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The Millionaire Mind launches Cindy Caponera into a head trip about her own relationship to class, self-confidence and spirituality.

Dana Gould admits it's hip to be square. You'll hear about why Dana adopted, spooky ghost Jesus, and the sanctity of the Bat Cave. DANA GOULD was a writer and producer on The Simpsons and a veteran club comedian, with Comedy Central and HBO specials. His work is also available in the Un-Cabaret Stand-Up series. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's spoken-word series "Say the Word", featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person non-fiction.

Tim doesn't like public bathrooms - and you can see why with this tour of restrooms gone wrong, featuring appearances by Neil Simon and Henry Winkler! (Rated 'P' for Poo).

Tim goes to Germany to work on a film. It turns out that...Tim and Germany? Not a good fit.

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.

Cindy is in her 30's and living back home with her family. And that's just her first mistake.

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.

2 short anecdotes about the animal rights movement and my sexual awakening.

This is a miracle. The guy proposed and Judy finally got the rock. Now she's a normal person. Well, almost.

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.

Greg Fitzsimmons reflects on his father and his own success. Greg is another veteran comedy-club performer. He's appeared frequently on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, and the Howard Stern Show. He's also a talented writer-producer who won four Emmys for the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

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.

Merrill Markoe celebrates the Un-Cabaret's Anniversary Show by doing some greatest hits featuring Dad, Mom, and Louis, her couch-humping dog.

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.