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“When I did 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien,' Conan came to my dressing room…” — Deon Cole
When I did 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien,' Conan came to my dressing room after and was like, 'Man, that was great.' Then a week later my manager said he wanted to hire me to write for him.
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