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The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

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Lenny Bruce
Age: 40 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 1966
Died: August 3
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Screenwriter
Singer
Writer
Mineola
New York
Audience
Minimum
Every
Fifteen
Make
Seconds
Comedian
Laugh
Role
Laughing
Roles

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