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11. He owns The Weather Channel and many others.

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:12 PM

23 hrs ago

I know he’d been a stand up but I originally saw him on “Real People” back in the 70’s - it was actually 1979 - 1984.

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