Wayne Federman

Article summary

Wayne Federman (born June 22, 1959) is an American comedian, actor, author, writer, comedy historian, producer, and musician. He performs in numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; wrote a book, The History of Stand-Up; and has had supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley, Legally Blonde, 50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Step Brothers. He was the head monologue writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season. He won a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for producing the HBO documentary George Carlin's American Dream.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1959-06-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2007-01-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2016 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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4. The record states that the release date is "2016". What evidence would count against this claim?
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6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378559246