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Julia Sweeney went to Vegas for the film festival, but she stayed for the lap dance.

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 Mimi Friedman about getting her jury duty summons.

Tim's Hollywood power lunch turns into a trip down memory lane to his inglorious days when he first came to L.A., and how he was fired from the road as a Mitzi Gaynor dancer.

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.

Tim Bagley shows us the glitz and glamour of going on auditions as a TV commercial actor.

Beth Lapides has trouble letting go of her family's ancestral tract home. She executive produced and hosted Un-Cabaret for Comedy Central. She hosts and curates the Un-Cabaret, Say the Word and the Other Network.

Larry wants to be remembered for his failures as well as his successes. Here he recounts pitches and excerpts from treatments for projects he developed that never got the green light.

Terry Sweeney, the first openly gay performer on network TV, tries to flee Hollywood for the rural life.

Sherri Shepherd goes to the Big House. Yes, really.

Beth goes from being a successful performance artist to a beginning comic, with tales of one-nighters from the comedy boom and the final hell gig that made her leave the "straight" comedy world to start the Un-Cabaret.

A new trio of embarrassing accidents for our hero. TIM BAGLEY has appeared in Will & Grace, Monk, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman.

A deeply funny story by Cindy Chupack about relationships, weddings and love.

A deeply funny story by Rob Cohen about his darkest days as a deli delivery boy, and one delivery that changed his life.

Un-Cabaret's special "Drug Show" inspired a rare stand-up set from Winnie Holzman (Wicked, creator of My So-Called Life) about her drug of choice: catalogs of comfy, easy-fit loungewear. She'll take you to - Cuddletown.

Jon Kinnally changes his eternal child's psychic diaper.

A deeply funny story by Jennifer Joyce about the rollercoaster of being a big sister.

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.