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I wrote for Roseanne. I wrote her stand-up act with her. I wrote with Tom Arnold. There was a period when I was working with them pretty steadily. But I would take brief gigs here and there.

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Judd Apatow
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 6
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