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If sitcoms were easy to write, there'd be a lot of good ones, and there aren't.

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Alexei Sayle
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
City of Liverpool
Alexei David Sayle
Sitcom
Aren
Ones
Easy
Write
Writing
Good
Sitcoms

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