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Zach Galifianakis remembers Brody Stevens
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Zach Galifianakis remembers Brody Stevens

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 12, 2019March 12, 2019

The Comedy Store closed on Monday night for a private event, the memorial for the late great comedian Steven Brody, aka Brody Stevens, aka Steven …

Garry Shandling website relaunches as tribute to the late great comedian
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Garry Shandling website relaunches as tribute to the late great comedian

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 23, 2018

The late great Garry Shandling has a brand-new website. It launched this morning to both pay tribute to the stand-up, writer and innovative TV show …

SiriusXM to broadcast three “lost” Richard Pryor albums as part of a new tribute to the comedy legend
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SiriusXM to broadcast three “lost” Richard Pryor albums as part of a new tribute to the comedy legend

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018

SiriusXM will honor the late Richard Pryor with three new weeks of special programming dedicated to the late star, including a new audio documentary and …

SiriusXM will broadcast weeklong tribute to Don Rickles: Happy Holidays, Dummy
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SiriusXM will broadcast weeklong tribute to Don Rickles: Happy Holidays, Dummy

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2017

The legendary Don Rickles, who died earlier this year at the age of 90, will get feted each day next week in a special weeklong …

SiriusXM broadcasting Garry Shandling documentary tribute on the first anniversary of his death
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SiriusXM broadcasting Garry Shandling documentary tribute on the first anniversary of his death

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 24, 2017

Garry Shandling died a year ago today at the age of 66. A consummate comic’s comic and a television pioneer not once but twice, Shandling …

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Spike TV plans a comedic tribute roast of Alec Baldwin

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 14, 20171

Three years after paying tribute to comedic icon Don Rickles, Spike TV is returning for another “One Night Only” special at the Apollo Theater in …

Comedian friends remember the late, great Mitch Hedberg
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Comedian friends remember the late, great Mitch Hedberg

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 8, 2016November 8, 20162

The release of a box set of vinyl and digital recordings of all of Mitch Hedberg’s stand-up comedy — thanks to Hedberg’s widow, comedian Lynn …

Monologues a microcosm of the metaphor for late-night TV and the politics of today in 2016
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Monologues a microcosm of the metaphor for late-night TV and the politics of today in 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 14, 2016

Remember how your parents and grandparents warned you growing up about how to protect yourself in the case of a mass shooting? No. They were …

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Eddie Vedder and Judd Apatow sing a duet to Garry Shandling using Shandling’s own words, at Bonnaroo

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 13, 2016

Judd Apatow and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder were equally full of surprises this weekend at the Bonnaroo music and comedy festival in Tennessee. Apatow …

Maya Rudolph’s tribute to a fallen hero: Princess performs Prince songs at the 2016 Moontower Comedy Festival
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Maya Rudolph’s tribute to a fallen hero: Princess performs Prince songs at the 2016 Moontower Comedy Festival

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 24, 2016April 24, 2016

On TV last night, NBC broadcast a special tribute episode of Saturday Night Live for Prince — who died unexpectedly Thursday at 57 — including sketches of Fred …

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