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Tag: Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt’s Social Media Experience Experiment
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Patton Oswalt’s Social Media Experience Experiment

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 18, 2013

When you become such a beloved comedian that everything you say is amplified — Your essay in response to the Boston Marathon bombings brings us …

Patton Oswalt’s first paid acting gig, at 19, in a college loan video
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Patton Oswalt’s first paid acting gig, at 19, in a college loan video

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 12, 20131

JC Shakespeare is one of a few young comedians who appeared in an infomercial about college loans in 1990, and 23 years later, he uploaded …

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Read Patton Oswalt’s “Closed Letter to Myself About Thievery, Heckling and Rape Jokes”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 15, 2013June 15, 2013

Patton Oswalt wrote “a closed letter” to himself yesterday on the Internet, which means we all can read it, hopefully identify with at least part …

Comedy nerds or just plain nerds: Critics Choice Awards fete Louis CK, Patton Oswalt, Big Bang
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Comedy nerds or just plain nerds: Critics Choice Awards fete Louis CK, Patton Oswalt, Big Bang

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 11, 2013

The phrase “comedy nerd” gets thrown around online so much this decade that you wonder what meaning it still has, and yet, here are two …

Patton Oswalt’s fully-improvised “Star Wars” plot, cut from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”
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Patton Oswalt’s fully-improvised “Star Wars” plot, cut from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 17, 2013

Patton Oswalt guest-stars on this week’s episode of Parks and Recreation on NBC as a Pawnee resident who filibusters a city council meeting by talking …

A short documentary on Patton Oswalt, “To Be Loved & Understood”
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A short documentary on Patton Oswalt, “To Be Loved & Understood”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 25, 2013February 26, 2013

The folks at Thrash Lab released a short documentary today about comedian Patton Oswalt. It’s directed by Julien Nitzberg (The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West …

Best in Comedy 2012: The 10 posts you read most last year
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Best in Comedy 2012: The 10 posts you read most last year

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 8, 2013January 8, 2013

It’s the first full week of 2013, and so, too, the last real opportunity to look back on 2012 without feeling like it’s “too soon” …

12 Things (and more) to Look Forward to in Season 3 of “Portlandia” on IFC
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12 Things (and more) to Look Forward to in Season 3 of “Portlandia” on IFC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 28, 2012January 2, 2013

IFC’s wonderfully clever sketch comedy series Portlandia, starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein as an assortment of characters from Portland, Ore., returns for its third season …

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Comedy Headlines for 11/12/12

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 12, 2012

What’s happening in the comedy world now… NBC has scheduled the midseason debut of 1600 Penn — the sitcom set inside the White House and starring …

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Comedy Headlines for 10/25/12

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 25, 2012

What’s happening in the comedy world now… Fuse announced the premiere date for the second season of Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street — …

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