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Funny How?: Nature v Nurture

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Funny How?

Nature v Nurture

Season 1 | Episode 4 | SBS VICELAND | December 12, 2017

Drama

Personal and social capability

Media arts

Classification: Mature

Can comedy be taught in a classroom? Kilph Nesteroff explores this question with the help of iconoclastic comic Doug Stanhope, and visits with those trying to teach the craft of comedy.

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Can comedy be taught in a classroom? Kilph Nesteroff explores this question with the help of iconoclastic comic Doug Stanhope, and visits with those trying to teach the craft of comedy.

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