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Hell Gig America it is not, but from Sept. 12 through Oct. 11, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show is hosted by Vaughn and is “playing in 30 cities over 30 days… (featuring) national touring comedians from the world famous Los Angeles Comedy Store.”

Who even knew Vaughn did standup? Well, actually, from all indications, he merely hosts the show and Bret Ernst, John Caparulo, Ahmed Ahmed and Sebastian Maniscalco do all the heavy comedy lifting.

It was only announced on the 29th of August. But, in the Sept. 14 issue of Entertainment Weekly, they ran a small story on the whole affair.

How did you assemble this ensemble from L.A.’s Comedy Store?

There’s something really pure about these comics. Like my friend Ahmed is Muslim-American, and there are not a lot…

And then comes the pitch to subscribe to EW. We figure it had a lot less to do with the “purity” of the comics and a whole lot to do with a paycheck with a lot of zeroes on it. After all, Vaughn just starred in one of the biggest movies of the summer.

The tour started in Hollywood and it’ll end up in Chicago. Check out the site for dates and venues.