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Happy Birthday to Kevin Bartini, warm-up comic for Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart! 2015 VIDEO INTERVIEW by Bob Andelman

KEVIN BARTINI podcast excerpt: "I was auditioning for Jon Stewart. Being a fan of 'The Daily Show,' one thing I knew about Jon that I thought would maybe help me was that Jon is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, as am I. Some part of me thought, 'If only Jon Stewart knew we had a lot of similarities, we would get along!' So when it came time to do the warm-up and then bring Jon out at the end and introduce him to the audience, I did it with a Bruce Springsteen introducing Clarence Clemons style intro. Bruce would do this whole ramp-it-up of 'Do I HAVE to say his NAME?' And the audience would cheer. 'Coming from the STREETS of NEW JERSEY...' Well, it worked. The audience went freakin' crazy. Little did I know it then but 'The Daily Show' house DJ always kicks in with the opening of 'Born to Run.' Jon Stewart came out and I knew that second that I had the job because he enters where the guests come out and has to walk all the way upstage, shake my hand, and take the microphone. He never broke eye contact and just kept mouthing, 'Wow.’" 

Happy Birthday comedian Kevin Bartini, warm-up comic for Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Larry Wilmore! 2015 VIDEO INTERVIEW

KEVIN BARTINI podcast excerpt: “I don’t do stand-up when I warm them up; I do crowd work. It’s off the top of my head, reacting to them, who they’re with. I never talk about current events or politics because that’s (Larry Wilmore’s) gig.”

The in-studio taping experience of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Last night I had the chance to attend and be a part of the live in-studio audience for a taping of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Not only was it a fantastic experience, it was made quite clear why this show works, was renewed, and needs to exist. This particular show, as compared to other tapings I’ve attended, had quite a different feel, the feeling of home. The audience radiated an…

Welcome to the ‘Six Degrees Catch Up Edition’ featuring all the latest happenings and goings on in the world of ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ staff and ‘Friends of the Show’.

In this month’s catch up we have  interviews with Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Kevin Bartini, Meredith Scardino and Aasif Mandvi, new projects from David Javerbaum and Samantha Bee, a ‘Goodfellas’ panel hosted by Jon Stewart, more honours for Neil deGrasse Tyson and a clip from the Second City archives featuring Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert. 

The boys learn how to use a telephone and use it to talk to very special guest, Kevin Bartini.

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Welcome to the ‘Six Degrees Catch Up Edition’ featuring all the latest happenings and goings on in the world of ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ staff and ‘Friends of the Show’.

In this month’s catch up we have new humour pieces from Frank Lesser, interviews and a new comedy album from Kevin Bartini, interviews with Al Madrigal and Larry Wilmore, award wins for Jon Stewart and Rob Dubbin, Pete Dominick and Neil deGrasse Tyson launch new talk shows, and The Second City have written a new book.

George Carlin Finally Has His Way

New Yorkers tell it like it is, and using that measuring stick, there’s nobody more New York than George Carlin. Small wonder that on October 22nd, New York City made sure to name a street after him.

The Manhattan native son grew up in Morningside Heights (in West Harlem for youse out of towners), where he enjoyed (and suffered) the most 1940s NYC boyhood imaginable. Though he left for other…