“While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously.”

—  Tim Allen

Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man (1994), p. 80

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American actor, voiceover artist and comedian 1953

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