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Tag: Ron Bennington

Norm Macdonald talks about defending Louis CK in new “Unmasked” interview
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Norm Macdonald talks about defending Louis CK in new “Unmasked” interview

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 12, 2018September 12, 20182

Norm Macdonald’s publicity tour for his new Netflix talk show continues to make massive headlines. First, his interview with The Hollywood Reporter prompted SNL buddy …

Howie Mandel on owning Just For Laughs: “I was chasing this”
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Howie Mandel on owning Just For Laughs: “I was chasing this”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 28, 2018

Howie Mandel recently opened a comedy club bearing his name in Atlantic City, and he’s long been a mainstay judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. …

Episode #160: Tom Rhodes
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Episode #160: Tom Rhodes

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

Tom RhodesĀ has been obsessed with stand-up comedy since he was 12. As a teenager in Florida in the 1980s, he performed with fake IDs to …

Jim Gaffigan thought about retiring if wife and writing partner Jeannie’s brain tumor surgery didn’t go well
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Jim Gaffigan thought about retiring if wife and writing partner Jeannie’s brain tumor surgery didn’t go well

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 12, 2017June 12, 2017

In a SiriusXM “Town Hall” with Ron Bennington, Jim Gaffigan described how his wife and writing partner, Jeannie, dealt with her recent brain tumor surgery …

The Interrobang’s “Comedy 101” on SiriusXM: An open mic comedian’s fever dream/nightmare come to life
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The Interrobang’s “Comedy 101” on SiriusXM: An open mic comedian’s fever dream/nightmare come to life

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 19, 2016August 19, 2016

The open mic holds everything for the new, aspiring comedian. The alpha and the omega, the dream and the nightmare, but the above all else, …

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Joan Rivers on her stand-up comedy contemporaries, then and now

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 12, 2014July 12, 20142

Joan Rivers has made several headlines already this month while promoting her new book, “Diary of a Mad Diva.” In her latest interview, a sit-down …

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Chris Tucker on his comedy roots and his “comeback” stand-up comedy tour, film

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 18, 20121

Chris Tucker joked this past week that his new stand-up comedy tour is called his “IRS Tour,” a reference to his owing the Internal Revenue …

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