clown question

[David Barnhart]

"You always get that class clown question. 'No, I was the class accountant,
but the class comedian got sick. I stepped in, and decided I'm not giving
this up.' It's the same 10 questions. Ahhhh, shut up!" [Mike] MacDonald said
before heading in to tape the new program.



Larry McShane, "What's New In Comedy," Associated Press (Nexis), March 23,
1992, Monday, PM cycle

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