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How to Be Funny by Not Being Funny

“‘I’LL RECORD MYSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEN I’LL WATCH IT, AND THEN I’LL DELETE THAT AND THEN I’LL DO IT AGAIN.”
“ I closed my eyes and I could visualize the whole thing.”
“I’LL PRACTICE LIP-SYNCING, I’LL STOP LIP-SYNCING AND THEN TRY TO JUST SAY THE WORDS FROM MEMORY.”
“Hundreds of people take the audio that I put in there and they make their own version of it.”
“That took me, like, 50 or 60 takes to get, just because it just comes out of nowhere.”
“I think there is something refreshing about a woman challenging him.”
“I DON’T RUN IT BY MY HUSBAND OR LOOK IN THE MIRROR.”

HE SECRET TO PARODYING DONALD

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