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"For humor to work, it must be original. It's easy to create original humor -- or anything else original -- if you follow my formula. Identify someone who has more creative talent than you do, then try to imitate that person exactly. If you're like me, you can depend on your lack of talent to make your imitation look nothing like the source. Over time, you'll drift even further from the source of your theft, thus becoming "original."
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