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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 March 2015 Next Article Article Index Events 61