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105. Kate Berlant: The Comedy Special That Almost Didn’t Come Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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The Undercover Cop Shop

It's based on this true story. I was in Greenwich Village and a guy passed by me and said to the person walking in front of me, you have an undercover cop behind you. That is so funny. The other thing in the universe is there's so many drugs in the village. It's such a, this guy came up to me and he went, hey, you look like you could use some cocaine. No. I never used cocaine. He goes, sorry, wrong guy. Classic mix up. For real, people view me as such a straight arrow that they didn't crawl,. it's never crossed their mind. "I'm stage anchor. This is my address"

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