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If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for the sake of being controversial.

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John Mulaney
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 26
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Chicago
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John Edmund Mulaney
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