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“The Carson Podcast” with Mark Malkoff

by Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 20, 2014February 20, 20141

Jimmy Fallon has taken over The Tonight Show this week. What better time to reminisce about Johnny Carson, right? Right. Welcome to “The Carson Podcast,” …

How To Audition For Season 8 of Last Comic Standing on NBC, Without Having Your Agent or Manager Hook You Up

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 24, 2014January 24, 201437

The official NBC Last Comic Standing website is still a few days away from making the leap from 2010 to present-day 2014. But the email …

Resolved, in 2014: Less apologies, more stand-ups standing up for themselves. Follow Natasha Leggero’s lead!

by Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 4, 20142

A friend asked me on New Year’s Day if I’d heard the joke Natasha Leggero had made on live TV the night before, and I …

AGT finalist Taylor Williamson reflects on how Taylords already have made his dreams come true on NBC’s America’s Got Talent

by Sean L. McCarthySeptember 17, 2013September 17, 20132

Taylor Williamson modified his Twitter bio @TaylorComedy this summer to read: “I’m going to lose on America’s Got Talent.” A few months later, summer ends …

Katt Williams announces retirement from stand-up comedy…again…in new Seattle KOMO interview

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 4, 20121

So much happens anytime Katt Williams spends enough time in public where a camera — whether it’s a security camera, paparazzi or news crew — …

The Mindy (Tucker) Project: “One Year in Comedy”

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 23, 20121

Spend any time in the black-box theaters and back-room bars of New York City’s comedy scene, and you’ll undoubtedly see Mindy Tucker and her camera, …

FOX greenlights “Short-Com Comedy Hour” series, eyes stand-up comedians to showcase

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 26, 20121

Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival just got that much more interesting, as FOX announced Wednesday that it had ordered The Short-Com Comedy Hour, with up to …