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Episode #229: Ted Alexandro
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Episode #229: Ted Alexandro

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 15, 2018

Ted Alexandro has made multiple appearances on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson and The View, had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central, and spent the …

Billy Eichner and Funny or Die “Glam Up The Midterms”
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Billy Eichner and Funny or Die “Glam Up The Midterms”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 3, 2018

In 2008, comedian Sarah Silverman encouraged us to get out the vote among the elderly in The Great Schlep. Now in 2018, Silverman has joined …

Brett Gelman splits from Adult Swim
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Brett Gelman splits from Adult Swim

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 15, 2016November 15, 20162

I want to applaud Splitsider and the site’s lead writer, Megh Wright, for fighting the good fight for the past several months against the ongoing …

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2016

“You get a car! You get a car!! You get a car!!! EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!!!!” I don’t even need to remind you those were …

Episode #95: Dick Gregory
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Episode #95: Dick Gregory

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2016June 7, 20162

At 83, Dick Gregory remains an active comedy legend, logging more than 200 stand-up gigs a year. Gregory changed the game in 1961 when he performed …

Episode #59: Milana Vayntrub
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Episode #59: Milana Vayntrub

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 8, 2016February 8, 2016

Today’s guest, Milana Vayntrub, is recognizable to anyone who watches TV, owns a cell phone or even watches TV on their cell phones, as she …

Episode #10: Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins, “Call Me Lucky”
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Episode #10: Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins, “Call Me Lucky”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 20152

Bobcat Goldthwait wouldn’t have ever been “Bobcat” if he hadn’t met Barry Crimmins first, some three decades ago when Goldthwait was a teenager in upstate …

Meet the Muslim comedian British police have employed as counter-terrorism to ISIS
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Meet the Muslim comedian British police have employed as counter-terrorism to ISIS

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 23, 2015April 25, 2015

Wait. What now? Humza Arshad is a 29-year-old YouTube comedian in London, born to Pakistani parents and brought up Muslim. He studied performing arts in …

Comedians giving voices to our fears, opening a dialogue about race and the police #BlackLivesMatter
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Comedians giving voices to our fears, opening a dialogue about race and the police #BlackLivesMatter

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 13, 2014December 13, 2014

Ted Alexandro has missed multiple gigs over the past few weeks to march with the activists of #BlackLivesMatter. Alexandro, a veteran headlining stand-up comedian and …

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