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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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Jim Gaffigan
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 7
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