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Artist
Julia Sweeney
12+ albums
comedyspoken wordstand-upatheistnot standup comedy
about
Julia Sweeney is best known for her four hit seasons on "Saturday Night Live" and her most popular character while on that show: "Pat," as well as her critically acclaimed one-person-shows, "God Said Ha!," "In The Family Way," and "Letting Go of God." "God Said Ha!" played on Broadway at the Lyceum theater in 1996 and was released as a Miramax film, produced by Quentin Tarantino, in 1998. "Letting Go of God" has been filmed and will be released later in 2008.. Julia started her acting career out in Los Angeles at The Groundlings Theater, a well known improvisational and sketch comedy company. It was there that she met fellow SNL cast members Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz, and where "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels tapped her for the late-night show. Sweeney spun one of her most popular characters into the feature film "It's Pat" and after leaving Saturday Night Live, and she moved back to Los Angeles. The film was a flop at the box office, but still has a cult following. Within a matter of months, after moving back to L.A., Julia's brother Michael was diagnosed with cancer, and so was she. Her experiences led her to write and star in "God Said, 'Ha!'" Produced by Quentin Tarantino and released theatrically by Miramax, the film version of the play earned the Golden Space Needle Award for best directing, while Sweeney's recording earned her a Grammy nomination for best comedy album. Sweeney's second monologue, "In The Family Way" chronicles the adoption of her dau
top songs
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TEDTalks : "Letting Go of God" (an excerpt) - Julia Sweeney (2006)
6372Starbucks - Spoken Word
5193Nunsense - Spoken Word
4434TEDTalks : Julia Sweeney has "The Talk" - Julia Sweeney (2010)
4425Bob Sweeney Rant - Spoken Word
4346Food - Spoken Word
4207Book Soup - Spoken Word
3828Letting Go of God
3519Food (Spoken Word) (Album Version)
18110Julia Sweeney has "The Talk" - Julia Sweeney (2010)
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