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Meeting Damon Williams with us, Funny Bone in Omaha tonight and tomorrow night,

Chicago's own.

You're a Bears fan, Damon?

Absolutely do-or-die Bears, man.

You're in the presence of a Viking fan and a Packer fan, and we're very disappointed. The Bears are leaving. The Parker fan is in the other room. That's why we keep them there. NFC. North. I'm a Steeler fan. I'm a Steeler fan. Go Bears. And we make him sit a thousand miles away. Good one. Did you expect them to be leading? They're kicking block, man. Midway into the season. No, I didn't. Hopefully everything goes well. Nor did I. They're playing pretty well, man. I expected them to suck for at least another decade, and I wish they would. Hey, man. They got it right. Quarterbacks playing well. It's interesting because my wife was like, why do you do that to yourself every Sunday? Because, you know, you go down. And they were cliffhanger. You know, the game would be on the line and they would lose or they start off great. So now, I've been with the Bears, man, since Bob Avalini. How about that? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We're that age. Exactly. We know Bob Avalini. Do you remember Vince Evans?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. How about that? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We're that age. Exactly. We know Bob Avalini. Do you remember Vince Evans? Oh, yeah, Vince Evans. They would never let them play. Yeah, so, yeah, well, you stick with the Bears because you're Chicago guy and also 80, you always have 85. Hey, man, let me tell you, my first ever live NFL game was the NFC championship game at Sojafield versus the Rams.

A friend of mine owed me some money. That year. Yeah. Wow. It was a game. A friend owed

your money. I love that. He owed me some money, you know, cocaine. And it was a current theme.

It was 85. It was. And, you know, he had met a merch vendor, and the vendor gave him two tickets as part of his pay.

And he gave me those tickets, man.

We were out there for that.

He must have really owed your money, man.

Anyway, the statute of limitations has passed.

Yes, no, no, it was great, man.

I love the bears.

But all of Walter Payton's career and I'm friends with

his son, Jared, and it's just, always a good thing. Yeah. It's Jared, he's wanted to play for Miami, right? Yeah, he did. Okay. Now he's doing sports. Somebody's going down? Okay. Yeah. Damon Williams. How did you start out in comedy, bud? Where was your first deal? Oh, place, well, it's interesting.

So this place called All Jokes Aside, which was the preeminent

club for like urban comedy right on the cusp of the deaf comedy jam era.

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