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I tried to make the punchline as close to the setup as I could. And I thought that was the perfect thing. If I could make the setup and the punchline identical to each other, I would create a different kind of joke.

Norm MacDonald

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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
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