Their argument was that Peppel had over 100 letters of support, was a stand up guy in his community, his family (5 children ranging in ages from 2 months to 18 years) needed him, as did an ailing mother and brother with Multiple Sclerosis.

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But Obama's a stand-up guy, too.

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He is not in it for himself and firmly believes he is called by a higher power to stand up for the little guy.

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Consider stand-up acts like the Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White, both of whom got their break on the Blue Collar Comedy tour and a subsequent series on the Viacom-owned Comedy Central channel.

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Consider stand-up acts like the Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White, both of whom got their break on the Blue Collar Comedy tour and a subsequent series on the Viacom (nyse: VIA.B - news - people )-owned Comedy Central channel.

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For the last 20 years, Garofalo, who made millions for her work in stand-up and in such films as Reality Bites, The Cable Guy and 200 Cigarettes, over the past twenty years, has likely been filing her taxes as single.

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If you are a p.r guy who is in his office behind closed doors working on your stand up routine, instead of figuring out ways to advance the interests of your clients, you deserve to lose your job.

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