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J.B. Smoove on Being Curb’s Biggest Fan Turned Star
“My wife always told me, ‘You’re going to be on that show one day.’”
But it’s not like he hadn’t been busting his ass in the comedy world for over a decade before Larry David had invited him to audition for the show that Smoove was already a fan of. Some people might have recognized him from Def Comedy Jam, while others may not have realized he was a writer during the Tina Fey–Amy Poehler–Maya Rudolph early aughts era of Saturday Night Live. Larry, Jeff, Susie, Bob Einstein, goddamn Richard Lewis, fucking Cheryl Hines — it’s just a melting pot of amazing people.
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