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# Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/independent-lens/specials/chicago-sohrab-forouzesh-united-states-of-comedy-ep-5-sfpcd8/
- Published: 2024-12-10T18:15:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T05:48:43.000Z
- Description: Iranian American comic Sohrab Forouzesh gets his big break: headlining Chicago's legendary Zanies.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Independent Lens, #ZZZ_Show_0b7db2c5-17c9-47e3-a2fa-022bad749896, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_5e38a356-6960-4bf1-9f21-2ead55bf14ab, #special

Legendary Chicago comedy club Zanies, where anyone who’s anyone in standup (Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Hart) has appeared since 1978, is bringing out a new voice: Iranian American comic Sohrab Forouzesh.