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Comedy | Inside Jokes
Sitcom Superlatives
This TV season, we lost “30 Rock” to early retirement, but there are still plenty of sharp, silly and surprising sitcoms on the broadcast airwaves. As the season comes to ...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
‘Mother’s’ Day
I’ve spent seven years and 184 episodes waiting for the moment “How I Met Your Mother” has been building to. Every year, there are episodes that end with a montage of he...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
Detour Ahead?
Kyle Kinane is the voice of Comedy Central — he tells you what’s on the network during its promos — so you’d think he’d have no trouble landing his own show on the c...
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Comedy
Road Trip of Triumph
Kyle Dunnigan is worried. “This is looking like it’s going to be a disaster,” the comedian says. It’s mid-April, 10 days before Dunnigan will head out on the road to c...
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Comedy
On the Spot: Moshe Kasher
If you went to one of Aziz Ansari’s shows at Constitution Hall in March, then you’re familiar with his opening act, Moshe Kasher. If you’re not, get acquainted with the ...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
The More You Know
I know enough about comedian Marc Maron to be classified as a stalker. I know where he lives, how many cats he has and why his two marriages failed. I know his biggest fears, ...
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Comedy | Film
Q&A: Ken Jeong
Ken Jeong is in “Pain and Gain” for only a few scenes, but the doctor-turned-actor’s Johnny Wu, a cheesy self-help guru, sets the events of the film in motion when he en...
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Comedy
A Strange Sense Of Humor, Hon
Five dates into the Wham City Comedy Tour, everything was smooth sailing, much to the dismay of Ben O’Brien and the six other Baltimore-based performance artists onboard for...
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Comedy | Film
Is Sarah Silverman Nice?
Sarah Silverman is an intimidating figure. She seems sweet, but she can turn sour on a dime. Which is why I was somewhat relieved I’d be interviewing the 42-year-old comedia...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
Greek Strife
Someone get Michael Shannon a Webby — or whatever it is people get for outstanding achievements in Internet videos. The “Boardwalk Empire” actor’s reading of the insan...
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Comedy | Television
Weeknight Warrior
While NBC executives were staying up late last month pondering the fates of Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon and “The Tonight Show,” a relative newcomer was unknowingly changing the...
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Comedy
Who the Heck Is? … Jen Kirkman
She doesn’t have kids, she doesn’t want to have kids and she doesn’t plan to have kids. The title of the 38-year-old comedian’s new memoir, “I Can Barely Take Care o...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
An Off-Beat Path
Since “Portlandia” premiered in 2011, IFC has been reinventing itself as the home of off-beat original comedy. Last week, the network announced 11 concepts it’s consider...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
A Lame ‘Night’
The Roots will jump from “Late Night” to “The Tonight Show” when Jimmy Fallon takes over as host next year, answering the most important question raised by NBC’s lat...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
Two Ways to Laugh
Aziz Ansari has been doing interviews lately about dating rituals, turning 30 and how scared he is to have kids. Those are also some of the subjects covered in his current tou...







