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I was doing gigs to stay alive. I worked two or three jobs at a time, there were times when I stayed up for 36 hours straight. I slept in shopping mall parking lots. A stand-up gig paid $35 then I could eat for another few days until the next gig. Literally, I was performing to live.

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Dat Phan
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 25
Comedian
Ho Chi Minh
Jobs
Worked
Parking
Next
Paid
Gigs
Three
Stay
Stayed
Another
Stand
Shopping
Two
Days
Literally
Live
Alive
Performing
Mall
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Hours
Lots
Malls
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Straight
Slept

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