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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Comedian Jim Gaffigan On The Gaffes Of Parenthood

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Jim Gaffigan chats with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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Jim Gaffigan chats with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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Jim Gaffigan chats with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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Comedian Jim Gaffigan knows that a four-year-old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor is pretty much the same thing, and he can teach you a thing or two about co-opting your kid’s Halloween candy.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

What A Country For Yakov Smirnoff

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Yakov Smirnoff talks with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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Steve Kraske interviews Yakov Smirnoff on Up to Date.
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Yakov Smirnoff talks with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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When he came to America in 1977, Yakov Smirnoff was already a comedian, but it was his fresh off the boat Cold War comedy style that got him noticed by the entertainment industry.

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Up to Date
11:46 am
Thu May 31, 2012

The Weekend To-Do List

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The Shins perform as part of "Buzz Beach Ball" this weekend at Livestrong Sporting Park.
The KC Zombie Walk for Hunger takes plaec Friday evening in the Crossroads Arts District
New Edition performs Friday evening at the Sprint Center in honor of the 25th anniversary of their hit, "Candy Girl."
Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson present their Off-Broadway comedy hit "Jewtopia" Sunday in a fundraiser for Temple B'nai Jehudah
Seth Rudetsky Tells You Everything You Wanted to Know About the Tonys! “Broadway’s funniest insider” presented by Music Theatre for Young People. 6 p.m. Sunday at White Recital Hall
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Looking for something to do this weekend? Up to Date's Brian McTavish offers up a few options in his Weekend To-Do List for May 31 - June 3, 2012.

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COMEDY
7:36 pm
Wed December 7, 2011

Comedian Mike Baldwin

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Meet a KC comedian who just took first place at the Seattle International Comedy Festival, the competition that launched comics like Mitch Hedberg. We'll hear how he's developed his technique and routine, and some common myths of stand-up comedy.

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Central Standard
12:00 pm
Thu May 19, 2011

It's "Air" Time, Baby!

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When you work on a radio talk show and you’re waiting for your guests, who have names such as Romeo DanceCheetah (That’s one word: DanceCheetah) and Björn Türoque (Pronounced Born to rock), and they are renowned air guitarists in town for a regional air guitar contest, you discover 10 things:

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