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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.

Beth Lapides' tale of an emergency evacuation - and an art world celebrity crush. 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 commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and The Huffington Post, and she had her own daily talk show on Comedy World Radio. Her first book, Did I Wake You? Haikus for Modern Living was published in 2007.

Winnnie Holzman gets honest about porn, her daughter and Suicide Girls.

John Riggi dishes out a heaping portion of truly funny stories about the Weight Watchers meetings he attends.

Tami Sagher is a veteran traveler, but she realizes she didn't know bad tour guides or geographic hell-holes until she took a trip to the magical country of Iceland.

Cindy returns to her favorite themes in this poignant and hilarious story of a marriage gone wrong and a relationship with a relative stranger gone right.

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

Judy devotes herself entirely to her search for love online and offers tips on what to do on your first date if you don't want to have a second date.

Judy Toll was fired from every job she ever had. This is her story. JUDY TOLL appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, was a consultant on Sex and the City, and a writer for Casual Sex?. As you'll hear, she is also an incredibly gifted stand-up and was one of the original performers at the Un-Cabaret.

TIM BAGLEY has appeared in Will & Grace, Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman.

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

Michael Patrick King attends his first Bikram yoga class, and it doesn't go so well.

Todd Hanson surprises himself with his own accomplishments.

Eric Gilliland is so desperate for a job, that he takes a position as entertainment director at a club called The Snuggery. And it gets worse from there.

This performance was recorded at Un-Cabaret's spoken-word series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction.

Tim Bagley's criminal career takes off when he meets Lisa, the grade-school Jewish Bonnie to his gay Clyde. But as they grow, so do their crimes.

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.

Sherri's show gets picked up and she buys herself a treat, deals with an uppity extra and goes to stripper school.

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.

Julia Sweeney goes biking in Ecuador, earns the best massage of her life, and goes scuba swimming with dolphins.