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Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang
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Joel McHale: Live from Pyongyang

2019-08-06 · 58 min · ★ 5.8

Comedy

The handsome and funny host of The Soup on E! and star of the hit NBC show, Community, brings you his first stand-up special ever. Joel McHale discusses everything from feeding alligators in the south to wanting to change the San Francisco 49er’s name to something a little more relevant. This is not actually filmed in Pyongyang, but it’s definitely a stand-up special and it's 100% really filmed in San Jose. Go Seahawks!

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Brian Volk-Weiss
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Comedy Dynamics
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United States of America
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Joel McHaleJoel McHaleSelf

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