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Comedian’s pitch is no joke

Lazlo at 9:25 AM Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010

Did you hear the one about the guy in the wheelchair?

It’s not a joke.

But he’s really funny, and he’s got fans around the world laughing with him.

“I have something called cerebral palsy,” Zach Anner says in a three-minute video now seen by millions of people, “which I believe is the sexiest of the palsies.”

Anner, 25, who grew up in Kenmore eating beef on ‘weck from Andersons and now lives in Austin, Texas, is poised to make the final round of an online contest sponsored by Oprah Winfrey to find the next big TV star.

The moment last month when Anner’s mother saw the announcement for the contest on “The Oprah Show,” she grabbed her cell phone and dialed her son’s number.

“You’ve gotta do it,” Susan Anner told her son.

He took up the challenge just as he has done his whole life.

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