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Paul Rudd Dishes on His Past as a Bar and Bat Mitzvah DJ

JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Rudd once worked as a DJ for bar and bat mitzvahs during his acting school days, using his skills to entertain young crowds with hit tunes of the late 80s and early 90s. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityBat MitzvahBar MitzvahCluelessAmy PoehlerPaul RuddWet Hot American SummerOnly Murders In The BuildingDjDonnie Dweeb

Places mentioned

Kansas City, Missouri, United States
"He started his DJ and MC career at a 50s-themed bar in Kansas City called Studebakers"
Los Angeles, California, United States
"a company that sent out DJs and MCs to parties in Los Angeles"
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"Hamm grew up in St. Louis"
Pennsylvania, United States
"Wet Hot American Summer, which was shot at a summer camp in Pennsylvania"

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