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With his trademark cries of "Git-R-Done" and "What the hell is this, Russia?," Larry the Cable Buy is one of the country's funniest comedians. A veteran of Comedy Central and Evening at the Improv, with his best selling CD "Lord, I apologize," now you can enjoy an entire DVD of this irresistible entertainer at the top of his form.
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Already the star of his own half-hour Comedy Central special, and a writer performer for the Off Broadway hit "The Marijuana-logues," Jimmy Dore is best described by critics as a "Bad-assed Bill Maher with a boulder sized chip on his shoulder." Jimmy Dore now takes on the government and the easily misled in his hilarious new one hour Comedy Central Special Citizen Jimmy. He's not a partisan, he's a citizen. Citizen Jimmy.
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