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Brent Forrester celebrates The Guy Who Does a Crazy Thing on Principal (Noah - and himself!) in a pair of stories about confronting a fast-food employee and a rabbi at a street fair.

These red-hot standup performances from the Un-Cabaret feature stories about live sex acts. No kidding! Visit a live sex show with David Cross, a porn movie shoot with Greg Fitzsimmons, and go behind the scenes to see what life is like for a phone sex operator when that operator is Margaret Cho! Insightful and hilarious, these performances are also very, very dirty.

Julia went to Vegas for the film festival, but she stayed for the lap dance.

Margaret Cho learns to believe! She is the writer-performer-comedian-activist behind several books, films, and stage shows, including I'm the One That I Want and Notorious C.H.O.

Julia experiences the struggle for survival in nature and class struggle with her fellow travelers.

Patton dishes out a little philosophy and a lot of funny in this classic Un-Cab set about a singular encounter with a NY cabbie.

Greg Fitzsimmons reflects on his father and his own success. Greg is another veteran comedy-club performer. He's appeared frequently on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, and the Howard Stern Show. He's also a talented writer-producer who won four Emmys for the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

An epic misbegotten vacation culminates on a nightmarish New Year's Eve in Hawaii.

Julia loses herself in the desert of Morocco and reclaims her sexuality, despite a chafing camel ride and a misfire with one of the tour guides.

Gifted comedian Dana Gould takes us to the heart of darkness of insomnia.

Julia goes wild in Ireland and lives in Greece on $1 a day.

Julia Sweeney confronts a Nanny and single-motherhood when she adopts a Chinese baby girl!

Patton Oswalt is a brilliant comedy writer and the ringleader of Comedians of Comedy on Showtime and on tour. In fact, he's probably appearing at a club in your area right now. You've probably seen him on King of Queens or Balls of Fury and heard him as the voice of Rattatouile.

This deeply personal story starts with the latest L.A. condiments then travels back to Merrill's days as an art student and her attack by an intruder.

A deeply funny story by Kevin Nealon about his new home. This is a rare chance to hear Kevin writing for himself, and discover that his wit is as bright as his house. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's reading series, Say the Word, featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person nonfiction at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

What's it like to act with Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise? To direct Bob Dylan? More important, what's it like to live inside the minds of the inspired comedians telling these hilarious stories about celebrities?

Patton Oswalt falls in love. This is a classic Un-Cabaret performance, in which Beth's questions push the performer to go deeper and find all kinds of funny.

Take off with these high-flying stories about air travel that go a lot deeper than jokes about airline food (although one of the stories is, in fact, about a food-related revelation). They're also about crazy travelers and horribly awkward interactions with the stranger in the next seat.

Author and unique TV writer Merrill Markoe considers the battlefield of her love-life and finds that hope springs eternal.

Merrill Markoe discusses the end of the Mayan calendar and the daily realities of life on Noah's Ark.