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I realized, in removing or rewriting these jokes, that often the jokes weren't done or that I was using, for me, the curse words as kind of a crutch. So then I just started writing.

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