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Ed Larson on ‘How America Killed My Mother’
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Ed Larson on ‘How America Killed My Mother’

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 6, 2021October 18, 2021

How America Killed My Mother is a deeply personal documentary for comedian Ed Larson. Of course, so many more people might share this sentiment in …

Paramount Network’s “I Am Richard Pryor” documentary will premiere at SXSW 2019
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Paramount Network’s “I Am Richard Pryor” documentary will premiere at SXSW 2019

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 18, 2019February 18, 2019

Paramount Network announced that the next installment of its award-winning I Am documentary franchise will focus on the late great Richard Pryor. I Am Richard Pryor will …

Review: “Gilbert” at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival
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Review: “Gilbert” at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 28, 20171

You know the voice of Gilbert Gottfried. But who is the man behind the voice? That’s the question Neil Berkeley wanted to answer. Berkeley, who …

Review: “I Am Battle Comic” by Jordan Brady
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Review: “I Am Battle Comic” by Jordan Brady

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 5, 2017April 5, 2017

Jordan Brady, a former (and still) stand-up comedian turned filmmaker, has found a renewed love for comedy a generation after he first entertained audiences in …

Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg, from SXSW to Starz, from The Second City to today
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Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg, from SXSW to Starz, from The Second City to today

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 31, 2017

Ask any stand-up comedian today who the best stand-up of all time is or was, and they’ll likely tell you Richard Pryor, George Carlin, or …

We need to talk about black women in comedy: VH1’s “All Jokes Aside”
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We need to talk about black women in comedy: VH1’s “All Jokes Aside”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 23, 2017

If you think it’s still tough out there in the comedy trenches for a woman wanting to make it as a stand-up, then just imagine …

New BBC documentary examines infamous unreleased Jerry Lewis movie: “The Story of ‘The Day The Clown Cried'”
Movies / TV / Video

New BBC documentary examines infamous unreleased Jerry Lewis movie: “The Story of ‘The Day The Clown Cried'”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 5, 20161

Just as new words surfaced from Jerry Lewis reasserting his claim that nobody will ever see his infamous still-unreleased Holocaust film from 1972, a Jewish …

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

Sean L. McCarthyby 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
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First look at “I Am Chris Farley” documentary

Sean L. McCarthyby 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 …

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

Sean L. McCarthyby 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 …

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