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Billy Crystal Talks His Early Day of Stand Up on The Daily Show

September 13, 2013

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In promotion of his new memoir “Still Foolin’ Them: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys”, Billy Crystal stopped by The Daily Show to share some of his tales from doing stand-up back in the day talking of how he opened for Blood, Sweat, and Tears and played with some of the weirder acts back in the Catskills days, Lenny Schultz.

Please watch parts one, two, and three of the interview as they’re fascinating and pretty great.

Understand What The Comedic Reference “Catskills” Means with ‘When Comedy Went to School’

July 25, 2013

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Every now and again, especially if you’re listening to a comedy podcast or watching comedians talk about comedy of the past, you might hear them reference “the Catskills”. It was a whole period in stand up comedy that largely took place at resorts in the Catskills Mountains where Sid Caesar, Mort Sahl, Jerry Stiller, and more came up.

In the documentary ‘When Comedy Went to School’, not only is this period covered, but the likes of Marc Maron and Jerry Seinfeld and how it affected their comedy.

Watch the trailer here and look for a limited release next week on Jul. 31st.