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The only thing worse than a crappy TV show which Paddy Chayevsky couldn't have conceived in his worst nightmare is two megacorps fighting over who thought of the crappy show first.
Judd Apatow
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Judd Apatow
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 6
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