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Profession: Comedian
Nationality: American
Birthday: March 7, 1964

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I watched a lot of old television growing up - a lot of Nick at Nite. I watched 'Rhoda', 'Mary Tyler Moore', and 'I Love Lucy.' Growing up, I loved 'My So Called Life' and was devastated when that went off the air.

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I loved Superman growing up. I saw a couple of those movies in the theater, and I watched 'Superman II' 8000 times.

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For me, growing up in Los Angeles in the '90s, Huell Howser was the most consistently watchable entertainer on TV. I was more of a radio geek as a teenager, but Huell I watched whenever I got the chance. A lot of us did.

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I watched a ton of cartoons growing up, but I don't remember specifically what networks they were on, I'll be honest. But I did like cartoons as a kid.

Maulik Pancholy

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I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.

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I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

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My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more.

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When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

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My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

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I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

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Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees.

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When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.

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You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.

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I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

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When I was growing up, I got a lot of, 'Oh, well, she bought the nicest horse, so of course she's going to win.' And I dealt with a lot of that.

Georgina Bloomberg

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I never danced growing up.

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I was a competitive guy growing up.

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Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Denzel Washington

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I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot; and that was how I dealt with it.

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Growing up in Florida, it rained a lot, so we spent a lot of time indoors. I used to love Frogger. I got a lot of use out of that and Ms. Pac-man on my little Atari.

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