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Will we ever escape the drunken Irish stereotype?

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The Problems American Talk Show Hosts Have With Irish Names

Donald Clark: We're supposed to think that not being able to pronounce, you know, Chavon or Cuiva, name from a language other than English, is hilarious. The only time I've seen pushback on that, and we've got a clip from it here, was Don't Gleason talking to Stephen Colbert. "We do rather enjoy getting annoyed by this stuff," he says. Coming up, Jarlath Wiegen unwind everything's fair game and comedy.

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