From her religious upbringing to the US-Canada border to the holocaust, self-described ‘small ex-Chasidic, lesbian, Jewish stand-up comedian’ Robby Hoffman spares no one is this one-hour comedy special from Just For Laughs.
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Hank Williams, a bona fide idiot, teams up with Bigfoot Hunter, Trevor Farleys, and an aging bear slayer, Willis Hampton, to sabotage a crazed hunter and win a local hunting competition.
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