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12 Things (and more) to Look Forward to in Season 3 of “Portlandia” on IFC
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12 Things (and more) to Look Forward to in Season 3 of “Portlandia” on IFC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 28, 2012January 2, 2013

IFC’s wonderfully clever sketch comedy series Portlandia, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein as an assortment of characters from Portland, Ore., returns for its third season …

Chris Spencer on creating BET’s “Real Husbands of Hollywood” for Kevin Hart, guest-writing on SNL for Jamie Foxx
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Chris Spencer on creating BET’s “Real Husbands of Hollywood” for Kevin Hart, guest-writing on SNL for Jamie Foxx

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 27, 2012December 27, 20122

Chris Spencer is really a husband in Hollywood, but when he created Real Husbands of Hollywood for BET, putting Kevin Hart and other funny celebrities together …

Secret Society of Comedy: Seth Herzog, Jamie Lee and Craig Baldo on their worst gigs
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Secret Society of Comedy: Seth Herzog, Jamie Lee and Craig Baldo on their worst gigs

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 27, 2012December 27, 2012

Among the offerings on Official Comedy’s YouTube channel is a weekly series called “Secret Society of Comedy,” in which comedians sit backstage or in an …

“Make ‘Em Laugh”: Famous comedians reminisce about their beginnings at the Comic Strip
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“Make ‘Em Laugh”: Famous comedians reminisce about their beginnings at the Comic Strip

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 27, 20124

At the SPIKE TV tribute to Eddie Murphy in November, Adam Sandler praised Murphy’s first stand-up special, Delirious, and acknowledged that he went to great …

UCB artistic director debunks “reality” TV romances via his experience on “Beauty and the Geek”
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UCB artistic director debunks “reality” TV romances via his experience on “Beauty and the Geek”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 26, 2012December 27, 20123

As 2012 comes to a close, Nate Dern celebrates his first full year as artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York …

Preview two more sketches from Comedy Central’s “Kroll Show”
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Preview two more sketches from Comedy Central’s “Kroll Show”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 24, 20121

Nick Kroll’s Comedy Central sketch comedy show, Kroll Show, debuts in a couple of weeks. But 2013 and Christmas both come early for comedy fans …

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Upon receiving Kennedy Center Honors, a rare interview with David Letterman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 24, 2012December 27, 20121

Finding a sincere, sit-down interview with David Letterman is about as rare as finding one with the late Johnny Carson. Which, if you follow Letterman’s …

A Christmas 2012 clip from NBC’s “Community,” which returns in 2013
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A Christmas 2012 clip from NBC’s “Community,” which returns in 2013

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 2012

NBC’s Community doesn’t return to the TV airwaves until Feb. 7, 2013, so the sitcom’s fourth-season Christmas episode might seem a little out of season …

Movie trailer: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
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Movie trailer: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 20121

If you considered Mr. Popper’s Penguins too much of a family comedy, then yes, sure, it has been more than a few years since Jim …

Movie trailer: “Admission”
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Movie trailer: “Admission”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 2012

Admission, from director Paul Weitz (he also wrote the screenplay with Karen Croner, based on the novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz), stars Tina Fey as …

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