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Jim Gaffigan on how comedy leaves an aftertaste

WorkLife with Adam Grant

CHAPTER

The Psychology of Comedy

There is a rumor on the internet that you slept on the job so much pre-your comedy career that you had to be woken up to get fired. I think the greatest irony outside of the fact that my boss had to wake me up and say, Jim, we've got to let you go, is that a friend of mine, David Tel, had that as a joke before it even happened. Other people would have probably quit, but I wanted to hold on to the health insurance.

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