R.I.P. Michael C. McCarthy
by Michael Clayton McCarthy achieved the comedy dream and proved you could do it going in the opposite direction. McCarthy (no relation) became a staff writer …
R.I.P. Hal Willner (1956-2020)
Hal Willner, the longtime musical guru behind Saturday Night Live who also brought musicians together for cross-genre tributes and movie soundtracks, and who won a …
R.I.P. Eddie Large (1941-2020)
Eddie Large, the bigger, brasher half of the British comedy duo Little and Large, died on April 2 from coronavirus. He had been in the …
R.I.P. Ken Shimura (1950-2020)
Ken Shimura, Japan’s most famous comedian, died on March 29 from a pneumonia brought upon by coronavirus. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on March …
R.I.P. Clint Nohr
Clint Nohr’s website bio describes stand-up comedy as coming from a “warped and twisted, yet somehow always relatable point of view.” Nohr proved that once …
R.I.P. Brian Baron (1957-2020)
Brian Baron might not have started his comedy career until middle age, but he managed to touch the hearts of many stand-up comedians in New …
R.I.P Jimmy Smith (1953-2020)
Jimmy Smith, a comedian and musician who hosted the Comedy Connection open mic during the Boston comedy boom of the early 1980s and who himself …
R.I.P. Johnny Yune (1936-2020)
In the 1980s, they may have called him Bruce, but comedians still lovingly called him Johnny. Johnny Yune, born Jong-seung in 1936 in the southern …
Kelsey Cook on A Little Late with Lilly Singh
NBC’s late-late show, A Little Late With Lilly Singh, tapes well in advance, which means that even though we’re no congregating in large groups, we …
Episode #297: Maysoon Zayid
Maysoon Zayid is an actress, comedian, and disability advocate, who has attracted more than 16 million views to her 2013 TED talk, “I Got 99 …