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- Mike King - Funny As Interview
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
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At one point Mike King was so famous, he appeared on three TV channels on the same night. In this straight-talking Funny As interview, King talks beginnings, celebrity, addiction, and practice makes perfect...including: "Day one of my comedy career" at age eight — "probably day one of my downfall" Cooking for Billy T James, and admiring how Billy T was naughty, but "never crossed the line" The clever talking that led to his very first live performance — "the highest I've ever been in comedy"...
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- Video
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/funny-as-mike-king-2019
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