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# Hold the Laughter Preview
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/trailers/hold-the-laughter-preview/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:29:34.000Z
- Description: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the roots of comedians Bob Odenkirk & Iliza Shlesinger
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.5, #ZZZ_Trailer_fe440774-c6c3-4509-944c-fa948bbbcc15, #trailer

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the roots of comedians Bob Odenkirk and Iliza Shlesinger—two very funny people whose family trees brim with stories that are more drama than comedy. Moving from Napoleonic France to Nazi-occupied Poland to the castle of a European duke, Gates introduces them to relatives who took great risks and overcame enormous hardships for the sake of their families.