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Comedy Dynamics Will Release Previously Unheard Joan Rivers Recordings In 2021
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Comedy Dynamics Will Release Previously Unheard Joan Rivers Recordings In 2021

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

The Joan Rivers Estate has announced a deal with Comedy Dynamics to sort through hundreds of hours of previously unreleased material from the late great …

The Museum of the Jewish People lists its top 15 moments in Jewish comedy history
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The Museum of the Jewish People lists its top 15 moments in Jewish comedy history

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2018December 20, 2018

You’ve perhaps seen plenty of lists ranking the top things, events and people of 2018, but what about the best stuff ever? The Museum of …

Fashion Police on E! will end on Nov. 27, 2017 with unaired footage of the late Joan Rivers
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Fashion Police on E! will end on Nov. 27, 2017 with unaired footage of the late Joan Rivers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 19, 2017October 19, 2017

Fashion Police on E! was never quite the same after the death of Joan Rivers three years ago, and frankly not even really the same …

Review: Lynne Koplitz, “Hormonal Beast” on Netflix
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Review: Lynne Koplitz, “Hormonal Beast” on Netflix

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 24, 2017August 24, 20172

Joan Rivers served as Lynne Koplitz’s comedy godmother over the icon’s final decade. Now Koplitz is ready to become comedy godmother to the rest of …

Episode #168: Lynne Koplitz
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Episode #168: Lynne Koplitz

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 21, 20171

Lynne Koplitz caught her first wave of success hosting or co-hosting TV shows the likes of Change of Heart, How to Boil Water, and Life …

Humor In Hindsight: The 2010 documentary, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”
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Humor In Hindsight: The 2010 documentary, “Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 26, 2017

We’re one week into the administration of President Trump, and with a new edition of Celebrity Apprentice on the airwaves (with replacement host Arnold Schwarzenegger) …

Pregnant pause for punchlines: Ali Wong’s “Baby Cobra” (Netflix), Kira Soltanovich’s “You Did This To Me” (Amazon) and more experiences from comedy moms
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Pregnant pause for punchlines: Ali Wong’s “Baby Cobra” (Netflix), Kira Soltanovich’s “You Did This To Me” (Amazon) and more experiences from comedy moms

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 23, 2016July 23, 2016

We’ve all seen pregnant woman perform comedy before, even if the memory isn’t on instant recall for you. Saturday Night Live reminded us this past …

Melissa Rivers settles lawsuit with endoscopy clinic where her mother Joan Rivers died
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Melissa Rivers settles lawsuit with endoscopy clinic where her mother Joan Rivers died

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 13, 2016May 13, 2016

The endoscopy clinic in New York City’s Upper East Side where Joan Rivers died after a routine surgery went bad has settled a malpractice lawsuit brought …

Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing, on PBS (review)
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Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing, on PBS (review)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 1, 2016

Can we talk? There already just was and still is a great documentary, made just six years ago, that reminds us what it meant to …

Hundreds of items from the late Joan Rivers NYC apartment up for auction in June 2016
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Hundreds of items from the late Joan Rivers NYC apartment up for auction in June 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 9, 2016

A year and a half after she died, the late great Joan Rivers still has an estate and a NYC penthouse apartment, and hundreds of …

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