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The speaker is defining comedy as noticing humor in things that others may miss. The second half adds a personal, self-deprecating joke about how that habit can bother his wife sometimes.
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About W. Kamau Bell
American stand-up comic and television host
W. Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comic and television host. He is known for bringing politics, culture, and public life into sharp comic focus across television, radio, and podcasts. He hosted CNN’s United Shades of America from 2016 to 2022 and FXX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell from 2012 to 2013. He also hosts the live radio show and podcast Kamau Right Now on KALW, co-hosts Denzel Washington Is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period with Kevin Avery and Politically Re-Active with Hari Kondabolu, and directed and produced the 2022 documentary miniseries We Need to Talk About Cosby.
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