Comedy fans are familiar with the name Sedaris. David Sedaris is an award winner humorist. His kid sister is probably better known. Amy Sedaris started out in Second City, with Steven Colbert - America's champion of truthiness (and truthiness has never needed champions more than right now!). She's done some writing herself, for which she's won awards. She's a mainstay on the Letterman show (now that Dave and Howard "Wondertrash" Stern are no longer on speaking terms).Sedaris is best known for...Read Full Story
Fans of Amy Sedaris will be happy to hear the Strangers With Candy star is planning to make a return to weekly TV comedy. In a series currently being shopped around Sedaris is set to play a radio call in shrink and self help author with a bad attitude and poor judgement. The premise is that the main character is some one who has no business offering help; she’s pushy, self involved, and totally focussed on self promotion. Though she is a ‘real Dr’ her degree is honorary, and from “some school...Read Full Story
Ok, so I lied. I’m not actually Irish, I’m Australian but you can still kiss me and we drink just as much … if not more. I hope you’ve all recovered from good ol’ St. Patty’s Day and the festivities that ensured. Mine was a rather dismal day, I didn’t touch a drop of drink, there were no celebrations at Uni and I only wore green by accident. So if you’re like me and have had a boring day/week I hope the activities of Stephen’s friends and colleagues puts a smile on your dial.
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In case you missed it, Amy dropped by “The Late Show with David Letterman” last night to promote her new book “Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People”, out November 2nd. Amy marvells at how long Dave’s hair has grown since she was last on the show 1 year and 3 months, shows off her new “mobile” phone, gives us an update on her “marriage” to Glen and shows Dave some simple craft tips.
“Simple Times” Book Tour Schedule:
The tour kicks off on November 4 in New York at the Barnes & Noble, Union...Read Full Story
Downy recreates a famous Super Bowl ad for this year's game starring Amy Sedaris and Mean Joe Greene. Why does that look like a Fleshlight?Read Full Story
As Jerri Blank, the facially contorted “boozer, user, and loser” from Strangers With Candy , Amy Sedaris taught us about many important things. Turtles shouldn't eat “hot fruit” for one, and that if left untreated long enough, STDs can live in sedimentary layers ...
Necessary Roughness has just scored a casting touchdown. EW has learned that comedienne Amy Sedaris will appear in the sixth episode of the show’s upcoming second season as a successful therapist named Dr. Jane Crosetti, who goes toe-to-toe ...
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS: Starring Golden Globe-nominee Callie Thorne as a Long Island therapist Dr. Dani Santino, the sophomore season picks up with the aftermath of football superstar TK's (Mehcad Brooks) shooting by a crazed fan. Also tackling football ...
Here's what happened at Amy, Carol and Judy last night. Comedians pace the stage, work with "material," land on pre-determined laugh lines. Amy Sedaris is no comedian. She's just damn funny. So the 'Strangers With Candy' star and writer of absurdist ...
Actress/author/comedian Amy Sedaris stopped by the Kessler Theater in Dallas Thursday night without anything to promote other than her patented quirky sense of humor. Of course, that didn't matter to the 200 or so fans who jammed the small Oak ...