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One of the terrible things about doing movies is that the writers never consider the temperature outside.

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Jamie Farr
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 1
Comedian
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Toledo
Ohio
Movies
Things
Never
Temperature
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Writers
Outside
Terrible

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