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Comedy is Queen: A Conversation with Paula Pell
Season 7
Episode 6
With Saturday Night Live and the movies Sisters and This is 40 in her credits, Paula Pell is the queen of comedy. In this episode, Pell talks about her background in theater, creating characters that stick, and drawing from a funny family.
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