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Tim Bagley shows us the glitz and glamour of going on auditions as a TV commercial actor.

Rob Cohen faces another holiday onslaught from his mother - and lives to tell about it! ROB COHEN is an Emmy-winning writer for The Ben Stiller Show. He's also written for The Simpsons, American Dad, Big Bang Theory, and many other TV shows.

John challenges himself to make conversation and opens a very intriguing dialog with a vampire. JOHN RIGGI is a writer and co-executive producer on 30 Rock. He was also a writer and co-exec on The Comeback, Will & Grace, The Bernie Mac Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

Patton Oswalt falls in love. This is a classic Un-Cabaret performance, in which Beth's questions push the performer to go deeper and find all kinds of funny.

Beth Lapides' revelations about "getting it" - and the ecstatic joys of consciousness. Oh, and also the time she peed in her pants.BETH LAPIDES executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word, and the Other Network. She is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and The Huffington Post, and she had her own daily talk show on Comedy World Radio.

Here are the original performances of Julia Sweeney's stories about adopting a baby from China, which later become In the Family Way. JULIA SWEENEY launched her career by playing Pat on Saturday Night Live. She has gone on to write and star in acclaimed one-person shows, including God Said Ha!, In the Family Way, and Letting Go of God, all developed at the Un-Cabaret.

Julia Sweeney confronts a Nanny and single-motherhood when she adopts a Chinese baby girl!

Brent Forrester celebrates The Guy Who Does a Crazy Thing on Principal (Noah - and himself!) in a pair of stories about confronting a fast-food employee and a rabbi at a street fair.

Merrill Markoe discusses the end of the Mayan calendar and the daily realities of life on Noah's Ark.

Beth Lapides takes the Noah story as a personal instruction to build her own ark, an ark to protect us from catastrophic thinking - Ark 2.0!

Jon Kinnally offers his interpretation of the Noah themes: animals (especially those freakish ostriches), re-creating 1970s disaster movies, and his own personal ark. JON KINNALLY was a writer and co-executive producer of Will & Grace and Ugly Betty. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's reading series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction at the Skirball Cultural Center in L.A.

Merrill Markoe learns about journaling and being a drama queen from her mother, from Anne Frank, and from the Cuban Missile Crisis. MERRILL MARKOE is an Emmy award-winning TV writer (Late Night with David Letterman, TV Nation) and prolific author of books, including What the Dogs Taught Me, How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me, Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love, The Psycho Ex Game, and Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.

Cindy goes on a book tour/manhunt with the help of her matchmaker. CINDY CHUPACK is the Emmy-winning writer and executive producer of Sex and the City and Everybody Loves Raymond; she's also the executive producer of Him and Us, with Sir Elton John, and the author of The Between Boyfriends Book.

Jenny shrinks her many shrinks down to size. JENNY BICKS is the Executive Producer of Men in Trees, was a writer and producer of Sex and the City, writer and co-producer of The Naked Truth, and creative consultant on Dawson's Creek.

Merrill Markoe discusses gay marriage, rock fashion, and other things your mother never told you. She is an Emmy-award-winning TV writer (Late Night with David Letterman, TV Nation) and prolific author of books, including What the Dogs Taught Me, How to Be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me, Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love, The Psycho Ex Game, and Walking in Circles Before Lying Down.

Dana Gould turns out to be the good seed when you hear about his dad. Gould was a writer and producer on The Simpsons and a veteran club comedian with Comedy Central and HBO specials. His work is also available in the Un-Cabaret Stand-Up series.

Greg Fitzsimmons reflects on his father and his own success. Greg is another veteran comedy-club performer. He's appeared frequently on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, and the Howard Stern Show. He's also a talented writer-producer who won four Emmys for the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Randy and Jason Sklar were identical twins leading virtually identical lives, until the last couple of weeks, when their lives diverged dramatically. Randy and Jason Sklar are veteran comedians who began telling more personal stories at the Un-Cabaret. As actors, they have appeared on Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Grey's Anatomy. They also hosted Cheap Seats on ESPN 2.

Hear Taylor Negron's emotional tale about trying to help a young school-mate who's been abused. TAYLOR NEGRON has appeared frequently in comedies of the 1980s and on television. He is an actor, stand-up comedian and writer who has been seen in The Aristocrats, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Punchline and his own HBO One-Night Stand comedy special.

Judy Toll calculates that she's gained and lost over 400 pounds. This is her story.