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'''Will Durst''' (born March 18, 1952) is an American [[Political satire|political satirist]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Q&A with political humorist Will Durst|author=Tim Parsons|work=Tahoe Daily Tribune|date=2012-11-15|url=http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20121115/NEWS/121119941}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Will Durst runs twice as fast in place|author=Sam Whiting|date=2012-11-26|work=[[SFGate]]|url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Will-Durst-runs-twice-as-fast-in-place-4067414.php}}</ref> he has been called a modern mix of [[Mort Sahl]] and [[Will Rogers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Durst|work=[[PBS]]|url=https://www.pbs.org/livelyhood/durst.html}}</ref>
'''Will Durst''' (born on March 18, 1952) is an American [[Political satire|political satirist]]. He has been likened to [[Mort Sahl]] and [[Will Rogers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Durst|work=[[PBS]]|url=https://www.pbs.org/livelyhood/durst.html}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Early life ==
Durst was born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. He went to 14 different schools before graduating from [[Waukesha South High School]], in Waukesha, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rothstein|first1=Betsy|title=Will Durst Still pissed off after all these years|url=http://thehill.com/capital-living/9161-will-durst-still-pissed-off-after-all-these-years|website=thehill.com|accessdate=January 6, 2018|date=July 20, 2005}}</ref> He then attended Waukesha County Technical Institute, [[University of Wisconsin]], Waukesha County Campus, [[Marquette University]], and the [[University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee]], but never graduated.<ref name= "New York Times"/>
Durst was born in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. He went to 14 different schools before graduating from [[Waukesha South High School]], in [[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]], Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rothstein|first1=Betsy|title=Will Durst Still pissed off after all these years|url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/7360-will-durst-still-pissed-off-after-all-these-years/|website=thehill.com|access-date=January 6, 2018|date=July 20, 2005}}</ref> He then attended Waukesha County Technical Institute, [[University of Wisconsin]], Waukesha County Campus, [[Marquette University]], and the [[University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee]], but never graduated.<ref name="New York Times"/>


== Career ==
He started performing stand- up comedy at a weekly open mic at a bar in downtown Milwaukee called the Rusty Nail in 1974. He also gained onstage experience performing with various sketch groups such as "Same Player Shoots Again,' "Better Than a Sharp Stick in the Eye," and "Will Jon Rip Marian?" After studying with famed director Paul Sills in Milwaukee for two years at the Century Hall theater complex, Durst moved to San Francisco in 1979.<ref name = "New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=Comic Sees Politicians As Good for Nothing Except His Jokes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/05/arts/comic-sees-politicians-as-good-for-nothing-except-his-jokes.html|accessdate=January 6, 2018|publisher=New York Times|date=April 5, 1988}}</ref>
In 1974, he started performing [[stand-up comedy]] at a weekly open mic at a bar in downtown Milwaukee called the Rusty Nail. He also gained onstage experience sharing a stage with various sketch groups such as "Same Player Shoots Again," "Better Than a Sharp Stick in the Eye," and "Will Jon Rip Marian?" After studying with director [[Paul Sills]] in Milwaukee for two years at the Century Hall theater complex, Durst moved to [[San Francisco]] in 1979.<ref name = "New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=Comic Sees Politicians As Good for Nothing Except His Jokes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/05/arts/comic-sees-politicians-as-good-for-nothing-except-his-jokes.html|accessdate=January 6, 2018|work=New York Times|date=April 5, 1988}}</ref>


In 1987, he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will Durst |url=http://www.castproductions.com/willdurst.html |work=Castproductions.com}}</ref>
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Durst writes a weekly political humor column that is syndicated by Cagle Cartoons. he also co-hosts a monthly [[talk radio]] show with former [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.|Willie Brown]] called The Will and Willie Show which for a year ran as a morning show on [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco's]] progressive talk radio station, [[KQKE]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WILLIE BROWN AND WILL DURST INTERVIEW JOE D’ALESSANDRO ON "WILL & WILLIE SHOW" BROADCAST|url=http://www.sftravel.com/article/willie-brown-and-will-durst-interview-joe-d%E2%80%99alessandro-%E2%80%9Cwill-willie-show%E2%80%9D-broadcast|website=sftravel.com|accessdate=January 9, 2018}}</ref>


In 1992 Mr. Durst performed for a SRO crowd at FCI Sheridan in [[Sheridan, Oregon]].
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He has performed at events featuring [[Bill Clinton]], [[George H. W. Bush]], and [[Al Gore]]. He also performs stand up comedy at many events as a keynote speaker including a Governors Conference and a Mayors Convention. He was a correspondent for [[The Comedy Channel]] during the 1992 political conventions. His humor and commentaries emphasize his view of illogical and absurd aspects of politics, leadership, and human behavior. In 1987 he ran for mayor of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Durst|work=Castproductions.com|url=http://www.castproductions.com/willdurst.html}}</ref>


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Durst composes a weekly political humor column that is contributed by Cagle Cartoons. He also co-hosts a monthly [[talk radio]] show with former [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.|Willie Brown]] called 'The Will and Willie Show' which for a year ran as a morning show on [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco's]] progressive talk radio station, [[KQKE]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WILLIE BROWN AND WILL DURST INTERVIEW JOE D'ALESSANDRO ON "WILL & WILLIE SHOW" BROADCAST|url=http://www.sftravel.com/article/willie-brown-and-will-durst-interview-joe-d%E2%80%99alessandro-%E2%80%9Cwill-willie-show%E2%80%9D-broadcast|website=sftravel.com|accessdate=January 9, 2018}}</ref>
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He writes several [[Internet]] columns, contributes to Independent Media Institute's [[Alternet.org]] and the Huffington Post on a regular basis, is a former contributing editor to ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' and [[George (magazine)|''George'']], and has contributed to various periodicals such as the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''The Funny Times'' and ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. His weekly podcasts can be heard on various radio stations and his website, willdurst.com. He also write a bi-monthly column for The Progressive Magazine, published in Madison, Wisconsin.


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He has performed at events starring [[Bill Clinton]], [[George H. W. Bush]], and [[Al Gore]]. He also performs stand up comedy at many events as a keynote speaker including a Governors Conference and a Mayors Convention. He was a correspondent for [[The Comedy Channel]] during the 1992 political conventions. His humor and commentaries accentuate his perspective of illogical and absurd aspects of politics, leadership, and human behavior.
⚫
A 5 time [[Emmy]] nominee and host/co-producer of the PBS series ''Livelyhood'', he is also a regular commentator on [[NPR]], [[CNN]], and [[C-SPAN]]. He has appeared on television over 800 times including ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', [[Comedy Central]], [[Home Box Office|HBO]] and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. He received seven consecutive nominations for the [[American Comedy Awards]] Stand Up Comedian of the Year.


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He pens down several [[Internet]] columns, contributes to Independent Media Institute's [[Alternet.org]] and the [[Huffington Post]] consistently, is a former contributing editor to ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' and [[George (magazine)|''George'']], and has contributed to various periodicals such as the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Funny Times (newspaper)|Funny Times]]'' and ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. His weekly podcasts can be heard on various radio stations and his website, willdurst.com. He also writes a bi-monthly column for The Progressive Magazine, published in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Will premiered his one-man show "The All-American Sport of BiPartisan Bashing" at the [[New World Stages]] [[Off Broadway]] in [[New York City]] August 2007 to rave reviews from both the ''[[New York Times]]'' and the ''[[New York Post]]''. In 2012 he premiered his one-man show focused on the presidential election "Elect to Laugh" which ran for 41 weeks at the San Francisco Marsh Theater. In 2013, Durst wrote a show based on being an aging baby boomer called "BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG." Since then, he has performed it in over 50 different cities, mostly in Northern California.<ref name = "Boomer">{{cite news|last1=Weisman|first1=Brad|title=Will Durst Focuses His Satiric Gaze on the Endangered Boomer Generation|url=http://www.westword.com/arts/will-durst-focuses-his-satiric-gaze-on-the-endangered-boomer-generation-6783736|accessdate=January 6, 2018|publisher=Westword|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref>


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Will premiered his one-man show—''The All-American Sport of BiPartisan Bashing—''in August 2007 at [[New York City]]'s [[New World Stages]] [[Off Broadway]]. In 2012, he premiered his one-man show focused on the presidential election, ''Elect to Laugh'', which ran for 41 weeks at the San Francisco Marsh Theater. In 2013, Durst wrote a show based on being an aging baby boomer called ''BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG''. Since then, he has performed it in over 50 different cities, mostly in Northern California.<ref name="Boomer">{{cite news|last1=Weisman|first1=Brad|title=Will Durst Focuses His Satiric Gaze on the Endangered Boomer Generation|url=http://www.westword.com/arts/will-durst-focuses-his-satiric-gaze-on-the-endangered-boomer-generation-6783736|accessdate=January 6, 2018|publisher=Westword|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref>
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In 2016, he updated his "Elect to Laugh" show and has performed a Poat- Trump one- man show called "Durst Case Scenario" every Tuesday at the Marsh, which is a theater complex in San Francisco since July. He has also taken the show to many Northern California theaters and venues in Wisconsin, Washington, Nevada and Colorado. He is now working on an updated version of the show called "Durst Case Scenario: Midterm Madness."


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In 2016, he updated his ''Elect to Laugh'' show and performed a post-[[Donald Trump|Trump]] one-man show called ''Durst Case Scenario'' every Tuesday at the Marsh (a theater complex in San Francisco) since July. He has also taken the show to many Northern California theaters and venues in [[Wisconsin]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Nevada]], and [[Colorado]]. He is working on an updated version of the show called ''Durst Case Scenario: Midterm Madness''.
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Durst has written 3 books, including "Elect to Laugh" and "The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing." He has also released 5 audio recordings, "None of the Above," "You Can't Make Stuff Up Like This," "Warning," "Raging Moderate" and "Elect to Laugh" the last 2 on the Stand- Up Records label. Along with Larry "Bubbles" Brown and Johnny Steele he is one of the titular characters in the feature documentary "3 Still Standing" directed by Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero, which focuses on the San Francisco comedy scene of the late 80s and beyond.<ref name = "Boomer"/>

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Durst has written three books, including ''Elect to Laugh'' and ''The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing''. He has also released five audio recordings, ''None of the Above'', ''You Can't Make Stuff Up Like This'', ''Warning'', ''Raging Moderate'', and ''Elect to Laugh'', the last two on the [[Stand Up! Records|Stand-Up! Records]] label. Along with [[Larry Bubbles Brown]] and Johnny Steele, Durst is one of the titular characters in the feature documentary ''3 Still Standing'' directed by Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero, which focuses on the San Francisco comedy scene of the late 1980s and beyond.<ref name = "Boomer"/>


=== Television ===
=== Television ===
Durst has been fired by the [[San Francisco Examiner]] twice and PBS canceled 3 of his shows, 2 of which he hosted and created, "The Durst Amendment," & "Citizen Durst."<ref name="Boomer"/>
Durst has been fired by the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'' twice and PBS cancelled three of his shows, two of which he hosted and created, ''The Durst Amendment'' and ''Citizen Durst''.<ref name="Boomer"/>


His pilot "A Year's Worth with Will Durst" was nominated for a Cable Ace Award after airing on the A&E network on New Year's Eve in 1994, but was never picked up.
His pilot ''A Year's Worth with Will Durst'' was nominated for a [[CableACE Award]] after airing on [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] during [[New Year's Eve]] 1994, but it was never picked up.
On February 24, 2000, Durst was used as a phone-a-friend lifeline on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'' by contestant Rudy Reber. The question, worth $500,000, was "who directed Michael Jackson's music video for the song [[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]". After hearing the choices, Durst said "Landis," as in director [[John Landis]]. Reber locked it in as his final answer, which was wrong. ([[Martin Scorsese]] was the correct answer). As a result, Reber's winnings plummeted from $250,000 to $32,000, a loss of $218,000.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farhi|first1=Paul|title=A Friend Worth His Weight in Gold|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/03/25/a-friend-worth-his-weight-in-gold/5c050422-5498-4fa7-bf60-598c06033a1c/|accessdate=January 6, 2018|publisher=The Washington Post|date=March 25, 2000}}</ref> Durst later wrote an article for ''[[TV Guide]]'' on the incident.
On February 24, 2000, Durst was contestant Rudy Reber's phone-a-friend lifeline on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farhi|first1=Paul|title=A Friend Worth His Weight in Gold|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/03/25/a-friend-worth-his-weight-in-gold/5c050422-5498-4fa7-bf60-598c06033a1c/|accessdate=January 6, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 25, 2000}}</ref> Durst wrote an article for ''[[TV Guide]]'' on the incident.


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A five-time [[Emmy]] nominee and host/co-producer of the [[PBS]] series ''Livelyhood'', he is also a recurrent commentator on [[NPR]], [[CNN]], and [[C-SPAN]]. He has appeared on television over 800 times including ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', [[Comedy Central]], [[Home Box Office|HBO]], and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. He received seven consecutive nominations for the [[American Comedy Awards]] Stand Up Comedian of the Year.
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Durst lives in San Francisco with his wife Debi Ann Pickell Durst, an actress, improviser and director. She is now executive producer of San Francisco's annual Comedy Celebration Day in Golden Gate Park, usually held the last Sunday of Summer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bartlett|first1=Jean|title=Pacifican Debi Durst in the Durst, Durst, Bossier and Mari comedy night in Redwood City|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/09/pacifican-debi-durst-in-the-durst-durst-bossier-and-mari-comedy-night-in-redwood-city/|accessdate=January 9, 2018|publisher=The Mercury News|date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
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Durst lives in San Francisco with his wife Debi Ann Pickell Durst, an actress, improviser and director. She is an executive producer of San Francisco's annual Comedy Celebration Day in [[Golden Gate Park]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bartlett|first1=Jean|title=Pacifican Debi Durst in the Durst, Durst, Bossier and Mari comedy night in Redwood City|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/09/pacifican-debi-durst-in-the-durst-durst-bossier-and-mari-comedy-night-in-redwood-city/|accessdate=January 9, 2018|publisher=The Mercury News|date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>

On October 7, 2019 Durst suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, backstage before a performance at the Presidio Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whiting |first1=Sam |title=Will Durst suffers stroke, cancels comedy shows for first time in 30 years |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/comedy/will-durst-suffers-stroke-cancels-comedy-shows-for-first-time-in-30-years |website=sfchronicle |publisher=Hearst Communications, Inc. |access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.willdurst.com}}
*{{official website|http://www.willdurst.com}}
*[http://www.ksro.com/TheDrive/ComingUp/Story.aspx?ID=1088809 Will Durst's weekly radio feature "Durst on The Drive" on the popular radio show The Drive on KSRO.]
*[http://www.alternet.org/columnists/781/ Will Durst] at [[AlterNet]]
*[http://www.audible.com/willdurst Will Durst @ Audible.com]
*[http://www.quakeradio.com/pages/waw_page.html Talk show blog]
*{{IMDb name|0244406}}
*{{IMDb name|0244406}}

*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=170563241297697445&hl=en VIDEO: Will Durst&nbsp;— The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings from a Raging Moderate], from the recent book tour, Portland, Oregon, May 16, 2008.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085632/http://www.afewmomentswith.com/ Durst on FOX News Radio]


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This article is about the comedian. For the musician whose full name is William Frederick Durst, see Fred Durst.
Will Durst
Born (1952-03-18) March 18, 1952 (age 72)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
MediumStand-up, television, radio, writing
NationalityAmerican
GenresObservational comedy, satire, political satire, black comedy, surreal humor, sarcasm
Subject(s)American culture, everyday life, human behavior, American politics, popular culture
Websitewilldurst.com

Will Durst (born on March 18, 1952) is an American political satirist. He has been likened to Mort Sahl and Will Rogers.[1]

Early life[edit]

Durst was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He went to 14 different schools before graduating from Waukesha South High School, in Waukesha, Wisconsin.[2] He then attended Waukesha County Technical Institute, University of Wisconsin, Waukesha County Campus, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, but never graduated.[3]

Career[edit]

In 1974, he started performing stand-up comedy at a weekly open mic at a bar in downtown Milwaukee called the Rusty Nail. He also gained onstage experience sharing a stage with various sketch groups such as "Same Player Shoots Again," "Better Than a Sharp Stick in the Eye," and "Will Jon Rip Marian?" After studying with director Paul Sills in Milwaukee for two years at the Century Hall theater complex, Durst moved to San Francisco in 1979.[3]

In 1987, he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco.[4]

In 1992 Mr. Durst performed for a SRO crowd at FCI Sheridan in Sheridan, Oregon.

Durst composes a weekly political humor column that is contributed by Cagle Cartoons. He also co-hosts a monthly talk radio show with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown called 'The Will and Willie Show' which for a year ran as a morning show on San Francisco's progressive talk radio station, KQKE.[5]

He has performed at events starring Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Al Gore. He also performs stand up comedy at many events as a keynote speaker including a Governors Conference and a Mayors Convention. He was a correspondent for The Comedy Channel during the 1992 political conventions. His humor and commentaries accentuate his perspective of illogical and absurd aspects of politics, leadership, and human behavior.

He pens down several Internet columns, contributes to Independent Media Institute's Alternet.org and the Huffington Post consistently, is a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and George, and has contributed to various periodicals such as the New York Times, Funny Times and San Francisco Chronicle. His weekly podcasts can be heard on various radio stations and his website, willdurst.com. He also writes a bi-monthly column for The Progressive Magazine, published in Madison, Wisconsin.

Will premiered his one-man show—The All-American Sport of BiPartisan Bashing—in August 2007 at New York City's New World Stages Off Broadway. In 2012, he premiered his one-man show focused on the presidential election, Elect to Laugh, which ran for 41 weeks at the San Francisco Marsh Theater. In 2013, Durst wrote a show based on being an aging baby boomer called BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG. Since then, he has performed it in over 50 different cities, mostly in Northern California.[6]

In 2016, he updated his Elect to Laugh show and performed a post-Trump one-man show called Durst Case Scenario every Tuesday at the Marsh (a theater complex in San Francisco) since July. He has also taken the show to many Northern California theaters and venues in Wisconsin, Washington, Nevada, and Colorado. He is working on an updated version of the show called Durst Case Scenario: Midterm Madness.

Durst has written three books, including Elect to Laugh and The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing. He has also released five audio recordings, None of the Above, You Can't Make Stuff Up Like This, Warning, Raging Moderate, and Elect to Laugh, the last two on the Stand-Up! Records label. Along with Larry Bubbles Brown and Johnny Steele, Durst is one of the titular characters in the feature documentary 3 Still Standing directed by Robert Campos and Donna LoCicero, which focuses on the San Francisco comedy scene of the late 1980s and beyond.[6]

Television[edit]

Durst has been fired by the San Francisco Examiner twice and PBS cancelled three of his shows, two of which he hosted and created, The Durst Amendment and Citizen Durst.[6]

His pilot A Year's Worth with Will Durst was nominated for a CableACE Award after airing on A&E during New Year's Eve 1994, but it was never picked up.

On February 24, 2000, Durst was contestant Rudy Reber's phone-a-friend lifeline on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.[7] Durst wrote an article for TV Guide on the incident.

A five-time Emmy nominee and host/co-producer of the PBS series Livelyhood, he is also a recurrent commentator on NPR, CNN, and C-SPAN. He has appeared on television over 800 times including Late Night with David Letterman, Comedy Central, HBO, and Showtime. He received seven consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up Comedian of the Year.

Personal life[edit]

Durst lives in San Francisco with his wife Debi Ann Pickell Durst, an actress, improviser and director. She is an executive producer of San Francisco's annual Comedy Celebration Day in Golden Gate Park.[8]

On October 7, 2019 Durst suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, backstage before a performance at the Presidio Theatre.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Will Durst". PBS.
  2. ^ Rothstein, Betsy (July 20, 2005). "Will Durst Still pissed off after all these years". thehill.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Holden, Stephen (April 5, 1988). "Comic Sees Politicians As Good for Nothing Except His Jokes". New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Will Durst". Castproductions.com.
  5. ^ "WILLIE BROWN AND WILL DURST INTERVIEW JOE D'ALESSANDRO ON "WILL & WILLIE SHOW" BROADCAST". sftravel.com. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Weisman, Brad (June 9, 2015). "Will Durst Focuses His Satiric Gaze on the Endangered Boomer Generation". Westword. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Farhi, Paul (March 25, 2000). "A Friend Worth His Weight in Gold". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Jean (August 13, 2016). "Pacifican Debi Durst in the Durst, Durst, Bossier and Mari comedy night in Redwood City". The Mercury News. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  9. ^ Whiting, Sam. "Will Durst suffers stroke, cancels comedy shows for first time in 30 years". sfchronicle. Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

External links[edit]

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