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Jim Gaffigan’s 2014 tryout with the Indianapolis Colts
Books / Video

Jim Gaffigan’s 2014 tryout with the Indianapolis Colts

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 25, 2014September 25, 2014

Did you know Jim Gaffigan tried out for the Indianapolis Colts this summer? Yeah, well. Not a spoiler alert, but Gaffigan did not make the …

Exclusive excerpt from “You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman,” by Mike Thomas
Books / Saturday Night Live

Exclusive excerpt from “You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman,” by Mike Thomas

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 23, 2014September 23, 2014

In his new biography of SNL legend Phil Hartman out today, “You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman,” Chicago Sun-Times newspaper …

Joe Toplyn on writing for Leno, Letterman, Chevy and more
Books / Interviews

Joe Toplyn on writing for Leno, Letterman, Chevy and more

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 2, 20143

For millions of students and teachers, it’s time to go back to school this week. For a handful of lucky comedy students, it’s also the …

Kelly Carlin digs deep for a new memoir and a posthumous live CD or CDs from her father
Books / CDs/DVDs / Interviews

Kelly Carlin digs deep for a new memoir and a posthumous live CD or CDs from her father

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 26, 2014August 27, 20144

For the better part of the past six years, Kelly CarlinĀ (photographed above by Dan Dion) has been processing and sharing the lessons from her life …

Bill Cosby’s biographer on the origin story of the “Cosby Sweater”
Books / TV / Uncategorized / Video

Bill Cosby’s biographer on the origin story of the “Cosby Sweater”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 20, 2014

The term “Cosby Sweater” is one of the most unlikeliest legacies to come out of the #1 TV show of the 1980s. And yet, even …

Summer Reads: Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV, by Joe Toplyn
Books

Summer Reads: Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV, by Joe Toplyn

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 18, 2014July 18, 20144

Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the …

Judge rules there’s nothing wrong with “Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” dismisses lawsuit against Fred Stoller’s memoir
Books / TV / Uncategorized

Judge rules there’s nothing wrong with “Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” dismisses lawsuit against Fred Stoller’s memoir

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 16, 2014

Kramer vs. Kramer is an Oscar-winning film about divorce. Kramer vs. Stoller was a case of art imitating life imitating parody masquerading as reality. At …

Audio / Books

Joan Rivers on her stand-up comedy contemporaries, then and now

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 12, 2014July 12, 20142

Joan Rivers has made several headlines already this month while promoting her new book, “Diary of a Mad Diva.” In her latest interview, a sit-down …

Summer Reads: Amy Poehler’s Pure, Hard-Core Advice in “Poking a Dead Frog” by Mike Sacks
Books

Summer Reads: Amy Poehler’s Pure, Hard-Core Advice in “Poking a Dead Frog” by Mike Sacks

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 28, 2014

Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the …

Summer Reads: “The Todd Glass Situation”
Books

Summer Reads: “The Todd Glass Situation”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 20, 2014June 20, 20141

Any time is a good time to pick up a book, but summertime sure feels like the right time to lounge poolside or on the …

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