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The History of Stand-Up with Wayne Federman

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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How Did Knowing the History of Sandup Influence Your Attitude?

i think there was a variety element to my joe business. And i've just been, of course, you've read steve martin's incredible book, right? Born standing up. But he talks in that book a lot about a guy named wally boge. And i mean, obviously he couldn't do eccentric dancing like so that kind of like variety maudeville era stuff, i think stuck with me a little bit, a little bit. You had to have hard jokes to get laughs at in that era,. In the early eighties, when we'll talk more about the eighties.

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