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Tag: Adam McKay

Garry Shandling’s legendary pickup basketball games almost derailed Borat, helped found Funny or Die, and other memories
News

Garry Shandling’s legendary pickup basketball games almost derailed Borat, helped found Funny or Die, and other memories

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 13, 2018

There’s a fun new oral history piece out from ESPN The Magazine today about the late great Garry Shandling and his longtime Sunday basketball games …

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay launch 11-episode retrospective on 10 years of Funny or Die
News / Web series

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay launch 11-episode retrospective on 10 years of Funny or Die

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 12, 2017

“It was 2007, and at this point, the Internet was basically just a place for perverts to talk dirty to each other,” says writer/director Adam …

Highlights from the 2016 Writers Guild Awards
Movies / TV

Highlights from the 2016 Writers Guild Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 15, 2016February 15, 2016

The Writers Guild of America held simultaneous award ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Patton Oswalt hosting the Hollywood …

Stephen Colbert’s nostalgic week with fellow Second City alums Steve Carell and Adam McKay
TV

Stephen Colbert’s nostalgic week with fellow Second City alums Steve Carell and Adam McKay

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 11, 2015

This week found Stephen Colbert welcoming a star and the director of the upcoming dark comedy about Wall Street’s 2008 collapse, The Big Short. But …

Brent White and the key to film editing: Finding the funny in hours of improvisation
Movies

Brent White and the key to film editing: Finding the funny in hours of improvisation

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 15, 2015April 15, 2015

How does a Mormon guy from Orem, Utah, wind up spending endless hours sifting through R-rated jokes for several of the big-screen comedies you’ve enjoyed …

Scenes from a 1995 TV pilot starring Del Close, Amy Poehler and Matt Dwyer: RVTV
TV / Uncategorized / Video

Scenes from a 1995 TV pilot starring Del Close, Amy Poehler and Matt Dwyer: RVTV

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 26, 2015February 26, 2015

Before Parks and Recreation, before SNL, before the Upright Citizens Brigade set up shop in New York City, Amy Poehler was a fresh-faced college grad …

IFC orders new “Spoils” six-episode miniseries from Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Funny or Die
TV / Uncategorized

IFC orders new “Spoils” six-episode miniseries from Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Funny or Die

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 7, 2014

The post-WWII era shall be spoofed again by author “Eric Jonrosh” and an all-star cast, as IFC announced Monday it’d ordered a second six-episode miniseries …

Anchorman 2, Take Two: Same plot, all new jokes in “Super-Sized Rated-R Version” re-release
Movies

Anchorman 2, Take Two: Same plot, all new jokes in “Super-Sized Rated-R Version” re-release

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 21, 2014

Before Anchorman 2 found its way into movie theaters this past Christmas amid a flurry of promotional advertising, director Adam McKay boasted there were enough …

SNL co-head writer Colin Jost promoted up Late Night chain of command to Weekend Update co-anchor
Saturday Night Live / TV

SNL co-head writer Colin Jost promoted up Late Night chain of command to Weekend Update co-anchor

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 23, 2014January 23, 2014

Remember when Saturday Night Live‘s head writers stayed behind the camera? Lo, those were days, pre-Y2K. SNL and NBC announced today that Colin Jost, currently …

IFC’s multi-generational miniseries parody, “The Spoils of Babylon”
Reviews / TV / Uncategorized

IFC’s multi-generational miniseries parody, “The Spoils of Babylon”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 9, 20141

Meeting today’s TV Critics Association in Pasadena, the cast of IFC’s new miniseries spoof, The Spoils of Babylon, seemed both apologetic and triumphant. Tragically triumphant? …

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