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Comedy Spit Roast mixes comedians and porn for Brazzers event
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Comedy Spit Roast mixes comedians and porn for Brazzers event

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2018

If the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis wasn’t down and dirty enough for you, well, then Brazzers has a treat for you. The porn …

Highlights from the Roast of Bruce Willis on Comedy Central
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Highlights from the Roast of Bruce Willis on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 30, 2018

Dom Irrera went off-script, Dennis Rodman bombed, Ed Norton surprised everyone and no one by focusing his roast on himself, and Demi Moore threatened to …

Episode #215: Clusterfest 2018 with Jeff Ross, Matt Broussard and the art of roasting
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Episode #215: Clusterfest 2018 with Jeff Ross, Matt Broussard and the art of roasting

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 9, 2018

This is a special edition of Last Things First, recorded live during Clusterfest 2018 in San Francisco. Comedy Central was kind enough to ask me …

Comedy Central assembling top-notch dais for Roast of Bruce Willis
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Comedy Central assembling top-notch dais for Roast of Bruce Willis

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 28, 2018June 29, 2018

Comedy Central has sometimes leaned into stunt casting celebrities for its roasts. How else to explain “The Situation”? The situation for 2018’s upcoming Roast of …

Comedy Central sets July dates for Roast of Bruce Willis with JGL as Celebrity Roastmaster
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Comedy Central sets July dates for Roast of Bruce Willis with JGL as Celebrity Roastmaster

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 21, 2018

The Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis is a go! Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who co-starred with Willis as a younger version of him in Looper, will …

Roast battler Alex Hooper “auditions” for America’s Got Talent 2018
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Roast battler Alex Hooper “auditions” for America’s Got Talent 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2018

What happens when a Roast Battle vet auditions for America’s Got Talent, but doesn’t tell the audience or the judges that he’s going to roast …

Comedy Central to roast Bruce Willis in summer 2018
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Comedy Central to roast Bruce Willis in summer 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 11, 2018

It has been a couple of years since the most recent Comedy Central Roast (Rob Lowe, 2016, in case you had forgotten). Well, time’s up. …

Episode #194: Benji Aflalo
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Episode #194: Benji Aflalo

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 19, 2018

Benji Aflalo is a stand-up comedian, who alone together with comedy pal Esther Povitsky, created, executive produces and stars in the sitcom Alone Together — …

Tony Hinchcliffe on headlining his own tour, backed by Monster Energy
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Tony Hinchcliffe on headlining his own tour, backed by Monster Energy

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 24, 2017

Last year, Monster Energy drinks sponsored a don’t-call-it-a-comeback tour for Andrew “Dice” Clay that coincided with the 1980s comedy icon’s new Showtime series, Dice. This …

R.I.P. Don Rickles (1926-2017)
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R.I.P. Don Rickles (1926-2017)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 6, 2017April 6, 20171

Don Rickles, the legendary comedian and actor who could roast President Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra and just about everyone else, has died. Rickles was 90. …

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