have taken it for granted when
she was so successful, but also
seemed to be surprised at her
success. All of a sudden she was
starring in movies and she didn’t
expect it so when it went away
she felt normal. It was as if she
was lucky for a decade and now
that it’s over it made sense.”
Comedians often run into managers and agents who claim to
help them but only want to work
with them after they’ve reached
a point in which jobs are handed
to them anyway. McCaffrey includes many of his own personal
experiences in the film. Experiences such as meetings in which
he was told he was funny and
should come back to them if he
did anything big. “It was basically like if I become famous,
then you’ll represent me?” he
recalled. “I had one meeting in
which I was like ‘Can you get me
a half-hour special?’ and told ‘If
you get a half-hour special come
back to us.’ So, why would I
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