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Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng join Bruce Springsteen for 13th annual Stand Up For Heroes
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Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng join Bruce Springsteen for 13th annual Stand Up For Heroes

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 11, 2019September 11, 2019

For a 13th year, the New York Comedy Festival will start its week with its biggest and best event: Stand Up For Heroes. The annual …

Pence parody book has a happy ending
Books / News / TV

Pence parody book has a happy ending

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 23, 2018

When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of a children’s book about Vice President Mike Pence’s family …

West Virginia judge dismisses coal magnate’s lawsuit against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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West Virginia judge dismisses coal magnate’s lawsuit against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 26, 2018

John Oliver has beat back a defamation lawsuit filed against him and his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by Murray Energy Corporation coal magnate Robert …

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s reunion of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s reunion of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 10, 2017

Stephen Colbert got the gang back together again, that gang being his former co-workers on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, circa 2005, before Colbert …

John Oliver offers mea culpa on Trump, says F— 2016! in explosive finale to season three of HBO’s Last Week Tonight
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John Oliver offers mea culpa on Trump, says F— 2016! in explosive finale to season three of HBO’s Last Week Tonight

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 15, 2016

The third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ended not with a whimper, but with a bang. After a penultimate episode …

Episode #115: Andy Zaltzman
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Episode #115: Andy Zaltzman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 3, 2016October 3, 20161

Cue the bugle sounds and put your puns where we can see them, because Andy Zaltzman is my guest today. ZaltzmanĀ is a critically-acclaimed comedian in …

Brian Regan, Dane Cook, Gabriel Iglesias, Tracy Morgan and more headline fourth annual Oddball Fest for Funny or Die
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Brian Regan, Dane Cook, Gabriel Iglesias, Tracy Morgan and more headline fourth annual Oddball Fest for Funny or Die

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 21, 20161

We may be a month into summer (and two months from Memorial Day already), but it’s never too late for news of a fourth consecutive …

Monologues a microcosm of the metaphor for late-night TV and the politics of today in 2016
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Monologues a microcosm of the metaphor for late-night TV and the politics of today in 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 14, 2016

Remember how your parents and grandparents warned you growing up about how to protect yourself in the case of a mass shooting? No. They were …

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2016

“You get a car! You get a car!! You get a car!!! EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!!!!” I don’t even need to remind you those were …

Most-liked Instagrams for The Comic’s Comic in 2015
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Most-liked Instagrams for The Comic’s Comic in 2015

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 30, 2015December 30, 20151

You can look back on a calendar year from many different perspectives and points of entry. Your memories flash in front of you. And then …

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