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25 Years Ago, Robin Williams Made an Audience Member Laugh So Hard They Had to Be Hospitalized
Williams’s legendary appearance on ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ was evidently too hilarious for one of the people in attendance
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George Carlin Encouraged Michael Richards to Do Stand-Up, and Had Some Interesting Thoughts on His Racist Tirade
Carlin had a more nuanced take on Richards’s infamous Laugh Factory meltdown than most people who weighed in on it at the time
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Bill Burr. 20 Years Ago, Bill Burr Roasted an Entire Philadelphia Audience for 12 Minutes Straight
Burr trashed everything the city holds dear after the crowd of 10,000 booed some of the other comedians on the line-up, and eventually earned himself a standing ovation
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Dane Cook. The Infamous Dane Cook Batman Joke That One Fellow Comedian Said Crossed the Line
Cook quickly issued an apology on Twitter after a joke about the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting sparked online outrage
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George Carlin Never Got Over Being Snubbed by One of His Comedy Heroes: ‘I Knew He Was Full of S***’
This whole meeting your heroes thing is starting to sound like it sucks
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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
