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Tag: parody

Video highlights from Key & Peele’s Super Bowl Special on Comedy Central
TV / Uncategorized

Video highlights from Key & Peele’s Super Bowl Special on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 1, 2015February 1, 2015

Praise Touchdown Jesus! The Key and Peele Super Bowl Special, which debuted Friday night on Comedy Central, had only 11 days to put together topical …

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Weird But True: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers dramatic reading of The Onion’s article about his blizzard declaration

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 28, 2015

On Monday, The Onion posted a satirical piece about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s reaction to the oncoming blizzard. Headline: “NYC Mayor: ‘Reconcile …

Scene work from The Late Show with David Letterman’s “Improv” troupe
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Scene work from The Late Show with David Letterman’s “Improv” troupe

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 15, 2015

In case you missed it, Wednesday night’s episode of Late Show with David Letterman found our host Dave complimenting the great schools of improv comedy …

Dan Klein’s “This is Comedy” special
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Dan Klein’s “This is Comedy” special

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 19, 2014December 19, 2014

Sometimes alternative comedy isn’t alternative at all, but rather an insane looking-glass mirror of what mainstream stand-up comedy is. In Dan Klein‘s “This is Comedy” …

Here’s a parody of FOX’s “Laughs” with Steve Hofstetter called “Laffs”
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Here’s a parody of FOX’s “Laughs” with Steve Hofstetter called “Laffs”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 1, 20142

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then parody is what, again? Well, Steve Hofstetter, your little late-night experiment on FOX — Laughs — …

The heightening genius of Adult Swim’s “infomercial” homage to 1980s sitcoms: “Too Many Cooks”
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The heightening genius of Adult Swim’s “infomercial” homage to 1980s sitcoms: “Too Many Cooks”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 7, 2014November 7, 2014

It’s labeled as an infomercial, but Too Many Cooks is unlike anything else you’d see as paid advertising on your TV at 4 a.m., let …

Tiny Detectives: Ellen Page and Kate Mara star in the #TrueDetectiveSeason2 we really want to see. Thanks, Funny or Die!
Web series

Tiny Detectives: Ellen Page and Kate Mara star in the #TrueDetectiveSeason2 we really want to see. Thanks, Funny or Die!

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 25, 2014September 25, 2014

Perhaps you heard they cast a new dynamic duo to star in the second installment of HBO’s True Detective. Sure, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn …

Poor Comedians In A Car Getting Coffee debuts with guest Kevin Hines
Web series

Poor Comedians In A Car Getting Coffee debuts with guest Kevin Hines

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 27, 2014August 27, 20142

For everyone who argues that Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee exists only for and by the rich and famous, there finally is an …

Chris Hardwick’s “Talking Bread” chat with Andy Daly, Tig Notaro, via Team Coco
Video / Web series

Chris Hardwick’s “Talking Bread” chat with Andy Daly, Tig Notaro, via Team Coco

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2014

Here is the Talking Dead spoof you didn’t know you kneaded. Ahem. It’s “Talking Bread,” with your host Chris Hardwick, well, talking bread with guests …

In the year “2776,” and the logistics of producing an all-star futuristic parody album
Audio / Video

In the year “2776,” and the logistics of producing an all-star futuristic parody album

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2014August 6, 2014

Imagine a future in which aliens threaten the Earth, only to have the President of the United States in 2776 and the first president, George …

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