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Although unusual the stuff that myths are made of really it wasn’t all that shocking.
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If anyone could fit into this dream scenario, it was Harris.
His career trajectory seemed pre-ordained.
He told his first joke at three years old.
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It was the summer of 1988.
We were snacking in the kitchen of my mom’s best friend’s house.
She mentioned “Harris County,” where we grew up in Houston, Texas.
The whole room died laughing.
He killed at the age of three.
And his whole life, he just kept chasing that high.
Our grandmother was in the audience.
His grades weren’t great in school, but not for a lack of intrinsic motivation.
He idolized Louis C.K.
and Mitch Hedberg, who died of a drug overdose in 2005.
He was only thirty-seven years old.
He was always fearless.
I remember he used to throw up before going on stage.
He threw up constantly as a child.
In high school, he’d chug Kaopectate for breakfast nearly every morning.
Excuse me, can you spare some change?
Um, can you spare some change?!
Oh, hey Terry didn’t see ya there!
You like my new shoes?
You like my new shoes?
They’re potatoes!"
When he got to Emerson College in Boston, he majored in TV/Video but continued to focus on comedy.
During Harris’s last semester at Emerson, he opted for an internship at Comedy Central in L.A. Harris was a living comedy encyclopedia, the Little Man Tate of the comedy world.
But at night, it was all comedy.
He signed up for classes at Upright Citizens Brigade and continued going to every open mic he could find.
According to Scott, Harris killed.
At twenty-two, on a line-up like that, he made his mark.
Harris was that rare person whose childhood dreams turned into adult realities.
He always knew what he wanted to do andactually did it.
“Okay, so we have a slot open to write on the next season of my show.
Do you have anything we can read?
My producer will contact you about it, but I wanted to give you a heads up.
Flanny loves you and I thought you weregreatwhen I saw you.
“If this isn’t what you are looking to dopleasedon’t think twice.
It was just a thought.
Always good to have a young smart silly greenie in the room is all.
“Harris, this is so and so, shake his hand.
Harris, this is so and so, shake his hand.”
He booked the job as the “young smart silly greenie in the room.”
From there, Harris’s career trajectory was swift and steep.
Bang!andFarts and Procreation.
He did stand-up on theJimmy Kimmel Showand opened for Sarah, Aziz Ansari, and Louis C.K.
He had invented the wordhumblebrag, which earned him a book deal and a spot in the English dictionary.
How many people can say that?
