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Comedy is a very lucrative business now, but when everyone first went into it, it didn't make sense from a financial standpoint.

Jim Gaffigan

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Jim Gaffigan
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 7
Actor
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Television Actor
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Elgin
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James Christopher Gaffigan
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