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When Comedy Went to School

When Comedy Went to School

NR 2013 · 83 min · ★ 6.5 · Documentary

The birth of modern stand-up comedy began in the Catskill Mountains - a boot camp for the greatest generation of Jewish-American Comedians.

Directed by Mevlut Akkaya · Written by Lawrence Richards

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