Episode #274: Evan Shapiro
Evan Shapiro had run cable TV stations IFC, Sundance Channel, and Pivot before he launched Seeso,...
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National Lampoon Radio Hour relaunching as podcast led by Cole Escola, Jo Firestone
The National Lampoon Radio Hour, whose initial run in 1973-74 included writing and performances...
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Review: “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” on Netflix
All biopics start from a grain of truth, the essential building blocks of the subject, and then...
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National Lampoon and Stage 32 offer $5,000 feature film screenwriting contest
National Lampoon and Stage 32 have launched a contest to find the next great comedy screenwriter....
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Episode #114: Tony Hendra
Tony Hendra began his career at Cambridge University with the famed Footlights as the comedy...
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The Final Edition releasing first original National Lampoon comedy album in 35 years
Throwback Thursday to the Future? Tony Hendra, who produced National Lampoon’s first album...
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Episode #108: Bert Kreischer, Live from Just For Laughs Montreal
Bert Kreischer is my special guest today, in an episode recorded in front of a live audience at...
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Documentaries on SNL, the National Lampoon highlight 2015 Tribeca Film Festival slate
The Tribeca Film Festival already had announced a big, NYC-based offering to kick off the 2015...
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The Final Edition presents, “Secret Diaries of a Terrorist,” first in a satirical webseries
If you thought this weekend’s Saturday Night Live sketch about a college-aged daughter...
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Documentaries on Tig Notaro, Barry Crimmins, The National Lampoon among 2015 Sundance Film Festival premiere selections
The year in movies may end with Oscar, but it always begins with Sundance. The 2015 Sundance Film...
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A very “Murray Christmas” is happening soon on TV, with Bill Murray singing and Sofia Coppola directing
Christmas is coming early this year, and it hasn’t even arrived just yet. We learned today,...
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R.I.P. Harold Ramis (1944-2014)
Writer/director/comedian Harold Ramis died early this morning, four years after first being...
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