Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950__. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.
That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.
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That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.
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