... doing stand-up at amateur comic clubs. Born in Detroit, Michigan to a mom who worked as a publicist for NBC studios he received his experience early. It was while he attended Fairfax high school in Hollywood, California that he began doing stand-up comedy. Actor Jimmie Walker, best known for his work on the 1970s sitcom Good Times, was impressed enough that he hired ... a month, and they'll take a month," Allen says. "Give them a day, and they'll take a day." Quality is not lost, he says, but the bar isn't necessarily high. "We're not saving lives here. We're filling time. We're just lo...

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