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A Comedian Silences A Room For 9 Minutes. It’s Not An Awkward Silence.

Comedians spend years honing their stage persona, but when all-star comic Anthony Griffith tells the story of his life as a comedian and as a father, not even he can keep it together. To be honest, I couldn’t either when I watched this video. It’s so important to remember that the people we idolize aren’t…

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Rollie Williams


At 0:56, he receives a phone call that will change his life forever. 
At 2:12, Griffith takes the stage and blacks out. 
At 3:04, he starts to tear up.
At 4:41, he describes the most bleak situation I’ve ever heard.
At 6:26, the doctors drops a serious bomb.
At 7:31, Griffith has his ‘Denzel Washington from Training Day’ moment.
At 8:33, the real truth comes out.
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