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Comedy Central to laugh it up with a 3-day festival in June – KIRO Seattle


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Comedy Central to laugh it up with a 3-day festival in June
KIRO Seattle
And San Francisco is an ideal location for comedy lovers, he added, with its longstanding creative counter-culture and a comic legacy extending from such pioneers as Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce through Robin Williams and current standups like Ali Wong.
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TV Guy: CNN presents ‘The History of Comedy’ – recordonline.com – Times Herald-Record


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TV Guy: CNN presents 'The History of Comedy' – recordonline.com
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Even the title "The History of Comedy" (10 p.m., CNN) sounds a bit absurd.How do you cover a subject so broad in eight episodes? And how do you define …
The producers of CNN's latest deep-dive series, 'History of Comedy,' on censorship, sexism & moreScreener
No joke: 6 times comedy changed the way we liveCNN International
CNN's 'History of Comedy' is a laughing, learning matterWinston-Salem Journal
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No joke: 6 times comedy changed the way we live – CNN


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No joke: 6 times comedy changed the way we live
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What happened: When Bruce came along in the 1950s, he stunned audiences with his unfiltered routines about drugs, race and religion. His material outraged the era's moral crusaders, who banned Bruce from several cities and tried to shut down his act.
CNN's 'History of Comedy' a laughing, learning matterThe Detroit News
CNN's new docuseries, 'The History of Comedy' from Sean Hayes, arrives right on timeLos Angeles Times
CNN's 'The History of Comedy' is Most Essential When It's No Laughing MatterFilm School Rejects
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Comedian Irwin Corey, ‘The World’s Foremost Authority,’ Dies at 102 – PEOPLE.com


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Comedian Irwin Corey, 'The World's Foremost Authority,' Dies at 102
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Irwin Corey, who Lenny Bruce once called “one of the most brilliant comedians of all time,” has died at 102. A classic “comedian's comedian,” Corey died on Monday at his home in Manhattan, NY his son Richard confirmed to NPR. Billed as “the world's …
The World's Foremost Authority Has Died: Prof. Irwin Corey Was 102NPR
Famously Eccentric Comedian Irwin Corey Dies At 102New Hampshire Public Radio
Irwin Corey, Comedian and 'World's Foremost Authority,' Dies at 102Variety
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