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djean111

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11. Oh, I know! I was just responding to a post that said we need to have comedians like this - well,

Reply to Shankapotomus (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 23, 2014, 08:13 AM

Nov 2014

there a quite a few. But comedians of any sort cannot be "created" - they have to step up and take the chance of being funny and attracting an audience. The comedy circuit looks to be brutal for almost everyone, seems to me.
One of the few things that cannot be legislated - what people laugh at.

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Oh, I know! I was just responding to a post that said we need to have comedians like this - well, djean111 Nov 2014 #11

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