A Quote by Norm Crosby
Although I had a good job as an advertising manager for a shoe company in Boston, I really liked to fool around with comedy.
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I had a lot of good times. I had a lot of fun. I liked what I was doing, so I just kept doing it. At the Tape Music Center, I was working from midnight to four in the morning. Because then it was quiet, nobody was there, and I could just do my work. I didn't have to fool around.
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