Tag: Showtime

Comedian Nemr On His Showtime Special

October 4, 2017 - Comedians, Full Interviews With Our Guests, News Stack

Nemr’s new Showtime special is “No Bombing in Beirut.” Nemr is a Lebanese/American stand-up comic who now performs globally using only his first name, Nemr. He is recognized as the pioneer of Stand Up Comedy in the Middle East having actively both established the industry, and developed it, starting in the year 2000 from Lebanon. He has always performed in English, and now performs regularly in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East.

Nemr has written and performed seven full feature shows, the latest of which was a world tour that took Nemr to many major U.S. cities, Europe, and across the Middle East.

He has also released two feature specials as cinematic experiences, EPIC (2014) and Victorious Secret (2016) and had his own prime time TV show on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (2012). In May of 2014 he was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine (Middle East).

He is currently touring his new show, No Politics No Religion One Love.
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Laurie Kilmartin

May 24, 2013 - Comedy Writers, Full Interviews With Our Guests, Most Recent, Our Podcast

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Laurie Kilmartin talks comedy. Meteorologist Mark Thompson talks tornadoes. Plus Paul Dooley, Janie Haddad Tompkins, Jeremy S. Kramer and Hal Lublin. Portions of today’s show are written by Hal Lublin, Will Dixon and David Feldman. Plus new music from Will Ryan And The Cactus County Cowboys. Laurie Kilmartin is an American comedienne and writer best known for being a finalist on Last Comic Standing season 8, and is currently a staff writer for the Conan O’Brien show. Kilmartin performed stand-up on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Showtime, the USO Tour Cuba, performing for troops in Iraq, Shorties Watchin’ Shorties, Verdict with Dan Abrams, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, and The World Stands Up. She has been featured at comedy festivals in Aspen, Edinburgh, and Montreal.
Laurie Kilmartin also appeared on VH1 Best Week Ever, the Today Show, White Boyz in Da Hood, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Rachel Maddow Show, Fox & Friends and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She has writing credits on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on which she was also a frequent panelist. She grew up in Northern California and went to UCLA where she was a competitive swimmer.

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Provenza Uncut

July 10, 2011 - Comedians, Full Interviews With Our Guests, Our Podcast

Showtime’s Green Room begins a new season starting July 14th. Paul Provenza, one of the world’s leading experts on standup comedy, stops by to discuss his show and what he continues to learn about the sweet science of making people laugh. This is the full unedited interview with Paul featured on our Pacifica Radio show which had to be trimmed due to time constraints.

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Comic Gene Pompa

December 14, 2010 - Full Interviews With Our Guests, Our Podcast

Gene’s television credits include several appearances on NBC’s Late Night with Conan and CBS’s Late Late Show. Pompa has also starred in his own half hour Comedy Central special as well as a 30 minute comedy showcase on SiTV. His acting has been featured on FOX’s In Living Color, CBS’s Style & Substance and The Brothers Garcia on Nickelodean. You may have also seen Gene on Showtime, HBO, MTV, MUN2, Galavision or the Game Show Network.

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