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- ↑ Need a laugh when you're on the road? (Vol. 25 No. 9 ed.). Earl G. Graves, Ltd. April 1995. p. 130. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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- 1 2 Who's laughing now? (Vol. 26 No. 2 ed.). Earl G. Graves, Ltd. September 1995. p. 30 & 33. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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- ↑ Hicks, Margaret; foreword by Mick Napier (2011). Chicago comedy : a fairly serious history. Charleston, SC: History Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-60949-211-3 . Retrieved 25 February 2012.