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I may do one of those things. I would like to say that I will be performing at Wise Guys in

near Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Utah. May 29th, 30th and 31st. Go to WiseGuysCombony.com

to get tickets for that. And then coming back to Portland, Helium, June 12th, 13th and 14th,

go to HeliumCombony.com slash Portland. Come on out and say hi, developing the new hour of stand-up.

And it's been super fun. So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come out.

I would like to thank for sponsoring this episode of The Nerdist Podcast. By the way,

I mean, I don't even know if I should say this. I would have talked about this even if they hadn't

been a sponsor of the podcast. On May 28th, Spike TV took over the Apollo Theater in New York

for a one night only, All Star Comedy should be to Don Rickles. And I couldn't be there,

of course, because I work in Los Angeles, but I had a bunch of friends there and everyone said

it was absolutely incredible. And the lineup is insane. It's like, it's Seinfeld and Letterman and

John Stewart and Tina Feyn and Amy Polar and Tracy Morgan and then there are special appearances

by Kimmel and Johnny Depp and Danero and Scorsese and Bob Newhart and Ray Romano and Regis Filben

Brad Garrett. So that is May 28th, 9pm on Spike TV. They're basically just coming out and paying

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