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Episode #251: Yakov Smirnoff
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Episode #251: Yakov Smirnoff

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 18, 2019March 18, 2019

Yakov Smirnoff got his big break in America thanks to Mitzi Shore, who not only put up the Soviet immigrant in her home behind The …

Episode #172: Jimmy Shubert
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Episode #172: Jimmy Shubert

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 18, 2017

Jimmy Shubert was just a kid from Philly who wanted to be a magician. That’s how he started in show business, before moving to Los …

SiriusXM to broadcast rare final recording of the late Sam Kinison
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SiriusXM to broadcast rare final recording of the late Sam Kinison

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 10, 2016

A rare recording from one of Sam Kinison‘s final stand-up performances, just days before his death at 38 in a 1992 highway crash, has been enhanced and …

Steve Martin reflects on stand-up comedy now versus the 1970s, and great opening lines
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Steve Martin reflects on stand-up comedy now versus the 1970s, and great opening lines

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 1, 2016March 1, 2016

Steve Martin remains a great showman after all these years, and whether you want to nitpick about whether he has or hasn’t performed stand-up in …

Episode #65: Jackie Kashian
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Episode #65: Jackie Kashian

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 22, 20161

Jackie Kashian is one of my favorite stand-up comedians to watch live because she knows who she is and makes no apologies for it. That’s …

Last Things First, Episode #4: Ralphie May and Lahna Turner
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Last Things First, Episode #4: Ralphie May and Lahna Turner

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 10, 2015July 10, 20153

I met Ralphie May at the Tempe Improv, shortly before all of you saw him competing in the inaugural season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing …

Emile Hirsch to star as John Belushi in big-screen biopic
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Emile Hirsch to star as John Belushi in big-screen biopic

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 29, 2013October 31, 2013

Emile Hirsch has been tapped to star as the late John Belushi in a planned biopic on the comedian who became a star as an …

Josh Gad to play Sam Kinison in big-screen biopic
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Josh Gad to play Sam Kinison in big-screen biopic

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 20131

After a few years of trying to make an HBO movie happen about the late Sam Kinison with Dan Fogler in the lead role, it …

Sing in the holidays with “Carol of the Comedians”
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Sing in the holidays with “Carol of the Comedians”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2012

New York City-based comedy rock band Fortress of Attitude is halfway through a “12 Christmas Songs in 12 Days of Christmas” project called “Bigger Than …

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