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A deeply funny story by Beth Lapides about her Jewishness.

A deeply funny story by Jenny Bicks about the pleasures and terrors of hair.

A deeply funny story by Scott Carter about trying to find ways to bond with his adopted daughter.

A deeply funny story by Jay Kogen about the things we do for love, including taking a honeymoon to Hawaii. JAY KOGEN is an Emmy-winning writer for The Simpsons, Frasier, and Malcolm in the Middle.

A deeply funny story by Dan Bucatinsky about letters to the prospective mother of his adopted child and to his own future self.

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.

John Riggi tries to get lucky in the lottery. He 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.

Margaret Cho learns to believe! She is the writer-performer-comedian-activist behind several books, films, and stage shows, including I'm the One That I Want and Notorious C.H.O.

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.

Jon Kinnally travels far and wide, and far inside, for this time-travelling story about his Mother's refridgerator magnets and his own coming to consciousness.

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.

John Riggi takes us to the old country and back in this funny, poignant tale of place and family.

A deeply funny holiday story by Jenny Bicks about getting an Emmy and giving a gift.

A deeply funny story by John Riggi about family holidays.

A deeply funny story by Alan Zweibel about his relationship with the censor at Saturday Night Live, where he was one of the original Emmy-winning writers....

A deeply funny story by Scott King about his gay agenda and network TV.

A deeply funny story by Kevin Rooney about his Father, Labor Day, and the politics of labor in America. KEVIN ROONEY was a writer on The Dennis Miller Show and a frequent guest on Politically Incorrect. 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 LA.