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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Jean Carroll, TV's First Female Standup Comedy Star
Description: Today in 1949, a first for American network TV: a female comedian did a standup routine on the air. Here's the story of comic Jean Carroll. Plus: Greensburg, Kansas is home to the world's largest hand-dug well.
The First Mrs. Maisel (Emmys.com)
‘A hole in the ground' and other quirky curiosities mean money and pride for small Kansas towns (KAKE)
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