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Discuss “8 Minutes With Patton Oswalt”

Q: What do you get when you gather a group of comedians and follow them around with some cameras while they’re on tour?

A: The documentary Comedians of Comedy.

Comedians of Comedy follows the on-stage and behind-the-scenes lives of a group of comedians as they go on the road touring some of the major cities in the United States, including Seattle and San Francisco.

Sounds pretty funny, right? Well, the success of the documentary won many accolades, which led to the taping of a six-episdoe TV-series, Comedians of Comedy. As in the documentary, viewers get to watch what goes on in the public and private lives of these faces -in- funniness as they perform their material onstage and are put in commonplace settings like diners, vans, and hotels.

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Comment 1. Phil
Sep 20, 2007 at 06:47 PM

Gosh, how awful for a comedian to give intelligible answers in an interview. He should ALWAYS be performing! Doesn't he know that anytime someone asks him a question he should be a wacky jackass, rather than giving a direct answer? And you're right, he should know his audience better. How dare he not pander to the crowd. Someone in the entertainment industry having standards... the audacity!

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