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Tag: Harris Wittels

Adam Scott, Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich will fete the late Harris Wittels at fundraising dinner for Wittels’s alma mater
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Adam Scott, Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich will fete the late Harris Wittels at fundraising dinner for Wittels’s alma mater

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2017January 24, 2017

Coming up on the second anniversary of the death of comedy writer Harris Wittels, his high school alma mater in Houston has recruited actor Adam …

Facing Addiction: Maureen Wittels’s letter for her late son, Harris
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Facing Addiction: Maureen Wittels’s letter for her late son, Harris

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 19, 2016February 19, 20163

Harris Wittels died a year ago today. The comedian and writer was only 30. He’s one of far too many victims of addiction to drugs …

Back to the Future: A look back at my most popular comedy posts of 2015
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Back to the Future: A look back at my most popular comedy posts of 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 4, 2016January 5, 2016

The things you clicked on more than anything else I posted in 2015. Without further ado… 1. Yearbook photos for Louis CK and Matt LeBlanc …

In Memoriam: The Year in R.I.P. in Comedy, 2015
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In Memoriam: The Year in R.I.P. in Comedy, 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 31, 20152

Let us take one more look back at the comedians we still love and miss so dearly, who left us in the past year. Jason …

Parks and Recreation, Comedy Bang! Bang! say goodbye to Harris Wittels
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Parks and Recreation, Comedy Bang! Bang! say goodbye to Harris Wittels

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 24, 2015February 24, 2015

NBC’s Parks and Recreation says goodbye tonight with a series finale that already would have been bittersweet to its cast, crew and viewers; made much …

Appreciating Harris Wittels, Without Getting Too Much Into A #Humblebrag #RIP
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Appreciating Harris Wittels, Without Getting Too Much Into A #Humblebrag #RIP

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 20, 2015February 20, 20153

The first time I met Harris Wittels, he was all of 21, and baring it all onstage at a naked comedy show. The next time …

Watch Sarah Silverman’s unaired pilot, “Susan 313,” which NBC didn’t pick up in 2012
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Watch Sarah Silverman’s unaired pilot, “Susan 313,” which NBC didn’t pick up in 2012

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 22, 2013October 22, 20132

When TV networks sign a “put pilot” deal, the suits are essentially telling the talent that they’ll put their pilot on TV, and if not, …

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Sarah Silverman Program will return for third season on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 3, 2009

It's official. Via The Hollywood Reporter comes news that Comedy Central has agreed to a third season of The Sarah Silverman Program, a 10-episode order …

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Montreal 2008: News, notes, highlights, quotes

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 23, 20084

It’s time for one last look around the 2008 Montreal Just For Laughs festival, which Variety reports raked in $10 million (which is about the …

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