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Emil Wakim’s Parents Finally Understand His Job Now


“A blurry screenshot from the video of me shaking Jimmy Fallon’s hand is both of their phone wallpapers still, which is cool, but also a bit much.”

I’ve been wearing a lot of, like, ethnic-uncle tank tops this summer, but I’d worry that would make my character gimmicky — he’d be a very “I’m walking here” energy guy, and I want to go for more of a series regular role.Like Peter Griffin has a long-sleeve button-up with the sleeves rolled up, so I should probably be doing, like, smart casual. The IRS sent me a letter (so intense already — like just send an email, you creep), and they were like, “Hey, you owe us like way more money.” I called my dad and started ranting about how Bernie should’ve been the nominee and something about Jeff Bezos or something. And the best advice was from Jared Thompson, who’s the owner of the Comedy Attic in Bloomington, Indiana, which is my home club, and it’s literally just “Be funny, be nice.”

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