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SF Sketchfest Hopes To Return in 2022 For 20th Anniversary
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SF Sketchfest Hopes To Return in 2022 For 20th Anniversary

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021

After having to skip its festivities this January, the organizers of SF Sketchfest are hopeful that the pandemic won’t get in the way of their …

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Netflix cancels “Lady Dynamite” after two seasons

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 14, 2018January 15, 2018

Maria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite now joins Jim Jefferies’ Legit and Cristela Alonzo’s Cristela as sitcoms by stand-up comedians starring those comedians that ended way too …

SF Sketchfest announces lineup for 17th annual celebration in January 2018
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SF Sketchfest announces lineup for 17th annual celebration in January 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 15, 20171

The biggest, longest comedy festival in the United States is coming back in 2018, and SF Sketchfest boasts an equally impressive lineup, to be presented …

Episode #69: Nato Green
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Episode #69: Nato Green

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 4, 2016March 4, 2016

Nato Green is perhaps the most activist comedian I know. And I know more than a few comedian activists. Green lives and breathes San Francisco, …

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 …

Picture This! with Brandie Posey illustrates stand-up comedy while also commenting upon it
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Picture This! with Brandie Posey illustrates stand-up comedy while also commenting upon it

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 29, 2016January 29, 20161

There’s a fine line between heckling and helping, and it’s drawn via invitation. A shout from the audience? Unwarranted. No, thank you. You don’t have …

Comedians reminisce about The Purple Onion; iconic San Francisco club to close Oct. 1
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Comedians reminisce about The Purple Onion; iconic San Francisco club to close Oct. 1

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 31, 2012September 4, 2012

The Purple Onion hosted the stand-up comedy debut of the late Phyllis Diller, and has played host to live CD and DVD recordings for, among …

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