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Denis Leary was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Nora and John Leary, Irish immigrants who had grown up together. After a childhood in the 1960s, Leary went to Emerson College in Boston, where he tried his hand at acting and writing. He was a charter member of Emerson’s Comedy Workshop, and taught at the college for five years after graduating. By that point he had written several pieces for magazines and had worked at stand-up comedy for a time. In 1990 he and his wife Ann flew to London to perform in the BBC’s Paramount City. That weekend Ann’s water broke. Their planned weekend trip became a stay of months, and Denis, with not a whole lot to do in London, wrote a one-man comedy act. He brought friends in from the States, and they wrote songs to perform on stage. Leary, with Chris Phillips and Adam Roth on guitar, performed “No Cure For Cancer” at the Edinburgh International Arts Festival in Scotland. Despite some protests about the title, the show won the Critic’s Award and the BBC Festival Recommendation. The next year the show was moved to America, and it was eventually taped and broadcast on Showtime (No Cure for Cancer (1992) (TV)). The show spawned a book, CD, cassette, and a videotape. It also started Leary’s movie career. Since then, he has starred in several films and has had two of his own TV series.

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DeadlyDevil wrote:
Friday morning

Best comedian ever... Fuck people who like that Dane Cook shit.

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masterchiefnixx wrote:
Thursday afternoon

bass ass

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hawdkoah wrote:
last week

Why isn't there a Super Similarity between him and Bill Hicks? Hell, might as well be Completely Derivative Of.

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gerard_d wrote:
last month

A poor man's Bill Hicks, asshole song is just dreadful.

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kledonne wrote:
last month

Love Leary. He's so funny, he leaves me gasping for air. And he does SO much for firefighters. Love watching him and Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. So effin' hilarious!

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goldspot7 wrote:
last month

i am an ass sol!

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MadManMonty wrote:
last month

Was funny.... 20 years ago!

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leolegend wrote:
last month

Denis Leary #1 ever

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Vithon wrote:
last month

Denis Leary sucks. R.I.P. Bill Hicks

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Clitasaurus wrote:
September 2009

Good at ripping off Bill Hicks.

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Pabman wrote:
August 2009

im an ASSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE

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Stavvylol wrote:
August 2009

Please die Denis =). R.i.p William Melvin Hicks.

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the-last-user wrote:
July 2009

Denis: Kill yourself. Seriously!

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Sulisk wrote:
July 2009

Love all that i've heard so far

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razzu wrote:
July 2009

bout the same time your mum does, daddy :)

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Daddygreenjeans wrote:
July 2009

When is this cock sucker going to die?

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DrMosse wrote:
July 2009

and Why We Suck good times audiobook!

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DrMosse wrote:
June 2009

Yeah! Rescue Me best tv times!

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F_Hole wrote:
June 2009

Thanks for Rescue Me, Denis. It's the only drama that actually gets what happened to those of us who were "down there" that day, and what it's like now.

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tomwaitsfan1 wrote:
April 2009

just saw him in orlando, hes the best !! but such an asshole. =)

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