- Ian Edwards (Comedian)
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Ian Edwards (footballer) "Infobox Comedian
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footnotes =Ian Edwards is a stand up comedian. He has appeared on
Late Night With Conan O'Brien ,Live at Gotham , andHBO 's Bad Boys of Comedy. He can be seen weekly at theLaugh Factory in Los Angeles. On August 1,Gilbert Arenas used one of Edwards' jokes on his popular [http://www.nba.com/blog/gilbert_arenas.html blog] . This has created some controversy [ [http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-27-5/Shark-Attack--Or-Petty-Joke-Theft-.html ESPN - Shark Attack? Or Petty Joke Theft? - TrueHoop ] ] as Arenas did not cite Edwards in the same entry. However, Arenas credited him on the next entry, two days later.Edwards was born in England and has lived in Jamaica, New York, and California. When he was 21, he stopped working the drive-thru at Burger King to try his hand at comedy. Since then he's appeared on
Def Comedy Jam (twice) and Show Time at the Apollo. He's written forSaturday Night Live , theLyricist Lounge show on MTV,The Boondocks for theCartoon Network , etc, and is currently a cast member of the fifth season ofPunk'd on MTV. [ [http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/e/ian_edwards.jhtml Comedy Central: Comedians: Ian Edwards ] ]Footnotes
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzt4ycP6iMw&mode=related&search= Edwards on Bad Boys of Comedy]
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