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National Comedy Center launch will include Lenny Bruce exhibit and foundation
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National Comedy Center launch will include Lenny Bruce exhibit and foundation

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 19, 2018

When the National Comedy Center officially opens its doors next month in Jamestown, NY, it’ll not only include a discussion on comedy and the First …

R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)
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R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 19, 2015

At 100 years old, Jack Rollins survived and thrived through all of the comedy booms, and rightly could take at least partial credit for the …

Who would make it onto the Mount Rushmore of Comedy?
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Who would make it onto the Mount Rushmore of Comedy?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 8, 2014September 8, 20147

This May, in celebrating Don Rickles on his 88th birthday, Jerry Seinfeld said of his elder hero: “”On the Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedy, there are …

Comedians in Courthouses Getting Cuffed: Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, December 1962
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Comedians in Courthouses Getting Cuffed: Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, December 1962

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 25, 2014

On Dec. 5, 1962, Lenny Bruce was both comedy icon and outlaw at the age of 37. He had played Carnegie Hall and released the …

George Carlin’s Lenny Bruce impersonation landed him an agent, thanks to Lenny Bruce
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George Carlin’s Lenny Bruce impersonation landed him an agent, thanks to Lenny Bruce

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 12, 2013September 12, 2013

Fans of the late George Carlin may know that Carlin’s comedy career actually began first as a radio disc jockey, and then as a duo …

Milton Berle’s 1974 documentary, “Mad Mad World of Comedy”
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Milton Berle’s 1974 documentary, “Mad Mad World of Comedy”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 11, 2013

Here’s something for your (TBT) Throwback Thursday files. Within the opening minute of Milton Berle’s Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (made and aired in 1974-1975), …

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Robin Williams on the importance of playing small comedy clubs

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 1, 2012

Earlier this year, Robin Williams received the Comedy Icon Award from the second annual reboot of The Comedy Awards. Afterward, Williams met the press assembled …

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