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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.

Patton Oswalt is a brilliant comedy writer and the ringleader of Comedians of Comedy on Showtime and on tour. In fact, he's probably appearing at a club in your area right now. You've probably seen him on King of Queens or Balls of Fury and heard him as the voice of Rattatouile.

A mind-blowing collection of drug stories, illegal-substance-related rants and raves by a psychedelic posse of progressive performers. Proceeds benefit the Drug Policy Alliance, an awesome group of freedom fighters who believe that you shouldn't be punished for what you put in your own body.

Patton dishes out a little philosophy and a lot of funny in this classic Un-Cab set about a singular encounter with a NY cabbie.

Margaret has a close encounter with a Hollywood monster. Her mother sees her perform live for the first time and tells Margaret about the best Mother's Day ever in this performance, recorded at the Un-Cabaret Anniversary Show.

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

Judy's new guy is smart, Jewish, and incredibly good-looking. But is he The One?

This performance was the original inspiration and seed that became God Said Ha!. This classic performance of Julia's first story about her brother's cancer captures all the urgency and inspiration of Un-Cabaret's early years. Raw emotion and comic grace came together in the right room with the right audience at the right time and created a perfect storm of spontaneous comic storytelling.

A deeply funny story by Kevin Nealon about his pre-nuptial insomnia and worse at a Mexican resort.

This now out-of-print underground release captures the incredible energy, creativity, and hysteria of the Un-Cabaret's birth. The legendary show was hailed as the "mother-show of alternative comedy" as Beth and her friends forged a new style of comedy that was real, true, intimate, emotional, and sometimes painfully honest.

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.

Here are the original performances of Julia Sweeney's stories about adopting a baby from China, which later became 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.

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.

Before Julia gave up on God and embraced atheism, she was on a desperate search for the right venue for her spirituality - as you'll hear in this hilarious and heartfelt performance.

Julia goes to cooking school in Mexico, learns to make mole using stone age tools and that she shouldn't take travel advice from some random woman on a treadmill.

Hilarious, one-of-a-kind standup comedy stories from a who's who of progressive comedians recorded live at LA's legendary Un-Cabaret....

Julia goes wild in Ireland and lives in Greece on $1 a day.

Join hosts Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose as they explore the topics of mental health and creativity, with a different artistic guest each time. New episodes every fortnight! Invisible Cabaret is a performing arts troupe exclusively devoted to exploring mental health. Through burlesque, comedy, original music and more, the troupe seeks to express and question assumptions and expectations surrounding mental health. Will you STRIP AWAY STIGMA with us? Find out more at www.invisiblecabaret.org and come to a show when it's safe to do so!

Julia loses herself in the desert of Morocco and reclaims her sexuality, despite a chafing camel ride and a misfire with one of the tour guides.

Julia experiences the struggle for survival in nature and class struggle with her fellow travelers.