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Our 2009 comedian Ardal O'Hanlon is coming to Kansas City and by extension to America. Which is why I refer to him as our 2009 comedian and not just "that comedian Ardal O'Hanlon"or "near sighted comedian Ardal O'Hanlon". And if you've wondered about what an Irish comedian thinks about performing to American audiences as opposed to Irish ones, about having a politican father, his new film, pretending to be somebody he's not and other interesting topics check out this clip of his appearance this past weekend on RTÉ's Saturday Night With Miriam. And for God's sake, if you do nothing else of value this year, plan on seeing one if not both of Ardal's shows at the Kansas City Irish Fest over labor Day weekend.

Thanks to alert reader Paul Nolan in Dublin for the tip. More about him later.