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Tag: sketch comedy

True Story! From the ashes of Legion of Goons (and In Living Color), Friends of the People wins sketch TV series order on TruTV
TV / Uncategorized

True Story! From the ashes of Legion of Goons (and In Living Color), Friends of the People wins sketch TV series order on TruTV

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 4, 2014March 4, 20141

The third time was the proverbial charm for the comedians who just earned a 10-episode sketch comedy series order today from TruTV. Friends of the …

RIP Sid Caesar (1922-2014)
TV / Uncategorized

RIP Sid Caesar (1922-2014)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 13, 2014February 13, 20141

Sid Caesar, TV’s sketch comedy pioneer, died on Wednesday in his Beverly Hills home. He was 91. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., Caesar began to make …

Kids in the Hall to stage live reading of “Brain Candy” with original ending at TOsketchfest
Movies

Kids in the Hall to stage live reading of “Brain Candy” with original ending at TOsketchfest

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 5, 2014February 5, 2014

This is candy for my brain, how about yours? All five members of Kids in the Hall are reuniting this year — yes, you knew …

TV / Uncategorized

Most of the cast of The State reunited @midnight

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 28, 2014January 29, 2014

Not pictured: Kevin Allison and Todd Holoubek The nine other members of sketch group The State did reunite on the cable TV on Monday night …

Nick Kroll teases Season Two of Kroll Show on Comedy Central
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Nick Kroll teases Season Two of Kroll Show on Comedy Central

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 10, 2013December 12, 20131

Nick Kroll’s sketch comedy character study and TV parody, Kroll Show, returns for a second season on Comedy Central on Jan. 14, 2014. But you …

What’s your favorite SNL character name? Meet Bobby Moynihan’s “Kirby J. Buttercream”
Saturday Night Live / TV

What’s your favorite SNL character name? Meet Bobby Moynihan’s “Kirby J. Buttercream”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 14, 2013October 14, 20134

What’s your favorite SNL character? No, I mean, by name. By full name. I don’t know that we ever learned who Stefon really was, nor …

Ian Roberts on running “one of the really good TV sketch shows,” Comedy Central’s Key & Peele
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Ian Roberts on running “one of the really good TV sketch shows,” Comedy Central’s Key & Peele

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 18, 2013September 18, 20131

Comedy Central’s sketch comedy series, Key & Peele, returns for its third-season premiere tonight. From the start of each premise, through a wonderful job of heightening …

Rare posthumous recording from the 1970s, “Phil Hartman’s Flat TV,” to receive animation treatment
Audio / Video

Rare posthumous recording from the 1970s, “Phil Hartman’s Flat TV,” to receive animation treatment

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 7, 2013May 7, 2013

In 1997, Mike Scott was a teen-aged aspiring comedian who wrote to Phil Hartman seeking advice about entering the world of show business. Sixteen years …

Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First” 75 years later: The perfect comedy sketch?
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Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First” 75 years later: The perfect comedy sketch?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 1, 2013

It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball, and also the 75th anniversary of Abbott and Costello’s classic baseball comedy sketch, “Who’s On First?” ESPN’s Chris …

Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald on performing solo, teaching sketch comedy and today’s sketch on TV
Interviews / TV / Uncategorized

Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald on performing solo, teaching sketch comedy and today’s sketch on TV

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 28, 2013February 28, 20132

Kevin McDonald is a solo act in 2013, but the Kids in the Hall comedian isn’t alone. McDonald is touring North America, teaching aspiring comedians …

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