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The proceeds from Mark Twain’s first lecture - arguably the origin of standup comedy - were seized by the SFPD to settle “bail debt” from when they had arrested him for reporting on police violence. The show sold out. He knew they would come. He went on anyway. “The Trouble Begins at 8”
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punwithwordz
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Knowing the police would come but going on anyway? Like Jake and Elwood in ‘The Blues Brothers’.
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Jake Wertz
@jakewertz.bsky.social
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Actually laughed out loud when I got to the line after “A SPLENDID ORCHESTRA”
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genevieve 🏳️⚧️
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"MAGNIFICENT FIREWORKS were in contemplation for this occasion, but the idea has been abandoned" if I was alive in 1868 this would become my whole personality
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Helen/Tina/Boob Punch
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I don't remember Lenny Bruce citing Twain as an inspiration, but clearly
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Jacob Sidney is Jack the Ripper in IN FOR A PENNY (link in bio)
@sirjacobsidney.bsky.social
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Early awareness of service-charge fatigue!
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Adam Linson
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this is so great! Re: 'arguably', where do you stand (🥁) on Artemus Ward? (I place Charlie Case slightly later, but also a contender.)
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