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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.

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Adam McKay
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 17
Actor
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Film Producer
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Television Producer
Philadelphia
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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