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I like making fun of myself a lot. I like being made fun of, too. I've always enjoyed it. There's just something really, really funny about someone tearing into me.
John Mulaney
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John Mulaney
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 26
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John Edmund Mulaney
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