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Comedians giving voices to our fears, opening a dialogue about race and the police #BlackLivesMatter
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Comedians giving voices to our fears, opening a dialogue about race and the police #BlackLivesMatter

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 13, 2014December 13, 2014

Ted Alexandro has missed multiple gigs over the past few weeks to march with the activists of #BlackLivesMatter. Alexandro, a veteran headlining stand-up comedian and …

Hari Kondabolu’s final solution for the NFL’s team in Washington to be more accurate Redskins
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Hari Kondabolu’s final solution for the NFL’s team in Washington to be more accurate Redskins

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 22, 2014

Want the debate over the racist Washington Redskins name and logo to end peacefully? So does everybody else! Hari Kondabolu has an intriguing solution. Keep …

Review: Katt Williams, Priceless: Afterlife (HBO)
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Review: Katt Williams, Priceless: Afterlife (HBO)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 22, 2014June 29, 20205

The most important, timely stand-up special of 2014 has come from Katt Williams. Forget the opening with the hype man saying “let’s get ready to …

Bobby Moynihan’s extended improvisations from SNL’s “12 Years A Slave” auditions sketch
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Bobby Moynihan’s extended improvisations from SNL’s “12 Years A Slave” auditions sketch

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 21, 2014March 24, 2014

Saturday Night Live just released an extended blooper reel of sorts, as it shows the extended takes of Bobby Moynihan’s scenes in the 12 Years …

Bill Cosby, on prejudice, circa 1971
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Bill Cosby, on prejudice, circa 1971

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 20, 20141

More than three decades before Dave Chappelle rocked Comedy Central with his portrayal of “Clayton Bigsby,” and less than a decade after the Rev. Dr. …

Michelle Buteau on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
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Michelle Buteau on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 19, 2013

Did you know that before Michelle Buteau got married, she went Dutch? And then she married Dutch, so to speak. Her husband is from Holland …

Nick Kroll’s Comedy Central ad for Chikk Club; take that Chick-fil-A
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Nick Kroll’s Comedy Central ad for Chikk Club; take that Chick-fil-A

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 19, 20121

Nick Kroll’s Comedy Central sketch series, Kroll Show, doesn’t even debut until 2013. But Kroll and his friends already had taped a satirical response to …

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