Episode #170: Scot Armstrong
Scot Armstrong grew up outside of Chicago and first studied comedy under the legendary Del Close,...
Read Moreby Sean L. McCarthy | Sep 4, 2017 | Last Things First -- Podcasts | 0 |
Scot Armstrong grew up outside of Chicago and first studied comedy under the legendary Del Close,...
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Speaking of comedians in places you don't expect to see comedians…the second edition of The Celebrity Apprentice starts on Sunday night, because, well, I don't know why NBC has trotted the Trumps back out, but...
Read Moreby Sean L. McCarthy | Nov 24, 2008 | 0 |
The first time I ever heard Andrew “Dice” Clay, his words were spoken by a teenager — one of my high-school classmates was cracking up the lunch table with Dice’s ribald versions of our childhood nursery...
Read Moreby Sean L. McCarthy | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized | 0 |
Anyone who doubted whether TBS could or would pull together a full slate of A-level comedy talent for its first edition of The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas without HBO as a partner, well doubt no more. Over the weekend, TBS...
Read Moreby Sean L. McCarthy | Sep 16, 2008 | Uncategorized | 2 |
With festivals on the brain, time to check in and see what TBS has in store for the 2008 version of The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, going it alone this November since HBO seemingly got out of the comedy confab business (still...
Read Moreby Sean L. McCarthy | May 22, 2008 | Uncategorized | 5 |
This is an early review! HBO just taped four episodes of a new stand-up showcase, Down and Dirty with Jim Norton. It’ll air this fall (update! debut is midnight Oct. 4, with other episodes premiering Oct. 11, 18, and 25)...
Read Moreby Sean L. McCarthy | Apr 28, 2008 | Uncategorized | 0 |
HBO Comedy features an early-morning treat at 5:25 a.m. Tuesday with the rebroadcast of Rodney Dangerfield’s 1987 young comedians’ special, "Nothin’ Goes Right." What makes this special special? How...
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