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Tag: Comedy Album

307 | Ali Hassan (Chef’s Kiss)

Posted on September 17, 2024March 10, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 307 | Ali Hassan (Chef’s Kiss)
307 | Ali Hassan (Chef’s Kiss)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to stand up comic and actor Ali Hassan about his fresh comedy album Chef’s Kiss.

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191 | Simon King (As Good As Or Better Than)

Posted on March 9, 2021April 12, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 191 | Simon King (As Good As Or Better Than)
191 | Simon King (As Good As Or Better Than)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews stand-up comic Simon King whose latest comedy special is As Good As Or Better Than.

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186 | Shirley Gnome (Quantity Time)

Posted on February 2, 2021March 5, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 186 | Shirley Gnome (Quantity Time)
186 | Shirley Gnome (Quantity Time)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews cabaret comedian Shirley Gnome whose latest comedy-music releases are: Decoxification (an LP) and Quantity Time (an EP).

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173 | Randee Neumeyer (Bad Baby)

Posted on October 13, 2020March 7, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 173 | Randee Neumeyer (Bad Baby)
173 | Randee Neumeyer (Bad Baby)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews to Vancouver comedian Randee Neumeyer whose debut comedy album is Bad Baby.

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166 | Stuart Jones (By The Slice)

Posted on August 25, 2020March 7, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 166 | Stuart Jones (By The Slice)
166 | Stuart Jones (By The Slice)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews stand up comic Stuart Jones whose debut comedy album is By The Slice.

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158 | Nick Reynoldson (I’ll Be Fine)

Posted on June 2, 2020March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 158 | Nick Reynoldson (I’ll Be Fine)
158 | Nick Reynoldson (I’ll Be Fine)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews co-host of Talking Raptors and comedian Nick Reynoldson whose debut comedy album is I’ll Be Fine.

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144 | Dave Harris (Pointless)

Posted on February 18, 2020March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 144 | Dave Harris (Pointless)
144 | Dave Harris (Pointless)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews comedian Dave Harris whose comedy album Pointless is out now.

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124 | Myles Anderson (Myles From Home)

Posted on August 20, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 124 | Myles Anderson (Myles From Home)
124 | Myles Anderson (Myles From Home)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks with comedian Myles Anderson about his debut comedy album Myles From Home.

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101 | Harris Anderson (Above and Beyond)

Posted on January 29, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 101 | Harris Anderson (Above and Beyond)
101 | Harris Anderson (Above and Beyond)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews standup comic Harris Anderson whose latest comedy album is Above and Beyond.

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082 | Dave Merheje (Good Friend Bad Grammar)

Posted on June 5, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 082 | Dave Merheje (Good Friend Bad Grammar)
082 | Dave Merheje (Good Friend Bad Grammar)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to standup comic Dave Merheje whose new comedy special Good Friend Bad Grammar is out now.

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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
    OPEN Happy Gilmore 2 is the TV Pick. TEXT This week’s TV Recommendations range from a Holy War to a Code of Silence. And Happy Gilmore is back…with a (golf) range like that it can only be #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome To The Summer I Turned on The TV enjoying an Apocalypse and many Home Runs. With these recommendations #SetTheVCR is for TV Rif Raf and Amateurs.
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    #SetTheVCR is your Institute for TV Recommendations: from Trainwrecks to Jaws I drop it like it's hot!
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    by Sammy Younan
    New Sandman means new TV dreams for this week to let your Old Guard down and enjoy TV Recommendations just like Sinners. It’s #SetTheVCR so let’s get Lost Together.
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    by Sammy Younan
    Here's a Countdown of TV Recommendations. For those who're Young Werther or those with an Ironheart this is #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
    Here stories from Birbiglia to Bono: it’s a Brave New World filled with TV Recommendations. Wanna Live The Good Life? Enjoy this week’s #SetTheVCR.
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    Murderbot a private security cyborg hides its acquired autonomy, while completing dangerous assignments is simultaneously drawn to humans.

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