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R.I.P. Rip Taylor (1931-2019)
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R.I.P. Rip Taylor (1931-2019)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 7, 2019October 22, 2019

And now we cry for the former “crying comedian,” who later gained fame for throwing confetti and enlivening every situation, whether it was a game …

Here are Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2019
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Here are Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2019

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 14, 2019June 14, 20191

Congrats to this year’s crop of comedians Variety will toast at Just For Laughs as its 10 Comics to Watch for 2019! They are, with …

“Lights Out with David Spade” premieres July 29, 2019, on Comedy Central
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“Lights Out with David Spade” premieres July 29, 2019, on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 7, 2019June 7, 2019

David Spade’s newest late-night TV venture for Comedy Central has a title and a premiere date. Lights Out with David Spade debuts July 29, 2019, …

Watch the “In Living Color” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
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Watch the “In Living Color” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019

Keenen Ivory Wayans and his co-stars from In Living Color, including Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, Shawn Wayans and Kim Wayans, reunited for a panel …

Why does Roseanne Barr love being a “f—ing troll”?
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Why does Roseanne Barr love being a “f—ing troll”?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 31, 2019March 31, 2019

What is it about Barrs in America in 2019? I hesitate to give Roseanne any additional press at this point, because as she openly admits …

Funny or Die testing a Jerry O’Connell daytime TV talk show
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Funny or Die testing a Jerry O’Connell daytime TV talk show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Jerry O’Connell has filled in before for Wendy Williams on her syndicated daytime TV talk show. Now Jerry O is giving it a try himself. …

ICE stopped Benghazi refugee comedian Mohanad Elshieky on a bus trip to accuse him of being illegal alien
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ICE stopped Benghazi refugee comedian Mohanad Elshieky on a bus trip to accuse him of being illegal alien

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 27, 2019January 27, 2019

When they came for the comedians, we would not stay silent. Mohanad Elshieky certainly wouldn’t. Elshieky, named one of Conan’s Comics to Watch in 2018 …

Arden Myrin writes on comedy’s painful resistance to change in the #MeToo movement
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Arden Myrin writes on comedy’s painful resistance to change in the #MeToo movement

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 13, 2018

In just the past year, comedians as big as Bill Cosby, Louis CK and Chris Hardwick have found their careers halted or suspended due to …

Samantha Bee delivers an on-air mea culpa about using that other c-word on TV
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Samantha Bee delivers an on-air mea culpa about using that other c-word on TV

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2018

On tonight’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Bee delivered a special message following up on the backlash she’d received by calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless …

Roast battler Alex Hooper “auditions” for America’s Got Talent 2018
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Roast battler Alex Hooper “auditions” for America’s Got Talent 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2018

What happens when a Roast Battle vet auditions for America’s Got Talent, but doesn’t tell the audience or the judges that he’s going to roast …

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