Hal Sparks: Charmageddon

2010

1h 4m

6.8(4 votes)

Comedy

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Actor-comedian Hal Sparks performs a stand-up set from the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, CA, where he beefs about America's sacred cows, challenges the idea that men and women are different and riffs on people from rural areas and non-smokers.

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