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Episode #406: Paul Reiser
Last Things First -- Podcasts

Episode #406: Paul Reiser

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Forty years after his first screen credit as Modell in the Barry Levinson film, Diner, Paul Reiser is enjoying a career renaissance, co-starring in the …

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R.I.P. Richie Tienken

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 1, 2021March 1, 20211

Richie Tienken, the founding owner of The Comic Strip on New York City’s Upper East Side and former manager of Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler, …

[Sponsored Post] Watch, rent, buy: “EAT, DRINK, LAUGH: The Story of The Comic Strip”
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[Sponsored Post] Watch, rent, buy: “EAT, DRINK, LAUGH: The Story of The Comic Strip”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 2015

The Comic Strip on New York City’s Upper East Side opened for business 39 years ago this coming Monday: June 1, 1976. From the start, …

George Wallace on becoming a Centric Comedy Icon, staying in the stand-up game
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George Wallace on becoming a Centric Comedy Icon, staying in the stand-up game

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 1, 2013March 1, 2013

Mr. George Wallace is an all-star comedian, and this weekend, he’ll be celebrated by his fellow comedians as a Comedy Icon during the Centric Comedy …

Animated: Chris Rock recalls being discovered by Eddie Murphy
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Animated: Chris Rock recalls being discovered by Eddie Murphy

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 22, 2013

Here is an oldie but a goodie, newly animated. Chris Rock recalls the night that Eddie Murphy visited The Comic Strip in New York City …

“Make ‘Em Laugh”: Famous comedians reminisce about their beginnings at the Comic Strip
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“Make ‘Em Laugh”: Famous comedians reminisce about their beginnings at the Comic Strip

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 27, 20124

At the SPIKE TV tribute to Eddie Murphy in November, Adam Sandler praised Murphy’s first stand-up special, Delirious, and acknowledged that he went to great …

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