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Add Bill Engvall to the List of Comics Who Don’t Do Politics

Posted on September 3, 2017 by nwilson

In an interview with Bill Hixon of The Beach Reporter (8/22/2017), Bill Envall says, I think that’s probably one of the main reasons why I’ve worked...

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Jimmy Tingle is a Typical Comic and Activist

Posted on August 28, 2017 by nwilson

Jim Sullivan interviews Jimmy Tingle for the Cape Cod Times (8/6/2017) where he admits to being both a comic and an activist: I consider myself to be a stand-up...

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Political, Social and Entertainment Comedians

Posted on June 13, 2017 by nwilson

Comic and internet sensation Kenny Sebastian, in an interview with Letty Mariam Abraham of Mid-day (5/14/2017) about his recent special, Don’t Be That Guy...

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Bill Maher On What Comics Do

Posted on June 11, 2017 by nwilson

I make my Advanced Public Speaking students write and give a speech of apology for a public figure, so when we’re talking about comics giving apologies, w...

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