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

by 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 …

Watch “Hungry,” a documentary on competitive eating, directed by comedians Barry Rothbart and Jeff Cerulli

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 4, 2015July 4, 20151

Whether you watched today’s Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest and found it ridiculous — or refused to watch it precisely because it’s ridiculous — …

First look at “I Am Chris Farley” documentary

by Sean L. McCarthyJune 29, 2015

This movie trailer lives on an electronic device you’re holding, down by the river! Or something like that. Here’s your first look at the new …

[Sponsored Post] Watch, rent, buy: “EAT, DRINK, LAUGH: The Story of The Comic Strip”

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 2015

The Comic Strip on New York City’s Upper East Side opened for business 39 years ago this coming Monday: June 1, 1976. From the start, …

The Friars Club celebrated in PBS “Treasures of New York”

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 21, 2015May 21, 2015

Enjoy this Throwback Thursday with a look back across a century of laughs and comedian-on-comedian ribbing as PBS premieres a new half-hour documentary on The …

Kevin Pollak’s “Misery Loves Comedy” loves comedy more

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 24, 20151

Kevin Pollak is on his phone, negotiating terms of his next film, when I prepared to talk to him Tuesday about his first directorial effort, …

Official Patrice O’Neal documentary, “Better Than You,” launches IndieGoGo campaign

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 17, 20151

Mark Farrell and Von Decarlo, Patrice O’Neal’s fiancée for 10 years, have launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money to finish an official documentary on …