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Episode #156: Tom Shillue
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Episode #156: Tom Shillue

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 5, 2017

Tom Shillue can be seen on FOX News, where he hosted the late late-night comedy panel show, Red Eye, and still appears regularly in other …

CBS Sunday Morning profiles Kevin Hart
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CBS Sunday Morning profiles Kevin Hart

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 31, 2017

Kevin Hart has a new memoir out, “I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons,” and he sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to talk about …

The best of Marc Maron’s WTF interviews in book form, “Waiting for the Punch”
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The best of Marc Maron’s WTF interviews in book form, “Waiting for the Punch”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 25, 2017

If trying to catch up on 800+ episodes of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast seems like too much of a hill to climb, or you just …

Meet Me In New York: Dan Wilbur
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Meet Me In New York: Dan Wilbur

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 10, 2016May 10, 2016

What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …

Episode #84: Greg Behrendt
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Episode #84: Greg Behrendt

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 28, 2016April 28, 2016

Greg Behrendt gets introduced to the stage these days as a best-selling author, which is true, but there’s more to Behrendt than meets the eye …

Episode #73: Bonnie McFarlane
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Episode #73: Bonnie McFarlane

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 17, 2016March 17, 20161

Bonnie McFarlane is a comedian and writer who grew up on a farm in northern Canada. She has appeared on two seasons of Last Comic Standing, The …

Showtime orders “I’m Dying Up Here” to series, looking back at 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene
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Showtime orders “I’m Dying Up Here” to series, looking back at 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 12, 2016January 12, 2016

The comedy boom of the 1970s in Los Angeles will explode again onscreen on Showtime in 2016 as the cable network announced today it’d ordered …

Episode #38: Kliph Nesteroff
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Episode #38: Kliph Nesteroff

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 26, 2015November 26, 2015

It’s the rare kind of person who loves comedy so much he or she dedicates the better part of his or her life to tracking …

Writing what they know: The art of the comedy book, and the booming collection of comedian memoirs
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Writing what they know: The art of the comedy book, and the booming collection of comedian memoirs

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 4, 2015September 4, 20152

Why are there so many more books by comedians about their lives as comedians than seemingly ever before? Perhaps it’s another sign of boom times. …

Episode #6: Michael Ian Black
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Episode #6: Michael Ian Black

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 20, 20151

Michael Ian Black is familiar to anyone who has watched TV in the past two decades — first as a member of MTV sketch group …

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