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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey there, Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news. I

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<v Speaker 2>stumbled across this clip. A comedian by the first name

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<v Speaker 2>of Nate shared this on Twitter. He was a guest

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<v Speaker 2>on Woody and Willcox, and they are struggling with saying

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<v Speaker 2>this dude's last name the way I have been for

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<v Speaker 2>exactly the same reasons. If you listen to the first

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<v Speaker 2>four years of this podcast, you heard me just roll

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<v Speaker 2>through Nate Burghetzy. And then I started to notice the

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<v Speaker 2>same things that these folks did. Let's listen, and you

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<v Speaker 2>said your name differently than I say your name. You

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<v Speaker 2>are always Nate Bergatzi to me, and then I heard

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<v Speaker 2>you say Burghetzi.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I think we could say it wrong as our family.

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<v Speaker 2>So you think maybe I'm right and you're wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, I mean it's a like I know, Falon

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<v Speaker 1>says Bargatzi, and like I think that's like a New

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<v Speaker 1>York like Italian like you Shoulay Bargazzi. And then I

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<v Speaker 1>think our southern accent has turned it to Barghetzie.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, no, I'm all kinds of self conscious.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Nate Burghetzi open up about pursuing his dream of comed

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<v Speaker 2>He spoke to Parade magazine and said, I've always just

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<v Speaker 2>done stand up. I want to be able to create

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<v Speaker 2>movies that, hopefully the whole family can come out to.

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<v Speaker 2>I was never great at auditioning for other people's movies,

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<v Speaker 2>so I kind of figured I have to make my own.

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<v Speaker 2>He's working on a film called The Breadwinner, and he

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<v Speaker 2>says he would love to start at a remake of

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty six. Is at the Ghost and Mister Chicken

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<v Speaker 2>Nate be explain, I love Don Knatts. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>I could do what don Knots does. It'd probably still

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<v Speaker 2>go with Don Knats, to be honest, even though I

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<v Speaker 2>traveled back in time to go Nonetheless, we're gonna stick

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<v Speaker 2>with don Knots. But you know that's the stuff I loved.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just super fun and silly. He has as

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<v Speaker 2>a book coming out in May, Big Dumb Eyes, Stories

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<v Speaker 2>from a Simpler Mind. I gotta nag the publicist. I

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<v Speaker 2>put in that request months ago. They probably forgot about me.

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<v Speaker 2>He says. The book is just telling stories that have

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<v Speaker 2>happened to me, stuff that sometimes doesn't always work and

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<v Speaker 2>stand up. I read Paul Reiser's book when I first

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<v Speaker 2>started comedy, and I remember really laughing at it. I

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<v Speaker 2>was just reading it in his rhythm and his voice,

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<v Speaker 2>and I liked it so much. The only times asked

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<v Speaker 2>Gabe Iglesias about his style, you know, Hawaiian shirts, shorts

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<v Speaker 2>and king gold caps, and they're curious if that evolved

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<v Speaker 2>over time or did he always just like that on stage?

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<v Speaker 2>Fluffy said, when I first started doing stand up in

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seven, everybody's wearing dark colors. It was all about

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<v Speaker 2>the cool dark shirt, the leather jacket, the black suit

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<v Speaker 2>button up. I asked myself, how am I gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>different here and also comfortable because I didn't want to

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<v Speaker 2>wear a suit. I didn't want to wear a suit

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<v Speaker 2>when I had the nine to five, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to wear it now. To do this. I remember

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<v Speaker 2>watching Robin Williams was one of my comedy heroes, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was always into Hawaiian shirts. It's just bright, colorful,

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<v Speaker 2>nothing threatening about that unless you're scarface. If you're wearing

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<v Speaker 2>a Hawaiian shirt, you're here to have a good time

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<v Speaker 2>with the short. Same thing. I want to be comfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a California guy. We wear shorts here. You want

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<v Speaker 2>of things that are memorable. Aside from having a great

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<v Speaker 2>presence on stage, people are visual, so what I remember?

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<v Speaker 2>They remember the comedian that wears the Hawaiian shirt. When

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<v Speaker 2>I watched his recent special, the New One, that shirt

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<v Speaker 2>he's wearing pops, It's like electric red looks great. The

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<v Speaker 2>nickname Fluffy came about because I tried using Gabriel Iglesias.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that was a beautiful, nice, wonderful name, and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody remembered Iglesias. At the end of the night, they

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<v Speaker 2>remembered Fluffy, And that's why I stuck with that A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of times. To try something, you don't give enough

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<v Speaker 2>time to catch and I learned a lot of that

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<v Speaker 2>from watching wrestling. They give a guy enough time, You're like, ah,

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<v Speaker 2>this sucks, this sucks, this sucks, and then finally I

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<v Speaker 2>get it. That's why every single special I'm wearing Hawaiian

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<v Speaker 2>shirt shorts. And then with time, the Kangall cap started happening,

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<v Speaker 2>So now it's part of the style. Was playing a

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<v Speaker 2>long time ago, and I just stayed with it and

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<v Speaker 2>didn't change. Could follow up from the La Times, where'd

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<v Speaker 2>you learn about branding and marketing when it comes to comedy?

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<v Speaker 2>Gabe said, before I got a comedy, I was actually

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<v Speaker 2>working a lot in sales. I was always watching how

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<v Speaker 2>people would promote their products and stuff like that. I

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<v Speaker 2>worked inside of a Walmart, in the side of a

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<v Speaker 2>kiosk selling cell phones back of the day, so we

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<v Speaker 2>always trying to come couple ideas how to brand things better.

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<v Speaker 2>I also go back to wrestling on this one. I

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<v Speaker 2>watch a lot of wrestling, and I see how they

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<v Speaker 2>do their promos, how they dressed, the lighting, the sound,

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<v Speaker 2>the experience. A lot of that goes into it. And

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't have the idea of branding early on. I

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<v Speaker 2>think a lot of times entertainers don't take themselves serious

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<v Speaker 2>enough to be considered a brand. I didn't like the

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<v Speaker 2>nickname Fluffy at first because it made me think of

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<v Speaker 2>a cat, or pillows or comforters or cotton candy, but

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<v Speaker 2>the name stuck. Friend of mine many years ago said, look, man,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get these algorithms going, and trust me, the Internet's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna take off. That's how far back we were talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, we'll start branding this now, and you watch

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<v Speaker 2>what happens, and he was right. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 2>google Fluffy, I'm the number one thing that pops up.

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<v Speaker 2>Time Magazine talked to Roy Wood Junior, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>curious he worked at Golden Corral in college and what

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<v Speaker 2>he'd learned from working at Golden Corral. Roy said, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like every American should either serve a year in

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<v Speaker 2>the military or two years in food service. Both will

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<v Speaker 2>give you different perspectives on society and how to treat

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<v Speaker 2>people and how fortunate you are. Golden Corral you serve

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<v Speaker 2>everyone from eight year olds to eighty year olds, from

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<v Speaker 2>weird tables full of college kids to white supremacists, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even realize the guy's white supremacist, so you

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<v Speaker 2>see his white power tat on his knuckles as you're

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<v Speaker 2>refilling his sweet tea for the third time. When I

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<v Speaker 2>started doing stand up comedy, a lot of my jokes

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<v Speaker 2>were two or three sentence greeting bits that he did

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<v Speaker 2>earlier that day on shift. I could take a quick,

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<v Speaker 2>little observational joke and by the end of my shift

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<v Speaker 2>have it worded in a way that works in any demographic.

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<v Speaker 2>You start noticing that we do have a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things to connect. That was a very very special time

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. Zim was curious, does Trump winning make

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<v Speaker 2>you happier or sadder that you weren't app to host

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<v Speaker 2>the Daily Show. Roy said Trump's winter loss doesn't change

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<v Speaker 2>her job as political satirists to jump down the throat

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<v Speaker 2>of whatever government is and isn't doing right. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the difference becomes figuring out a new way to get

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<v Speaker 2>people who love Trump but ignore facts to pay attention

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<v Speaker 2>to facts if you still want to vote for him.

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<v Speaker 2>At the end of that analysis, cool, but there's been

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<v Speaker 2>a big disconnect between what is considered entertainment what is

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<v Speaker 2>considered news, and the public no longer cares about the

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<v Speaker 2>difference so long as they're entertained. Bob Marley was talking

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<v Speaker 2>to the Rutland Herald about the weather and said, we

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<v Speaker 2>just said snow, and then we had fifty seven and rain.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was a kid, I just remember snowbanks being

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five feet high, or was it because I was

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<v Speaker 2>two feet tall. You just look at everything as big.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at your dad like, my dad's a huge man,

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<v Speaker 2>and my parents are geniuses. And then you turn fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>and you're like, these people know nothing. Bob then talked

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<v Speaker 2>about his family's saying these people are insane. My cousin

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<v Speaker 2>just passed away. It was awful, but my family so

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<v Speaker 2>messed up. I called my sister and I go, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to the funeral, and she goes, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>up there. I gained so much weight, I'm too fat.

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<v Speaker 2>And I go, you're too fat to funeral? Is father?

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<v Speaker 2>O'Malley on the front step of the church. Get to

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<v Speaker 2>say sorry for your loss. Please step on the scale.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you know this. Saturday Night Live

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<v Speaker 2>started fifty this year. Oh, there's a whole bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>specials out. Marcy Klein was a producer and head of

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<v Speaker 2>talent at the show from ninety five to twenty twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>She told one of the docs, there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people that I brought in, and I'm like, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>believe we're not hiring that person. Lauren Michaels himself tells

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<v Speaker 2>the story. I wasn't at the Jim Carrey audition. Somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who was there said I don't think Lauren would like it,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were probably wrong. Other people who didn't make

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<v Speaker 2>it Kevin Hart, Mindy Kayling, Donald Glover, Jordan Peel, Stephen Colbert.

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<v Speaker 2>Colbert was watching his own audition tape and said, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel perfectly fine with that effort, and I probably felt

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<v Speaker 2>okay then until I didn't get it. Back in twenty fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>Lauren Michaels tried to explain why Jim Carrey did get

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<v Speaker 2>the show, and he said, no one gets it, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>And that is your comedy news for today. If you

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