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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Diversity.  No Joke.

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In the Stand Up Comedy class that I’m taking at Second City in Brooklyn – I told you about it here last week – I’m not just learning about how to structure a joke and a set, but also something important about diversity.

Note:  Due to technical issues, FaceTime is not embedded into MNB as usual.  But if you click on the picture above, you’ll be taken to the YouTube page on which it resides.  Sorry for the inconvenience;  my friends at Webstop and I are working to resolve the problem.

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