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At Temple University, and I'm sure this was the way in a lot of film classes, comedy was not an option, and not considered a serious form of expression. You had to make a film about an issue.

Tim Heidecker

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Tim Heidecker
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 3
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Timothy Richard Heidecker
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