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Student Group Cuts Comedy Routine Short over a Joke

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A comedy writer from the Saturday Night Live show saw his comedy act cut short by his student hosts after he made a joke, which apparently offended his audience. Nimesh Patel made a joke about his old neighborhood, which joke referred to black gay male neighbor. Apparently, that was too offensive and his performance was cut short at Columbia University.

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