“People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.”

Also because I stole that line from Jerry Lewis and didn’t even give him credit until this sentence.

It’s not like the last three words of the sentence apply to me, anyway.

Okay, maybe the last four words of that line don’t apply.

Fine, fine. Nothing in that entire line applies, unless “multifaceted” means “with sharp angles,” because that’s definitely how I’d describe my nose. Angular. And possibly multifaceted.

It’s tough to be a comedian, much less a stand-up comedian.

It’s hard enough to sit down and think up jokes hour after hour, agonizing over topics hour after hour, remembering that you get paid by the word, hour after hour…

Of course, Jerry Lewis is a........

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