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Category: News

The Daily Show announces first guest hosts for 2023, and more
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The Daily Show announces first guest hosts for 2023, and more

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 11, 2023January 13, 2023

Check out the first five weeks of guest hosts for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, kicking off next Tuesday with Leslie Jones, and continuing with …

R.I.P. Kelly Monteith (1942-2023)
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R.I.P. Kelly Monteith (1942-2023)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 4, 2023January 13, 2023

Kelly Monteith died on New Year’s Day at his home in California. Monteith was 80, and has suffered two strokes in early 2021 that left …

Standing Up To Bad Men
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Standing Up To Bad Men

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2022

Let’s do better in 2023, comedy industry! Please?!?! Read my last weekly comedy news dispatch for 2022, which catches up with some of the most …

R.I.P. Brandon “Boogie B.” Montrell
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R.I.P. Brandon “Boogie B.” Montrell

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 24, 2022December 25, 2022

Brandon Montrell, better known as the comedian Boogie B., died tragically Friday in a shooting outside of a New Orleans supermarket. Montrell was 43. Montrell …

Adam Sandler Wins Mark Twain Prize, and other news
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Adam Sandler Wins Mark Twain Prize, and other news

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 19, 2022December 19, 2022

My weekly update on all the comedy news you need to know, now up on my Substack!

R.I.P. Noah Gregoropoulos
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R.I.P. Noah Gregoropoulos

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 18, 2022December 18, 2022

Noah Gregoropoulos, a celebrated teacher of improv comedians from Chicago, has died from cancer. He was 63. A graduate of Northwestern University, Gregoropoulous taught comedians …

Trevor Noah leaves The Daily Show, and other news
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Trevor Noah leaves The Daily Show, and other news

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 11, 2022December 18, 2022

Comedy news of the week, including Trevor Noah’s final TDS, the final month for Carolines on Broadway, and more. All for subscribers of my Substack, …

Comedy News for the week ending Dec. 4, 2022
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Comedy News for the week ending Dec. 4, 2022

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 4, 2022December 8, 2022

Want to know what happened in comedy last week? Sign up for my weekly newsletter, “From The Comic’s Comic,” through my Substack, Piffany!

Employees of the Month (November 2022): Comedians Mocking Elon Musk on Twitter
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Employees of the Month (November 2022): Comedians Mocking Elon Musk on Twitter

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 3, 2022December 3, 2022

Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employees of the Month …

Sign up for my new comedy news newsletter!
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Sign up for my new comedy news newsletter!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022

This weekend, I posted the first in what I hope becomes a regular end-of-the-week newsletter column that catches you up on everything that’s happening in …

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