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Tag: Zainab Johnson

Headliners with Joel Kim Booster and Zainab Johnson at Melbourne 2024
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Headliners with Joel Kim Booster and Zainab Johnson at Melbourne 2024

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 1, 2024April 1, 2024

**** 1/2 (out of 5) Easter weekend and Ramadan coinciding with the start of the Melbourne festival felt fortuitous for visiting American stand-ups Joel Kim …

Here are Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2019
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Here are Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch for 2019

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 14, 2019June 14, 20191

Congrats to this year’s crop of comedians Variety will toast at Just For Laughs as its 10 Comics to Watch for 2019! They are, with …

EPIX presents Unprotected Sets
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EPIX presents Unprotected Sets

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 11, 20181

I have some problems with Unprotected Sets. Not a big fan of the title. Definitely not a fan of the promotional poster and imaging, which …

Zainab Johnson on Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Zainab Johnson on Late Night with Seth Meyers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 28, 2018

Zainab Johnson grew up Muslim with lots of siblings. But you may not recognize her if you’d seen her for the seven years she walked …

Episode #219: Zainab Johnson
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Episode #219: Zainab Johnson

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2018

Zainab Johnson had other plans for her life, perhaps professional basketball or teaching, before a tragic accident changed her life and her worldview. Johnson tells …

Discovery spins off Cash Cab into an elevator with webseries game show, Cash Lift
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Discovery spins off Cash Cab into an elevator with webseries game show, Cash Lift

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2017December 20, 2017

After successfully reviving Cash Cab this month with original host Ben Bailey accompanied by celebrity cameos in his NYC taxi cab, the Discovery series has …

HBO sets lineup, premiere for All Def Comedy hosted by Tony Rock
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HBO sets lineup, premiere for All Def Comedy hosted by Tony Rock

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 14, 2016

All Def Comedy, the latest stand-up comedy project from executive producer Russell Simmons, will premiere Saturday Nov. 12, 2016, on HBO. Tony Rock hosts the …

First impressions, New Faces Unrepped at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2014
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First impressions, New Faces Unrepped at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 4, 20143

For all of the artificial and natural word-of-mouth buzz that happens each July in Montreal, perhaps the most likely to produce buzz event of Just …

Here are Montreal’s New Faces: Unrepped 2014 at Just For Laughs
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Here are Montreal’s New Faces: Unrepped 2014 at Just For Laughs

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 23, 2014July 23, 20141

On Monday night, Montreal’s Just For Laughs and ComedyPro Conference announced most of the New Faces of Comedy for this week’s festivities. Generations of stand-up …

Last Comic Standing, Season 8, “Semi-Final Day 2” RECAP
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Last Comic Standing, Season 8, “Semi-Final Day 2” RECAP

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 20, 2014June 20, 2014

Are you ready for the second half of our semifinals in season eight of NBC’s Last Comic Standing? Ready or not, here it comes. And …

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