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Too Soon? Documentary recalls “The Onion” issue following 9/11
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Too Soon? Documentary recalls “The Onion” issue following 9/11

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 20, 2018

Satirical publication The Onion began printing on actual newsprint back in August 1988. The staff picked up and left their original home in Madison, Wisc., …

Taste & Sensibility, or How Soon is Too Late? from Joe Randazzo’s “The Definitive Guide to an Unpredictable Career in Comedy” (book excerpt)
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Taste & Sensibility, or How Soon is Too Late? from Joe Randazzo’s “The Definitive Guide to an Unpredictable Career in Comedy” (book excerpt)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 4, 2015September 4, 2015

You’ve seen so many comedians making it big in the 2010s via stand-up comedy, via Twitter, via YouTube, heck even via Vines and Instagrams. You’ve seen …

Too soon, too close to home: Comedians witness Watertown shootout, manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspects
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Too soon, too close to home: Comedians witness Watertown shootout, manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspects

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 20, 2013May 10, 2013

“Too soon!” is a refrain popularized by and among stand-up comedians for not letting enough time to pass for tragedy to become comedy. But what …

Dane Cook makes light of the Aurora “Dark Knight Rises” massacre: Too soon?
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Dane Cook makes light of the Aurora “Dark Knight Rises” massacre: Too soon?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 27, 2012July 27, 20125

Another week, another somebody’s-got-issues-with-a-joke-at-The-Laugh-Factory. Sigh. Jamie Masada has maintained genius-level status for decades in terms of drumming up publicity for his Laugh Factory comedy club …

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Gilbert Gottfried explains his sense of humor to Richard Belzer

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 30, 2012February 2, 20121

I’m not sure what the Intelligent Channel is on YouTube or why this exists, but I’m glad it exists. Richard Belzer sat down with Gilbert …

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