Book Launch: The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, By Co-Creator of Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Cappy McGarr with Foreword by Ken Burns
Stories from the Kennedy Center, the White House, and Other Comedy Venues
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#KennedyCenter–Today, Cappy McGarr’s first book, The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, has been published nationally by Post Hill Press, and distributed by Simon & Schuster.
The memoir gives an exclusive behind the scenes look at over two decades of the legendary Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which McGarr co-created and has shepherded since its inception. The book is a hilarious, behind-the-scenes peek into meetings between former presidents and the nation’s most iconic comedians. Additionally, all proceeds from this book will go to the Kennedy Center Arts Education Programs, which are near and dear to Cappy’s heart.
McGarr’s book contains the stories of Eddie Murphy meeting President Obama, Bill Murray putting in the Oval Office, as well as McGarr riffing with Carol Burnett at her Mark Twain Prize rehearsal dinner and arguing with the Secret Service to get Paul McCartney’s bodyguard into the White House—plus many more.
With a foreword by Ken Burns, the book has been applauded by Lily Tomlin, Bill Murray, Carole King, David Rubenstein, and more. The book jacket includes the following praise for The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous:
“I laughed. I cried. I questioned my sanity. These are all things that happened over the course of my last encounter with Cappy. But his book about the Mark Twain Prize is funny too.”
– Lily Tomlin, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize recipient and Kennedy Center Honoree
“Reading Cappy’s book is not unlike sitting down to dinner with him and listening to the stories he has picked up from decades of rubbing elbows with political leaders and comedians alike…There are laughs and howls and chuckles and chortles.”
– Ken Burns, America’s foremost documentary filmmaker
“Cappy knows how to put on a great show—whether at the Kennedy Center or the White House. Like the events he helps stage, his book is a delightful celebration of American entertainment and politics, with no shortage of laughs along the way.”
– Carole King, Kennedy Center Honoree and Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Honoree
In The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, McGarr also gives the inside scoop on acclaimed shows he produced from the East Room of the White House, including the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Plus, he tells tales from his involvement in national politics—including encounters with the likes of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Governor Ann Richards, President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama, and many others.
The memoir contains insights about humor’s essential role in politics, even at a time of great national challenges.
The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and major retailers nationwide.
About Cappy McGarr:
Cappy has been involved in 30 nationally broadcasted shows on PBS: 22 Mark Twain Prizes, 7 shows at the White House (including 4 Gershwin Prize ceremonies), and the Lincoln Awards. For his work on the Mark Twain Prize, he has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy and an NAACP Image Award. Along with co-creating the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, he is also a creator of The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the nation’s highest honor for music. Cappy is also one of the few people in history to be appointed to the Kennedy Center by two different presidents of the United States. He has also chaired many times the committee that chooses the Kennedy Center Honors, and continues to proudly serve as a member of this committee.
Included as an annex is the Name Drop Directory with name mentions from each chapter from The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous.
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FOREWORD |
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Huckleberry Finn |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Cappy McGarr |
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Janie McGarr |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
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George Bernard Shaw |
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Mark Twain |
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PREAMBLE |
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Lloyd Bentsen |
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Joe Biden |
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Mel Brooks |
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Bill Clinton |
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Tom Daschle |
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Tina Fey |
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Aretha Franklin |
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Al Gore |
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Jimmy Kimmel |
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Steve Martin |
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Paul McCartney |
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Eddie Murphy |
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Bill Murray |
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Barack Obama |
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Martin Short |
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INTRODUCTION: DELIRIOUS IN THE OVAL OFFICE |
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George W. Bush |
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Jimmy Carter |
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Dave Chappelle |
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Bill Clinton |
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Hillary Clinton |
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Arsenio Hall |
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Everett Raymond Kinstler |
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Eddie Murphy |
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Trevor Noah |
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Barack Obama |
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Ronald Reagan |
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Deborah Rutter |
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CHAPTER ONE: EVERYBODY READY, EXCEPT CAPPY |
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Davy Crockett |
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Casey McGarr |
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Marla McGarr |
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Wilbur Howell McGarr |
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Wilbur Ray McGarr II |
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Fess Parker |
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CHAPTER TWO: APPARENTLY FAIRLY BRIGHT |
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Sandy Gottesman |
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Steve Gutow |
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Gary Kusin |
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Ronald Reagan |
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CHAPTER THREE: AS GOOBER GOES, SO GOES THE STATION |
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Dolph Briscoe |
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Roy Butler |
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Clark Gable |
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Cary Grant |
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Goober Hoedecker |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Mike Levy |
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Ron Nessen |
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Richard Nixon |
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Jimmy Stewart |
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CHAPTER FOUR: BLIND LEADING THE BLIND |
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Frank Denius |
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Lowell Lebermann |
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Virginia Lebermann |
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Kathryn McGarr |
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CHAPTER FIVE: AN UNIDENTIFIED AIDE |
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Liz Carpenter |
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Hubert Humphrey |
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Lady Bird Johnson |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
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John F. Kennedy |
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Abraham Lincoln |
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Lowell Lebermann |
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Harry J. Middleton |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Elspeth Rostow |
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Walt Whitman Rostow |
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Earl Warren |
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Bill Wright |
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Andrew Young |
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CHAPTER SIX: THE SOUFFLÉ NEVER RISES |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Elizabeth McGarr McCue |
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Kathryn McGarr |
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Janie McGarr |
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John D. Rockefeller |
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CHAPTER SEVEN: THE GOLDMAN AGE |
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George W. Bush |
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Pete Coneway |
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Henry Fowler |
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Bill Gruver |
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Lady Bird Johnson |
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George Kozmetsky |
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Chuck Kuhn |
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Janie McGarr |
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Tommy Walker |
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Roy Zuckerberg |
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CHAPTER EIGHT: SENATOR, YOU’RE NO LLOYD BENTSEN |
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Lloyd Bentsen |
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George H.W. Bush |
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George W. Bush |
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Bill Clinton |
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Michael Dukakis |
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Pete Geren |
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Yo-Yo Ma |
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Jack Martin |
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Janie McGarr |
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Barack Obama |
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Dan Quayle |
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Ann Richards |
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Bob Strauss |
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CHAPTER NINE: LANDSLIDE DASCHLE |
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Lloyd Bentsen |
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George H.W. Bush |
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Bill Clinton |
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Tom Daschle |
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Nancy Erikson |
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Rita Lewis |
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Jack Martin |
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Ross Perot |
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Ross Perot, Jr. |
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Elizabeth McGarr McCue |
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Kathryn McGarr |
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CHAPTER TEN: FOLLIES, LEGISLATIVE AND RABBINICAL |
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Larry Amoros |
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Dolph Briscoe |
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Janey Briscoe |
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Tom Daschle |
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Sue Fischlowitz |
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Steve Gutow |
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Arsenio Hall |
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Ann Richards |
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CHAPTER ELEVEN: DO IT FOR DALLAS |
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Queen Elizabeth II |
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Ron Kirk |
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Annette Cap McCue |
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Elizabeth McGarr McCue |
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Kathryn McGarr |
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Fred Meyer |
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Janie McGarr |
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Barack Obama |
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Annette Strauss |
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Carole Young |
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CHAPTER TWELVE: WAITING FOR PEROT |
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Lloyd Bentsen |
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George H.W. Bush |
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Bill Clinton |
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Tom Daschle |
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Al Gore |
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Barack Obama |
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Ross Perot |
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Annette Strauss |
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Archibald M. Willard |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & DASCHLE |
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Lewis Black |
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Robert Byrd |
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David Crosby |
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Sebastian Daschle |
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Tom Daschle |
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Al Gore |
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Joe Lieberman |
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Graham Nash |
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Stephen Stills |
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE |
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Lenny Bruce |
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Buffy Cafritz |
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William Cafritz |
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Jimmy Carter |
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Dave Chappelle |
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Bill Clinton |
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Hillary Clinton |
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Katherine Dunham |
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Morgan Freeman |
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Whoopi Goldberg |
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Murray Horwitz |
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Jim Johnson |
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Bob Kaminsky |
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Peter Kaminsky |
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Elia Kazan |
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Jim Kimsey |
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Mark Krantz |
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Monica Lewinsky |
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Marie Mattson |
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Janie McGarr |
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Alma Powell |
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Colin Powell |
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Leontyne Price |
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Richard Pryor |
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Ronald Reagan |
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Carl Reiner |
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Chris Rock |
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John Schreiber |
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Jerry Seinfeld |
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George Shultz |
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Frank Sinatra |
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Jean Kennedy Smith |
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Jimmy Stewart |
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Ann Stock |
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Annette Strauss |
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Virgil Thomson |
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Dick Van Dyke |
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Paul Warfield |
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Damon Wayans |
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Larry Wilker |
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Robin Williams |
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Jonathan Winters |
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Stevie Wonder |
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: WINTERS IS COMING / CARL’S HOUR |
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Sid Caesar |
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Bill Clinton |
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Tina Fey |
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Karl Gerhardt |
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Steve Martin |
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Mary Tyler Moore |
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Richard Pryor |
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Carl Reiner |
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Charlie Reiner |
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Rob Reiner |
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Jerry Seinfeld |
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Jean Kennedy Smith |
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Donald Trump |
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Robin Williams |
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Jonathan Winters |
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN: WE CAN STILL BE FUNNY |
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Harry Belafonte |
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George W. Bush |
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Cedric the Entertainer |
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Billy Crystal |
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Linda Daschle |
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Tom Daschle |
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Tommy Davidson |
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Whoopi Goldberg |
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Alan King |
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David Letterman |
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Janie McGarr |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Conan O’Brien |
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Caroline Rhea |
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Paul Simon |
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Wanda Sykes |
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Jon Stewart |
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Chris Tucker my |
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Bruce Vilanch |
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Robin Williams |
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: BROADCASTING LEGENDS OF BROADCASTING |
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Dan Aykroyd |
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John Belushi |
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Richard Belzer |
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George W. Bush |
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Earl Campbell |
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Dave Chappelle |
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Tim Conway |
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Jack Crosby |
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Joanne Crosby |
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Jane Curtin |
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Ellen DeGeneres |
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Chris Dodd |
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Jacob Epstein |
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Tina Fey |
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Kelsey Grammer |
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Darrell Hammond |
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George Lopez |
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Bernie Mac |
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Steve Martin |
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John McCain |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Willie Nelson |
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Bob Newhart |
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Dolly Parton |
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Miss Piggy |
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Mary Kay Place |
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Don Rickles |
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Darrell Royal |
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Edith Royal |
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Paul Simon |
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Elaine Stritch |
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Julia Sweeney |
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Lily Tomlin |
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Christopher Walken |
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: HOPES DASCHED |
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George W. Bush |
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Bill Clinton |
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Tom Daschle |
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Tim Johnson |
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John Kerry |
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Barack Obama |
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John Thune |
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CHAPTER NINETEEN: A TEXAN AND TWO NEW YORKERS |
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Jason Alexander |
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Christina Applegate |
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Lucie Arnaz |
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Matthew Broderick |
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Mel Brooks |
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George W. Bush |
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Sid Caesar |
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Samuel Clemens |
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Bob Costas |
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Billy Crystal |
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Larry David |
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Robert De Niro |
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Danny DeVito |
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Richard Dreyfuss |
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Jimmy Fallon |
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John Goodman |
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Tom Hanks |
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Patricia Heaton |
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Eric Idle |
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Diane Keaton |
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Anthony Kennedy |
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Nathan Lane |
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Queen Latifah |
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Jon Lovitz |
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Steve Martin |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Randy Newman |
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Robert Redford |
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Carl Reiner |
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Rob Reiner |
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Martin Short |
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Neil Simon |
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Paul Simon |
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Lily Tomlin |
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Barbara Walters |
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CHAPTER TWENTY: TRAGEDY AFTER TRAGEDY IN COMEDY |
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Richard Belzer |
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Lewis Black |
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George Carlin |
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Kelly Carlin |
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Margaret Cho |
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Bill Cosby |
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Jimmy Durante |
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Peter Kaminsky |
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Jimmy Kimmel |
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Ben E. King |
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Denis Leary |
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Bill Maher |
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Richard Pryor |
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Michel Richard |
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Joan Rivers |
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Garry Shandling |
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Jon Stewart |
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Lily Tomlin |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: TWAIN IN THE TWEENS |
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Fred Armisen |
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Ed Asner |
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Jack Black |
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Matthew Broderick |
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Carol Burnett |
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George W. Bush |
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Steve Carell |
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Johnny Carson |
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Kristin Chenoweth |
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Tom Daschle |
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Ellen DeGeneres |
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Jimmy Fallon |
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Will Ferrell |
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Tina Fey |
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Aretha Franklin |
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Jon Hamm |
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Sean Hayes |
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Jennifer Hudson |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Jimmy Kimmel |
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Jane Krakowski |
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John Leguizamo |
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Jane Lynch |
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Jacqueline Mars |
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Steve Martin |
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Janie McGarr |
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Adam McKay |
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Seth Meyers |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Tracy Morgan |
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Jason Mraz |
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Barack Obama |
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Conan O’Brien |
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Viveca Paulin |
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Nancy Pelosi |
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Amy Poehler |
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Sam Rayburn |
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Mitt Romney |
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Pete Rouse |
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Paul Rudd |
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Molly Shannon |
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Taylor Swift |
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Lily Tomlin |
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Vince Vaughn |
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Betty White |
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Owen Wilson |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY |
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Mel Brooks |
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Dave Brubeck |
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Grace Bumbry |
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Robert De Niro |
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Whoopi Goldberg |
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Carl Reiner |
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David Rubenstein |
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Deborah Rutter |
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Bruce Springsteen |
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Robin Williams |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: CAROL BURNETT AND THE CAR BOY |
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Julie Andrews |
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Tony Bennett |
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Joe Biden |
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Garth Brooks |
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Carol Burnett |
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Johnny Carson |
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Kristin Chenoweth |
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Hillary Clinton |
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Tim Conway |
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Kevin Eubanks |
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Jimmy Fallon |
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Tina Fey |
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Chelsea Handler |
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Rashida Jones |
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Kourtney Kardashian |
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Robert Klein |
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Vicki Lawrence |
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Jay Leno |
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Al Madrigal |
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Kate McKinnon |
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Seth Meyers |
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Barack Obama |
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Amy Poehler |
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Steve Ricchetti |
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Robert Risko |
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David Rubenstein |
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Maya Rudolph |
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Jerry Seinfeld |
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Martin Short |
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J. B. Smoove |
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Wanda Sykes |
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Bruce Vilanch |
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Rosemary Watson |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE COUP OF BILL MURRAY |
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Aziz Ansari |
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Jay Bernhardt |
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Roy Blount Jr. |
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George M. Cohan |
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Jane Curtin |
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Miley Cyrus |
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Brian Doyle-Murray |
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Merrick Garland |
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Rhiannon Giddens |
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Bill Hader |
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Craig Johnson |
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Clayton Kershaw |
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Jimmy Kimmel |
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David Letterman |
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Janie McGarr |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Bill Murray |
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Barack Obama |
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Antonin Scalia |
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Paul Shaffer |
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Frank Sinatra |
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Emma Stone |
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Sigourney Weaver |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: THE KING OF LATE NIGHT AND THE QUEEN OF SITCOMS |
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Louisa May Alcott |
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Stephen Colbert |
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Bryan Cranston |
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Larry David |
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Chris Elliott |
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Tina Fey |
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Al Franken |
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Ilana Glazer |
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Tony Hale |
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Biff Henderson |
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Abbi Jacobson |
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Alan Kalter |
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Brett Kavanaugh |
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Keegan-Michael Key |
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Jimmy Kimmel |
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Lisa Kudrow |
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David Letterman |
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Mike Lotus |
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
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Norm MacDonald |
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Steve Martin |
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Paul McCartney |
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John Mulaney |
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Bill Murray |
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Kumail Nanjiani |
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Barack Obama |
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Amy Schumer |
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Jerry Seinfeld |
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Paul Shaffer |
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Martin Short |
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Donald Trump |
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Eddie Vedder |
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Jill Vedder |
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Jimmie Walker |
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Warren Zevon |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: CHAPPELLE’S PRIZE |
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Aziz Ansari |
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Erykah Badu |
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Yasiin Bey |
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Dave Chappelle |
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Michael Che |
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Common |
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Bradley Cooper |
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Morgan Freeman |
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Tiffany Haddish |
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Colin Jost |
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John Legend |
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Steve Martin |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Trevor Noah |
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Q-Tip |
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David Rubenstein |
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Sarah Silverman |
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Jon Stewart |
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Kenan Thompson |
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Frédéric Yonnet |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE GERSHWIN PRIZE |
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Yolanda Adams |
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Marc Anthony |
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Burt Bacharach |
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Corinne Bailey Rae |
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Tony Bennett |
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James H. Billington |
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Wayne Brady |
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Joe Clancy |
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Shawn Colvin |
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Elvis Costello |
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Sheryl Crow |
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Hal David |
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Dalton Delan |
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Jerry Douglas |
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Gloria Estefan |
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Stephen Foster |
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Art Garfunkel |
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George Gershwin |
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Ira Gershwin |
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Philip Glass |
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Dave Grohl |
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Herbie Hancock |
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Emmylou Harris |
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Faith Hill |
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Dixie Hummingbirds |
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India.Arie |
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Anita Johnson |
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Jonas Brothers |
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Bob Kaminsky |
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Carole King |
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Diana Krall |
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Mark Krantz |
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Alison Krauss |
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
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John Lennon |
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Lyle Lovett |
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Stephen Marley |
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Barrie Marshall |
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Martina McBride |
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Mary Mary |
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Paul McCartney |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Barack Obama |
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Jerry Seinfeld |
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Paul Simon |
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Julianna Smoot |
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Esperanza Spalding |
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George Stevens Jr. |
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James Taylor |
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Jack White |
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Will.i.am |
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Stevie Wonder |
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Buckwheat Zydeco |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE |
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Yolanda Adams |
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Bishop Rance Allen |
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Jeremy Bernard |
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Leon Bridges |
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Ken Burns |
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Pastor Shirley Caesar |
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Ray Charles |
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Bill Clinton |
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Rodney Crowell |
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Andra Day |
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Dalton Delan |
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Aretha Franklin |
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Rhiannon Giddens |
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Buddy Guy |
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Anthony Hamilton |
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Emmylou Harris |
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Luci Johnson |
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Richard Kurin |
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Queen Latifah |
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Demi Lovato |
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Darlene Love |
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Lyle Lovett |
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Tamela Mann |
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MC Lyte |
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Audra McDonald |
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Janie McGarr |
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Brian Stokes Mitchell |
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Keb’ Mo’ |
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Sam Moore |
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Barack Obama |
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Michelle Obama |
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Lynda Robb |
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David Skorton |
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Jussie Smollett |
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Esperanza Spalding |
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James Taylor |
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Trombone Shorty |
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Usher |
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Michelle Williams |
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Stevie Wonder |
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: NAVY SEAL OF APPROVAL |
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John Bryson |
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Tom Daschle |
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Ellen DeGeneres |
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John Dalton |
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General Martin Dempsey |
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Chris Domencic |
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Martina McBride |
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Cindy Moelis |
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Barack Obama |
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Julianna Smoot |
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Gene Sperling |
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CHAPTER THIRTY: AFTERTHOUGHTS |
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Lloyd Bentsen |
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Joe Biden |
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Carol Burnett |
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George H.W. Bush |
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George W. Bush |
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Jimmy Carter |
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Dave Chappelle |
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Bill Clinton |
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Ellen DeGeneres |
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Tina Fey |
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Whoopi Goldberg |
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Lyndon B. Johnson |
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Lowell Lebermann |
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David Letterman |
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
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Steve Martin |
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Hudson Michael McCue |
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Janie McGarr |
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Kathryn McGarr |
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Bill Murray |
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Richard Nixon |
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Barack Obama |
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Richard Pryor |
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Ronald Reagan |
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Ann Richards |
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Annette Strauss |
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Oscar Wilde |
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APPENDIX A: WHY WASHINGTON NEEDS A LAUGH |
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George W. Bush |
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Bill Clinton |
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Bob Dole |
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Will Ferrell |
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Tina Fey |
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John Kerry |
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Steve Martin |
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Jeff Nussbaum |
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Jon Stewart |
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Quentin Tarantino |
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Mo Udall |
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APPENDIX B: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN COMEDY |
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Fred Armisen |
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Dan Aykroyd |
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Alec Baldwin |
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Jack Benny |
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Milton Berle |
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Shelley Berman |
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Mel Brooks |
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Naomi Brossart |
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Lenny Bruce |
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Burns and Allen |
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George W. Bush |
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Sid Caesar |
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Eddie Cantor |
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George Carlin |
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Johnny Carson |
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Jimmy Carter |
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Dana Carvey |
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Charlie Chaplin |
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Chevy Chase |
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Bill Clinton |
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Charles Correll |
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Howard Cosell |
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Bill Cosby |
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Elvis Costello |
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Jeremy Dauber |
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John Dunning |
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Frank Fay |
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Will Ferrell |
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Gerald Ford |
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Redd Foxx |
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Estelle Getty |
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Freeman Gosden |
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Abel Green |
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Dick Gregory |
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Darrell Hammond |
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Goober Hoedecker |
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Bob Hope |
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Stefan Kanfer |
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Buster Keaton |
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Jerry Lewis |
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Jackie “Moms” Mabley |
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Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham |
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Steve Martin |
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Marx Brothers |
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Groucho Marx |
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Jackie Mason |
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Vaughn Meader |
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Lorne Michaels |
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Kliph Nesteroff |
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Bob Newhart |
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Barack Obama |
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Jack Paar |
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Jay Pharoah |
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Richard Pryor |
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Ronald Reagan |
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Carl Reiner |
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Don Rickles |
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Peter Robinson |
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Rocky & Bullwinkle |
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Will Rogers |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Nipsey Russell |
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Donald Trump |
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Jimmie Walker |
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Slappy White |
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Flip Wilson |
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Henny Youngman |
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APPENDIX C: PURE VANITY |
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Ken Burns |
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Steve Case |
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Bob Dedman |
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Jeff Doumany |
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Dayton Duncan |
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Tom Erickson |
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Jack Furst |
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Mike Gage |
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Ray Wylie Hubbard |
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Bob Kaminski |
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Bob Kaminsky |
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Junior Knight |
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Mark Langdale |
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Bob Lutz |
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Janie McGarr |
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Bill Miller |
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Don McNamara |
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Bill Noelke |
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Ray Price |
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Mark Pryor |
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LeAnn Rimes |
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Mark Robinson |
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Jeff Williams |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Julie Andrews |
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Ryan Bell |
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Lloyd Bentsen |
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Carol Burnett |
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Ken Burns |
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Buffy Cafritz |
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George Carlin |
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Berry Cox |
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Linda Daschle |
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Chandler Dean |
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Dalton Delan |
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Luke Dempsey |
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Jeff Doumany |
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Debra Englander |
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Aretha Franklin |
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Dick Gregory |
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Jay Hodges |
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Murray Horwitz |
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David Jaderlund |
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Jim Johnson |
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Michael Kaiser |
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Bob Kaminski |
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Bob Kaminsky |
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Peter Kaminsky |
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Carole King |
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Mark Krantz |
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Lenny Kravitz |
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Marie Mattson |
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Michael Matuza |
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Paul McCartney |
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Annette Cap McCue |
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Hudson Michael McCue |
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Janie McGarr |
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Carolyn McGarr |
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Kathryn McGarr |
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Elizabeth McGarr McCue |
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Austin Miller |
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Jan Miller |
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Leslie Miller |
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Trevor Noah |
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Jeff Nussbaum |
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Drew Patrick |
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David Perry |
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Alma Powell |
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Will Ris |
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David Rubenstein |
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Deborah Rutter |
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John Schreiber |
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Jerry Seinfeld |
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Jean Kennedy Smith |
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Ann Stock |
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Annette Strauss |
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Bob Strauss |
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Lily Tomlin |
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Mark Ulriksen |
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Larry Wilker |
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Matthew Winer |
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Stevie Wonder |
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Steven Wright |
Contacts
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