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Kevin Mazur/Contributor/Getty Images Before Kevin Hart Got Roasted on Netflix, Don Rickles Hit Him With an Offensive Joke He Never Forgot
Hart later said he didn’t think Rickles was being malicious, but the joke was uncomfortable enough that he decided to walk away
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Greg Giraldo. The Greg Giraldo Joke That Made Joan Rivers’ Daughter Walk Out of Her Comedy Central Roast
Greg Giraldo’s crack about Melissa Rivers never made the final cut, but it apparently caused chaos inside the room
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ABC Photo Archives/Contributor/Getty Images The Weird Story of How Dave Coulier Became Richard Pryor’s Voice Double
The ‘Full House’ star’s Pryor impression got him a bizarre dubbing gig, while Bob Saget ended up sharing scenes with the comedy legend
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Christopher Polk/VF11/Contributor/Getty Images That Time Judd Apatow Extorted Steve Martin for an Autograph
The future director hit his idol with a hilarious ultimatum that Martin actually took the time to respond to
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NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Did Jay Leno Attend a Movie Screening With an Alleged Killer?
The ‘Tonight Show’ host claimed to have watched ‘Jurassic Park’ with the man in question two nights before his wife was killed
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3 Stand-Up Comedians Who Walked Off Stage in the Middle of Performing (And Why)
Sometimes calling it quits early is the best option
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Gary Gershoff/Contributor/Getty Images 3 Stand-Up Comedy Legends Who Were Destroying Hecklers Before It Was Trendy
Before crowd-work clips became clickbait, old-school stand-ups were shutting down audience members on albums, specials, and dusty DVD extras
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Fotos International/Contributor/Getty Images When Comedians Attack: 3 Stand-Up Comics Who Got Physical With Audience Members
Some people really don’t like being interrupted
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Maskot/Getty Images 3 Famous Actors Who Started Out as Comedians, Including a Future Batman
Telling jokes isn’t for everybody
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Paul Natkin/Contributor/Getty Images Science Has Some Bad News for Extremely Funny People
A 2016 study on the subject of comedians had some grim results
