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Welcome to the Nerdist Podcast number 62. Okay, a couple of quick live show announcements. March 2nd through 5th,

I will be performing at the punchline in San Francisco. Then March 16th through 19th at Xanies in Chicago,

April 8th at the hookaylao in Chickpea, Massachusetts, and April 9th, the Wilber Theatre in Boston.

Other live shows of note include the following. March 11th, I'll be hosting a chat with Jimmy Fallon at the Paley Center for Media

as part of Paley Fest, which is a several week long, fantastic program series where you can go and see panels of shows

that you love like they're doing a walking dead panel coming up. They're also doing a community panel of freaks and geeks panel.

So you really, really, really, really want to see that in mind with Jimmy Fallon will be Friday, March 11th.

Also, the Nerdist Podcast live will be at South by Southwest Interactive on March 14th. Details on all these shows are at, of course, Nerdist.com.

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