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When I was very young, I didn't really write my own material. I just memorized other peoples' jokes. Established comics, like Stanley Myron Handelman and people like that. And then, for every comic, you develop your own style after a while.

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Kevin Nealon
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
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