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In 1995, Pauly Shore saw Lee on stage and asked the young comedian to open for him in Las Vegas, according to a bio on Comedy Central's website. It was at that point that Lee met Shore's mother, the celebrated owner of the Comedy Store, Mitzi Shore.
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Labor Day has come and will soon be gone, but there are still plenty of ways to make your face smile with laughter this week. A bunch of great indie stand up shows are bringing the heat, and the outlying Improvs (Brea, Ontario and Irvine) must be
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Mencia at work Comedian Carlos Mencia (Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia) returns this weekend to share his standup routine at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg. $30 plus a two menu-item purchase. (847) 240-2001
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Blues bash More than 500,000 blues fans are expected to descend on the Blues Capital of the World to see stars like Joe Louis Walker, Eddie C. Campbell, Paul Kaye, Mavis Staples and more perform this weekend at the Chicago Blues Festival at Grant
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Comic and TV star Carlos Mencia challenges people's assumptions and promotes diversity and acceptance, in his own way...Brien's Off the Hook Comedy Club over the weekend, playing a series of sold-out shows. It was kind of a civics lesson disguised as
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Growing up in East Los Angeles, comedian Carlos Mencia looked to a teacher for motivation to help him make it out of the ghetto. Mencia recalls the educator asking him and his classmates what they wanted to be when they grew up. He says a friend
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Attention all WTFers, WTF buddies, WTFineers, WTFniks, and WTFericans. Soon, you'll be able to buy a two-disc compilation documenting the first 100 episodes of of Marc Maron's groundbreaking podcast. AST Records will release the 2-CD set, which will
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I host and program a film series where the usual fare tends to be fairly serious, whether as a drama or a documentary. Occasionally, the patrons of my series will ask, "How about a comedy?" I really do - to find comedies that will work for my
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Comedy Central serves up a lazy tribute to Bernie Mac on Sunday night at 10: a lot of people saying how great he was without providing any details or depth. But that film does inadvertently act as a sort of appetizer for another, much better one
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Phone Number (required): -- Enter your phone number...When You Lose the Fat Carlos Mencia knows that fat is funny -- and dropping 70 lbs can be a career killer for a comedian -- but this weekend, the comic found a way to make skinny work ... with the
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