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I Don't Mind Being a Legend

I remember watching The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts with my dad as a kid. I had no idea what the men and women on TV were talking about but I knew that it was having a profound effect on my father. He would be doubled over in laughter watching the comics rag on each other. I would look at Dean on tv and he would be laughing so hard that his face would be bright purple or he would almost spit out his drink. And then I would look at my father and he would be in a similar condition with tears running down his cheeks. I was hooked. Up until that point, nothing on Earth made more sense to me. This was the most powerful force that I’d ever seen and I wanted to be a part of it.

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