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Will Durst: The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing

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Will Durst in his comedy show, The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing
As political satirist Will Durst puts it: "George W. Bush is my own personal full-employment act. He's like if Reagan and Quayle had a kid. Quagan." And Quagan does not disappoint. Throughout the affable comedian's 90-minute set, the President provides fodder for cutting-edge political satire, along with his cronies (Dick Cheney, hunting authority) and rivals ("The Democrats are so intent on passing a stem-cell bill because they're depending on the research to grow themselves a spine").

Durst delivers his well-researched material in rapid-fire increments, roasting any politico who is somebody, did something, or said something that made headlines. Besides being a funny guy, he's an oasis in a desert of Fox Newsy political propaganda.

Durst describes The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing as "a 90-minute political comedy for people who are sick of politics as usual. We laugh to keep from crying, right? And with a president, two houses of Congress and endless parade of presidential hopefuls making daily punch lines out of headlines, I've got the best joke-writers in the business working for me."

Based in San Francisco, Durst has been a political satirist for 30 years and has made more than 400 television appearances, including Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Crossfire, CNN, Fox News, Comedy Central, Good Morning America, Last Comic Standing, C-SPAN, The Today Show, The Late Show With David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

He has been nominated for five Emmy Awards and was the recipient of seven consecutive nominations for American Comedy Awards "Stand Up of the Year." Most recently he was the co-host with Willie Brown, former mayor of San Francisco, on the morning drive time show on San Francisco's KQKE radio.

 

 
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