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Tag: Hari Kondabolu

Matt Groening defends still stereotyping Apu in 2018 in new New York Times interview
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Matt Groening defends still stereotyping Apu in 2018 in new New York Times interview

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 19, 2018

D’oh. Now we know why The Problem With Apu continues to be problematic, despite Hank Azaria acknowledging that the voice he has used on The …

Review: Hari Kondabolu, “Warn Your Relatives” on Netflix
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Review: Hari Kondabolu, “Warn Your Relatives” on Netflix

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 4, 2018

If you had told me 11 years ago that the quiet guy in the condo Shane Mauss let me crash in during the final HBO …

Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch 2018
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Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 28, 2018June 29, 2018

Congratulations to this year’s class of “10 Comics to Watch,” as anointed by Variety magazine and toasted in July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. …

Hari Kondabolu on Conan
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Hari Kondabolu on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 8, 2018

I use my middle initial professionally and always have because there are far too many Sean McCarthys in the world, even in the world of …

Hank Azaria is ready to stop providing the stereotypical voice of Apu on “The Simpsons”
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Hank Azaria is ready to stop providing the stereotypical voice of Apu on “The Simpsons”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 26, 2018

Despite the defensive stance the writers on The Simpsons took just weeks ago about their Apu problem, the white man who’s voiced Apu from the …

The Simpsons ineptly defends Apu as once upon a time “applauded and inoffensive”
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The Simpsons ineptly defends Apu as once upon a time “applauded and inoffensive”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 9, 2018

On Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, the writers had little Lisa give advice to her mom about something or other, using it instead as …

Hank Azaria responds to Hari Kondabolu’s truTV documentary on The Simpsons: “The Problem with Apu”
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Hank Azaria responds to Hari Kondabolu’s truTV documentary on The Simpsons: “The Problem with Apu”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 4, 20171

Here’s something you don’t see much: A celebrity thanking TMZ for stopping him to ask a question. But here was Hank Azaria, who voices Apu …

truTV rebrands, new tagline for 2017: “Funny Because It’s tru”
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truTV rebrands, new tagline for 2017: “Funny Because It’s tru”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 1, 2016

Plenty of cable channels/networks have rebranded and renamed themselves since first launching in the 1980s or 1990s, and now truTV has fully embraced its newer …

SiriusXM Comedy Greats will “F* Politics” for the week starting Oct. 17, 2016
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SiriusXM Comedy Greats will “F* Politics” for the week starting Oct. 17, 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 14, 2016October 14, 2016

With less than a month until the 2016 presidential election, SiriusXM will rebrand one of its comedy channels as “F* Politics” for the week to help …

Episode #106: Hari Kondabolu
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Episode #106: Hari Kondabolu

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 1, 2016

Hari Kondabolu and I go back to the scene of his very first big break, showcasing for the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen …

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