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The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

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Steve Coogan
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 14
Actor
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Middleton
Greater Manchester
Stephen John Coogan
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