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 18, 2018

Jimmy O. Yang has a new memoir out, How To American. It’s about how his family brought him to the States from Hong Kong when …

Alec Baldwin wants to adapt his Trump parody book (and SNL character) for Broadway
Books / News / Saturday Night Live

Alec Baldwin wants to adapt his Trump parody book (and SNL character) for Broadway

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 13, 2017

Alec Baldwin, who won an Emmy for impersonating President Donald J. Trump on Saturday Night Live for the past year, wants to bring the parody …

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