The Sound of Young America: Dana Gould, Stand-Up Comic and Writer

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Dana Gould is a comedian who’s widely credited as one of the fathers of “alternative” comedy. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he helped bring comedy out of the funk of the “Evening at the Improv” scene and into the thriving world of alternative culture. He was also a writer and producer on the Simpsons for six years, among his other writing credits.
His new special, Let Me Put My Thoughts In You, is now available on CD and DVD.

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