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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.

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Dane Cook
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 18
Comedian
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Boston
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Dane Jeffrey Cook
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