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By Ryan Meehan Jimmy Failla (work with me here) is a New York City Cab Driver turned professional Stand Up Comedian. He was named Best Male Comic at the 2014 New York City Nightlife Awards and has been seen on Gotham Comedy Live, BBC America, TMZ Live, The Today…
We may need the DeLorean to get anybody who remembers who Sinbad is.… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 76: Georgia State Returns To The 80’s?
Can a basketball coach be a late-night TV host?… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 75: Late Night Miller Time?
We found a way to work yet another TV doctor reference into our college basketball coverage.… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 74: From Emergency to ER
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by Ryan Meehan The Chris Gethard Show has been referred to as “an often riveting experiment in seat-of-your-pants broadcasting” by The New York Times, “a party on the public access airwaves” by New York Magazine, and once caused Conan O’Brien to say “we’re going to rip that off.” Broadcast…
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By Ryan Meehan Mona Shaikh, also known as The Naughty Muslim Comedian, has a very unique perspective on the contrast and conflicts between American and the South Asian Culture. With half of her life spent in a prominent conservative Muslim household, and the other immersed with America’s entertainment and culture, Mona…
Our first 4-Way Doppelganger, and our first with a poll.… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 73: A Boilermaker, The Rifleman, and Two Rocky Jokes
Somebody decided all 32 NFL teams needed a new helmet design. You probably won’t hate all of them. Part 2 of 2. … Read More J-Dub and Meehan Breakdown The 32 Proposed NFL Helmet Designs: The AFC
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by Ryan Meehan Lamont Price has appeared with numerous big name comics such as Dane Cook – whom he opened up for during the recording of the multi-platinum album “Retaliation – as well as Opie & Anthony regulars Rich Vos and the late Patrice O’Neal. He has also featured…
Somebody decided all 32 NFL teams needed a new helmet design. You probably won’t hate all of them. Part 1 of 2. … Read More J-Dub and Meehan Breakdown The 32 Proposed NFL Helmet Designs: The NFC
As a former General Manager, Joe McGrath is our resident expert in matters on the business of sport. … Read More Guest Column: Joe McGrath On Roger Goodell
The question isn’t IF it will be bad. The question is HOW bad?… Read More J-Dub and SportsChump Dissect “ESPN: The Movie”
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by Ryan Meehan In November of 1979 Eddie Clark and a friend walked into the Original Improvisation Comedy Club in New York City to audition for a regular spot at the club. Eddie got a chance to show the owner what he could do and despite his lack of…
You have to think back to the 1980’s for this one. That was the decade which first brought us North Carolina Tar Heel and Cleveland Cavalier center Brad Daugherty before he became ESPN’s NASCAR expert. If you think going from the NBA to NASCAR is an odd transformation, it can’t be any worse than Daugherty’s… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 72 – The “Soul Man” Edition
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by Ryan Meehan Rob was born in New Orleans, and was raised by a single mom in Los Angeles. Contrary to popular belief and unfounded assumptions, he is NOT white. He is actually half El Salvadorian and half Brazilian. Rob is bi-lingual which means that Spanish is his first language…
Now that the Knicks have bought out A’mare Stoudamire’s contract, and now that he seems to be headed for Dallas, its time for somebody in the Lone Star state to load up on Steve Urkel jokes. For our full series of Doppelgangers, you can see the most recent entries here, or the archived versions here.
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by Ryan Meehan When Dennis Regan was young, he was on track to fulfill his dream of becoming an NFL quarterback. Unfortunately, he blew his knee out when he was in kindergarten when he came down a little too hard on the teeter totter one spring afternoon. Right then…
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By Ryan Meehan Sean Patton is a comedian based in Los Angeles and New York, by way of New Orleans. Sean began doing standup in the Crescent City, and has since performed in comedy clubs across the US and Canada. Sean has also performed at The Melbourne International Comedy…
Since tonight marks the beginning of the NBA’s All-Star weekend, it only makes sense that we should feature a guy making his first All-Star game. The TV relationship between Ashton Kutcher and Mila “Jackie Burkhardt” Kunis on “That 70’s Show” eventually became an exercise in real-life bumping of fuzzy parts. However, this doesn’t work in… Read More Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 70 – Oddly Enough, It’s About “That 70’s Show”
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By Ryan Meehan Don Barris has a unique brand of comedy unlike most other comedians, and that’s what makes him the perfect closer at The Comedy Store every single night. Barris is the co-creator and star of the cult-classic film “Windy City Heat”, which was developed in the legendary…
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