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I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics

by Ritch Shydner, Mark Schiff · 2006

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The biggest names in standup comedy reveal the howlingly funny, completely shocking, and disturbingly bizarre moments they've experienced on the road.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 288 pages
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