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The Friars Club looks to rebound from series of financial miscues
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The Friars Club looks to rebound from series of financial miscues

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 30, 2019April 30, 20191

For more than a century, The Friars Club stood as a testament to the power of the press and of comedy to do good. The …

R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)
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R.I.P. Jack Carter (1922-2015)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 30, 2015June 30, 20152

Before anyone else could claim to be “the pit bull of comedy,” before anyone else turned anger directly into laughs, Jack Carter stood tall amongst …

ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special
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ESPN will televise sports-themed Friars Roasts, starting with a Super Bowl special

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Last year’s Super Bowl week Friars Club Roast of Boomer Esiason in New York City never aired on TV, so if you weren’t there, you …

Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery
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Friars Club renames its clubhouse building the Jerry Lewis Monastery

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 17, 20141

The historic Friars Club building, a five-story house constructed in 1909 in midtown Manhattan that became the clubhouse and “Friars Club Monastery” in 1957 with …

That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club
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That time Jerry Lewis wished Joan Rivers were dead, speaking on a SiriusXM Town Hall at the Friars Club

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 6, 2014

Jerry Lewis sat down this week with Maria Menounos at The Friars Club for a SiriusXM Town Hall that airs today, and wouldn’t you know …

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