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His idol growing up was David Letterman. "Really, the reason I got into show business is I wanted to be David Letterman's friend," he announced in a 2015 tribute to the retiring late-night host on his show. "We had no VCR, so I would have David Letterman viewing parties at my house in the middle of the night."
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