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Greg Fitzsimmons’ You Know Me, an exceptionally tight comedy special dropping tonight on YouTube, is one of those shows only made possible by decades of flexing comedy muscles in clubs. “I’ve been doing it for a long time,” Fitzsimmons conceded when I talked to the comic this week. “I go on the road 30 weekends a year, and when I’m not on the road, I’m in L.A. pounding out sets locally. And it’s been like that from the beginning.”

Fitzsimmons, who came up in the Boston scene alongside comedians like David Cross, Marc Maron and Bill Burr, talked to me about keeping it fresh as a stand-up, getting started in the business alongside Joe Rogan and rubbing shoulders with other notorious comedians along the way.

“I still walk on stage with a crumpled-up piece of paper with bullet points on it. I have notes where I’m trying new stuff,...

The showdown between Christopher Dorner and the Lapd on Tuesday was no laughing matter. Still, a regular caller on The Howard Stern show is taking credit for pranking the media during their coverage of the event. Captain Janks called in to CBS 2 and was put on the air pretending to be a Department of Fish and Game official. "We believe it was Ronnie the limo driver who filed at Mr. Dorner, and we believe that he hit him," Janks quipped, referencing Stern's driver, Ronnie Mund, who is frequently featured on the show. "He was on his way to a block party and got caught in the fire-out." The reporter continued to prod for more information, until finally Janks said, "You're a real...