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I don't know if there's a strategy really so much as, like I learned doing standup and had to learn fast, you always just try to give your favorite, strongest stuff as early as possible and you start with what you like the most.
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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