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Up-and-coming comic caps year with New Year’s show

TIMING IS RIGHT: It’s been an exciting year for up-and-coming comedian Dan Crossley.

He was named an Andy Kaufman Award finalist, appeared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” and scored an invitation to appear as a featured performer at the 2013 San Francisco Comedy Festival next month.

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