“I began to build my own syllabus of comedy performances… looking at old films, television shows, listening to comedy albums, and trying to understand why funny people were funny.”

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Created a personal syllabus of comedy performances by watching old films, TV shows, and listening to comedy albums to identify techniques that make people funny

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