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Misery Loves Comedy

Published on May 17, 2007 in The Morning News

Grief takes on many forms, though it’s rare to hear about a sudden addiction to comedy clubs and Seth Meyers’s political impersonations. LAUREN FREY recounts an unhealthy obsession.

"If the subway came quick enough after my 7:00-midnight shift at WNYC, I got home in time to catch the last 10 minutes of Saturday Night Live. It was the fall of 2004 and I’d developed a wicked celebrity crush on Seth Meyers. Even though I only saw him play a decidedly unattractive spoof of John Kerry, dorky as it sounds I was charmed by his grin and his sharp comic timing."

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