![At Murry Bergtraum [High School] if you were really funny you sat at this table at with all of the funniest dudes, the toughest, the coolest - everybody sat at that table. It was like the ghetto Algonquin Round Table. [Comedy] was my entry, my membership card.](/assets/img/quote-photos/at-murry-bergtraum-high-school-if-you-were-really-funny-you-sat-at-this-table-a.jpg)
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