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Friars Club closes up shop for the winter, or for good?
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Friars Club closes up shop for the winter, or for good?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 29, 2020January 29, 2020

Reports of the demise of the fabled Friars Club are slightly exaggerated. Not yet time to roast the old Midtown clubhouse for comedians, entertainers and …

R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)
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R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 30, 2015June 30, 20152

Before anyone else could claim to be “the pit bull of comedy,” before anyone else turned anger directly into laughs, Jack Carter stood tall amongst …

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 …

Friars Club to Roast Terry Bradshaw for ESPN2 during Super Bowl week, January 2015
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Friars Club to Roast Terry Bradshaw for ESPN2 during Super Bowl week, January 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 3, 20142

The Friars Club announced today that it’ll roast Terry Bradshaw for its first sports-themed Friars Club Roast on ESPN2. The Friars Club Roast of Terry …

ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special
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ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Last year’s Super Bowl week Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason in New York City never aired on TV, so if you weren’t there, you …

Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery
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Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 17, 20141

The historic Friars Club building, a five-story house constructed in 1909 in midtown Manhattan that became the clubhouse and “Friars Club Monastery” in 1957 with …

That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club
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That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2014

Jerry Lewis sat down this week with Maria Menounos at The Friars Club for a SiriusXM Town Hall that airs today, and wouldn’t you know …

Shecky Greene quits Friars Club over Gilbert Gottfried joke?!
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Shecky Greene quits Friars Club over Gilbert Gottfried joke?!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 24, 2014April 24, 20141

The Friars Club has a legacy as an institution for no-holds-barred comedy and a celebration of such. So when the Friars feted Freddie Roman upon …

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Roasts Boomer Esiason at the annual Friars Club Roast
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Roasts Boomer Esiason at the annual Friars Club Roast

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 31, 2014

In case you missed it, the Friars Club held their gala Roast of Boomer Esiason on Thursday over lunch at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel — …

Friars Club names Larry King as its new Dean
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Friars Club names Larry King as its new Dean

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 16, 2014January 16, 2014

The changing of the guard at the Friars Club is from old guard to older guard. Larry King, 80, is stepping up to replace 76-year-old …

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