What’s It Like to be a New Comedy Cellar Comic?

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This week, Laura Bennett is talking to Ian Fidance, a comic who was passed at the Comedy Cellar just last year. For an up-and-coming comic and a lifelong comedy fan like Fidance, joining the tightknit community of the cellar is a true joy and honor. But as you’ll hear, it’s one you really have to earn.

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