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2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival includes all-star shows, preview of National Comedy Center’s George Carlin Archives
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2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival includes all-star shows, preview of National Comedy Center’s George Carlin Archives

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 26, 2017June 26, 2017

This year’s edition of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, traditionally held the week following Montreal’s Just For Laughs in upstate New York, will feature a …

Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg, from SXSW to Starz, from The Second City to today
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Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg, from SXSW to Starz, from The Second City to today

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 31, 2017

Ask any stand-up comedian today who the best stand-up of all time is or was, and they’ll likely tell you Richard Pryor, George Carlin, or …

SiriusXM Comedy Greats will “F* Politics” for the week starting Oct. 17, 2016
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SiriusXM Comedy Greats will “F* Politics” for the week starting Oct. 17, 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 14, 2016October 14, 2016

With less than a month until the 2016 presidential election, SiriusXM will rebrand one of its comedy channels as “F* Politics” for the week to help …

Robert Klein documentary joins vibrant meta comedy film slate at SXSW 2016
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Robert Klein documentary joins vibrant meta comedy film slate at SXSW 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 9, 20161

South By Southwest has filled out its 2016 feature film slate for SXSW, and a Robert Klein documentary directed by Klein himself will round out …

Robert Klein on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Robert Klein on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 27, 2015July 27, 2015

Robert Klein made his 87th appearance on The Tonight Show on Friday night, but ’twas his first time performing stand-up when Jimmy Fallon hosted — …

R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)
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R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 19, 2015

At 100 years old, Jack Rollins survived and thrived through all of the comedy booms, and rightly could take at least partial credit for the …

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Comedy Headlines for 10/12/12

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 12, 2012October 12, 2012

What’s happening in the comedy world now… Spike TV announced its all-star lineup to celebrate Eddie Murphy’s three decades as a comedy superstar. Chris Rock, …

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Update from the Great American Comedy Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 20, 2008

Eight finalists have made it to tonight to compete for nice prize money and who knows what other rewards at the inaugural Great American Comedy …

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Great American Comedy Festival hits Nebraska

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 18, 2008

The inaugural Great American Comedy Festival got under way last night with an amateur stand-up contest in Norfolk, Neb., hometown to the late Johnny Carson. …

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Robert Klein, still standing up

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 21, 2006

Robert Klein had a funny recollection of his first professional performing gig in Boston four decades ago. He performs in Newton Saturday and Sunday. "I’m …

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