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Aug 2016
1h 27m

Episode 736 - Gad Elmaleh

Marc Maron
About this episode
Gad Elmaleh is a mega-successful international comedian and actor. Now he's basically starting from scratch to perfect his act in America, not in his native French but in English. Marc and Gad talk about the challenge of doing comedy in another language and the universal truths about standup that cross all language barriers.

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