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8. I saw him in Boston in 1985

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:27 PM

Apr 2015

We were young out of town visitors with a night to spend in Boston. We had a nice dinner then went to a comedy club that looked like a Lutheran church basement. Eight-seat folding tables and chairs. We didn't expect much, it was pretty cheap, but wow, he was fabulous with his observations. What was his planet-earth quote? Wish you were here?

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