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When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people are really much more educated on stand-up comedy.

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Jim Gaffigan
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 7
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James Christopher Gaffigan
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I really don't care about birthdays. It's something where even as a kid, I never really felt comfortable when someone would sing to me.
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I don't want people to think I believe in God.
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A lot of the teachings really kind of keep me grounded.
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I wouldn't say that comedy brought me away from it.I think that my idea of faith was another obligation in my life.
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I had some jokes that were dirty. And some of it is when I started making appearances on Conan and Letterman back in the late '90s, I think. You had to remove the curse words, or you couldn't do some of the more explicit jokes.
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Holidays are also an opportunity for kids to unlearn every good habit they've learned during the rest of the year. They don't go to school. They get to stay up past their bedtime. They get candy and presents for doing nothing. Childhood utopia.
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I smoke crack. I get all my dancers together and we do a prayer.
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I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.
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I was always told that Hoosier came from when settlers in the state, when a stranger came on their property they'd say, Who's there? Who's there? So people that were from Indiana were the people that said Who's there? But what do I know? I don't read or interact with people outside the Internet.
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