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I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.

Mike Birbiglia

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Mike Birbiglia
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 20
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I'm a whitebread cracker. That's my favorite white person slur: whitebread. The other day, someone came up to me and said, What's up, whitebread? And I was like, That's not even an insult. That's just my race plus a food. I can do that, too, black bean soup! Stay out of this, Asian chicken platter!
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