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Tag: Paul Provenza

Dave Flebotte talks inside comedy baseball of his Showtime series with Jim Carrey, “I’m Dying Up Here”
Interviews / TV

Dave Flebotte talks inside comedy baseball of his Showtime series with Jim Carrey, “I’m Dying Up Here”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 6, 2018

I’m Dying Up Here almost didn’t survive to a second season. Dave Flebotte, who with Jim Carrey created the Showtime adaptation of William Knoedelseder’s best-seller about …

Review: “Dying Laughing”
Movies / Reviews

Review: “Dying Laughing”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 17, 2017

“We’re the last philosophers. Everybody now that talks is reading from a pre-approved script. Even our alleged smart people are corporately controlled. So there’s only …

An oral history of the making of The Aristocrats movie, 10 years later
Movies

An oral history of the making of The Aristocrats movie, 10 years later

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 3, 2015August 5, 20152

“The Aristocrats!” the punchline to an old myth of a joke that few people knew or had even heard of, became an instant classic film …

Neil Hamburger deconstructs “Set List” with his own improvised shtick
Video / Web series

Neil Hamburger deconstructs “Set List” with his own improvised shtick

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 12, 2013

“It used to be the comics decided what they said, not the comic-book stores decided what they said!” — Neil Hamburger, adapting his decidedly “anti-comedy” …

Set List live improvised stand-up shows come to Nerdist, with a special LIVE show for YouTube Comedy Week
Web series

Set List live improvised stand-up shows come to Nerdist, with a special LIVE show for YouTube Comedy Week

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 24, 2013

Set List is an American creation that first scored a TV deal across the pond, but is finally finding its way back home with a …

Comedian Portrait-A-Day for 2013, courtesy of Dan Dion
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Comedian Portrait-A-Day for 2013, courtesy of Dan Dion

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 1, 2013January 1, 2013

Do you need a funny face to brighten up your days in 2013? Photographer Dan Dion is here to help. Whether you already have a …

Showtime renews “Inside Comedy” for 10-episode second season; wither “The Green Room”?
TV / Uncategorized

Showtime renews “Inside Comedy” for 10-episode second season; wither “The Green Room”?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 30, 2012July 31, 20121

Showtime announced today during the TV Critics Association summer press tour that Inside Comedy had earned a 10-episode second season, which will premiere in January …

Set List, the improvised stand-up show, scores TV deal with Sky Atlantic
TV / Uncategorized

Set List, the improvised stand-up show, scores TV deal with Sky Atlantic

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 3, 2012July 3, 20123

After a solid year-plus of experimentation on both sides of the pond, the improvised stand-up show, Set List: Comedy Without a Net, is getting a …

Jimmy Carr explains his theory of how laughter is tied to evolution on “The Green Room with Paul Provenza”
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Jimmy Carr explains his theory of how laughter is tied to evolution on “The Green Room with Paul Provenza”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 1, 2011September 2, 20111

In the second season finale of Showtime’s The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Provenza asked Jimmy Carr to explain his theory on why humans laugh, …

Sneak peek: Tony Clifton forcibly removed from Showtime’s “The Green Room”
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Sneak peek: Tony Clifton forcibly removed from Showtime’s “The Green Room”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 25, 2011August 25, 20111

Among the many weird things that happened this July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival, one of the weirder but possibly predictable things was that …

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