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  • Jerry Seinfeld in New York City, December 4, 2002.
    Jerry Seinfeld in New York City, December 4, 2002.
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    Watch Two of Seinfeld’s Earliest TV Stand-up Routines

    The rise of Seinfeld’s star came in the early ’80s when he performed for Johnny Carson and David Letterman. His routine touched on the weather, eyeglasses, driving, and fat people.

    byJonathan Zalman
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    Who Was Jon Stewart’s Final Guest in 1995? David Letterman

    Letterman: ‘Sometimes what you love the most provides you with the most pain’

    byJonathan Zalman
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    10 Memorable ‘Letterman’ Appearances

    The Late Night legend ends his run tonight. We’ll miss you.

    byGabriela Geselowitz
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    (Shutterstock/Tablet Magazine/emily north)
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    Davy Rothbart Is Lost, Hurt, and Drunk, but Less So Than Usual

    The storyteller’s latest, after a musical about his ‘Found’ magazine, is a doc on the losingest high-school basketball team in Indiana

    byJonathan Zalman
  • David Letterman. (Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS)
    David Letterman. (Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS)
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    Could Handler or Stewart Replace Letterman?

    Maybe it’s time for a Jewish comedian on late night television

    byRachel Shukert
  • Comedian David Brenner performs at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on April 6, 2010. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
    Comedian David Brenner performs at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on April 6, 2010. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
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    Comedian David Brenner Dies of Cancer

    The Tonight Show favorite and king of observational comedy dies at 78

    byLily Wilf
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    Coco’s Channel

    A haftorah of promises and pain

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Cohen at a Brüno premiere earlier this year.(Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
    Cohen at a Brüno premiere earlier this year.(Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Al-Aqsa Leader Sues Sacha Baron Cohen, Letterman

    Wants $110M because of scene in ‘Brüno’

    byMarc Tracy
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