The Comedians

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The Comedians

British television program

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…the popular British TV show The Comedians. Television, at the same time, provided an ideal platform for a far different kind of stand-up comic, Dave Allen. Allen, an urbane Irishman, hosted several popular talk-variety shows on British TV and would typically sit on a stool, cigarette in one hand and…
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…the popular British TV show The Comedians. Television, at the same time, provided an ideal platform for a far different kind of stand-up comic, Dave Allen. Allen, an urbane Irishman, hosted several popular talk-variety shows on British TV and would typically sit on a stool, cigarette in one hand and…
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