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Chevy Chase

In this edition, King's guest is comedian Denis Leary. Highlights include: comments on the diverse critical reactions to Leary's one-man play "No Cure for Cancer"; his parents' immigration from Ireland to the United States; his problem with nuns, especially the fictitious ones who cheerfully sing or fly; a clip of Leary performing stand-up on "London Underground" about Elvis Presley's death; the time he and a fellow altar boy got "completely blotto" on wine while assisting a priest with a mass; his performance as a thirteen-year-old in a school production of "Auntie Mame"; his comic influences, George Carlin and Richard Pryor; a clip of the comic doing stand-up about the Doors, the current sixties revival and bell bottoms; his addiction to cigarettes; Leary's uneasiness with shocking daytime talk shows where people attain brief fame by sharing embarrassing and tawdry secrets about their lives; a clip of Leary talking about a man who had his face ripped off by pit bulls; and a discussion about his future career goals

English
  • Originally Aired December 31, 1991
  • Runtime 24 minutes
  • Created June 14, 2021 by
    Kenneth the Page
  • Modified June 14, 2021 by
    Kenneth the Page