
Kathleen Madigan: The Family Thread
2025-11-20 · 62 min · ★ 5.0
Comedian Kathleen Madigan is back with her latest stand up comedy special focusing on teaching kids math through gambling and Fantasy Football, celebrating Midwest pioneers, raising 4 "feral" cats, managing aging parents and modern ideas for the Catholic Church to compete with Megachurches.
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- John Irwin
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- Amazon MGM Studios, 1904, Irwin Entertainment
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- United States of America
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- Released
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