Cathryn Michon

Stephen Colbert, Michael Palascak and a big week in comedy

Entertainment, News / By Teme Ring / Leave a Comment / September 7, 2015 / Cathryn Michon, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Muffin Top, Second City

Lots of big comedy news over the past few days, much of it with Chicago connections. Stephen Colbert The Late Show with Stephen Colbert premieres on Tuesday, September 8. His guests are George Clooney, Jeb Bush and Jon Batiste. Here are some things Stephen Colbert has been doing since the end of The Colbert Report …

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Q&A with Director Cathryn Michon: how Muffin Top became a rare and powerful rom-com

Entertainment, Interviews / By Teme Ring / Leave a Comment / June 22, 2015 / Cathryn Michon, David Arquette, Diedrich Bader, Dot-Marie Jones, Gary Anthony Williams, Marcia Wallace, Maria Bamford, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Markie Post, Melissa Peterman, Muffin Top, Retta, Second City, Starz, W. Bruce Cameron

My husband and I have a tradition of bringing in the New Year with an argument. Stay in or go out? In 2015 we broke the tradition. We were in complete agreement about staying in, inviting friends over and watching Second City alum Cathryn Michon’s Muffin Top. The film is a unique rom-com. Its theme, …

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