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You know what, I think maybe it's because men like to fart, and the host wants to be able to sit in his writers' room and just pass gas freely. Me, I'm a lady. I'm dainty. I know to get up and leave the room and go to my office.
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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