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People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with a flute making no sense. And it's very easy to be like, yeah, that's not really comedy.

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Eugene Mirman
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 24
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