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104. Jim Gaffigan: Dark Comedy from the Cleanest Comedian

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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The Importance of an Opening Joke

"I want them to know that I'm gonna be doing jokes," he says of his audience. "It's some of it is disarming the awkward moment but also speaking for them, acknowledging self-awareness" His 17-year-old son has toured with him and performed in front of 13,000 people at a Minnesota state fair.

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