2. Maria Bamford

Maria is one of the core members of "The Comedians of Comedy Tour," which was filmed for a show on Comedy Central, as well as an independent film of the same title, produced by Netflix. She was named one of Variety's "Top Ten Comics to Watch," and she stars in her own web sitcom on SuperDeluxe.com, has been the talk of Montreal, Edinburgh, Aspen, Kilkenny and Melbourne Comedy Festivals and was voted by Comedy Central viewers as one of their "Top Ten Favourite Comics."

Filmed in New York at Cooper Union. May 17-18 2008.

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