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By Gary Wien “Spinal Tap showed every horrible thing that an aging rock band would run into,” said stand-up comedian Tom McCaffrey. “I wanted to do that for comedy. Every nightmare experience that comedians could relate to, but not only comedians — I wanted it to be relatable to anyone who’s ever been in show business in general.” New Jersey Stage Article Index The result is a film called, Adventures In Comedy — a mockumentary that mirrors Spinal Tap by following McCaffrey around as he attempts to get back into stand-up and record a new album with a clueless manager “helping” him. The movie basically recreates every awful situation he’s found himself in or has heard about from fellow comNext Article Events 56