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"Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's."
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"Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's."
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"I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it."
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"I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny."
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"My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material."
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