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Category: Reviews

Reviews / TV / Uncategorized

The dream of the ’90s is still alive and funny on IFC’s new show, “Portlandia” (review, clip)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2011

It isn't as easy as it looks to make mockery of liberal hippies, but that's usually because the jokes are coming from conservatives who are …

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Rob Delaney’s “Naked and Bloody” is bloody hell funny

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 13, 2011

If you're on Twitter and enjoy reading funny things, then odds are strong that you likely already know and follow the quick-hit offerings of Rob …

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Things you might not see on HBO in March: Notes from Pee-wee Herman’s grand Broadway finale

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 7, 2011

At least one review of Pee-wee Herman's Broadway run this winter complained that his show was, in essence, preaching to a choir of lifelong fans. …

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Nicole Shabtai in “Citizen Rothstein”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 5, 2011

Nicole Shabtai is going to move to Los Angeles and become famous. I'm not a prophet. Shabtai sent out an email saying she was moving. …

CDs/DVDs / Reviews

In review: Kathleen Madigan in “Gone Madigan” on Showtime (and on DVD on Jan. 11, 2011)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 19, 20101

In "Gone Madigan," Kathleen Madigan's first hour-long stand-up set recorded for DVD since 2006, she proves that she remains one of the best women, if …

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Review: Ricky Gervais in “Out of England 2” on HBO, or as it’s known in the U.K. on DVD: “Science”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 19, 2010

Ricky Gervais is a beloved comedian here in America and also in the U.K. for knowing just how to tiptoe across the line into offensive …

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Will Randy Quaid show up for Quaid-Con? The kids from “Getting Quaid” live to dream at the UCB Theatre

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 16, 2010

When you start a comedy show with a silly premise, the only place to go from there may be delirium. In "Getting Quaid," a show …

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Pamela Murphy presents “The C Word”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 9, 2010

I've been catching up on the first season of Showtime's new dramedy, The Big C, which stars Laura Linney as a middle-aged mother who changes …

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In review: Colin Quinn in “Long Story Short” on Broadway

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 15, 2010

A lot has changed in Colin Quinn's latest one-man show since I first saw him workshop it under a different name ("The Fall of it …

CDs/DVDs / Reviews

Review: A few words about “Words, Words, Words,” on CD or DVD from Bo Burnham

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 20, 2010

If you want to know what bowled over the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, then you can see and/or listen for yourself as Bo Burnham's …

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