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  "id": 154306,
  "title": "LISTEN: National Comedy Center’s Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/listen-national-comedy-centers-journey-gunderson-on-preserving-humor",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T23:50:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/national-comedy-center-journey-gunderson-lucille-ball-fest-1236828038/"
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  "summary": "On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Journey Gunderson, executive director of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., explains why it’s important to have an institution devoted to the study of comedy. Jamestown, which is the hometown of Lucille Ball, will be abuzz with laughs as the center hosts the annual Lucille Ball Comedy […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}