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• Josh Gondelman:

  Nonresidents have a tendency to rush their visits to Harlem.

• Josh Gondelman:

  I think the term 'Twitter comedian' can seem like a pejorative because it's not a job, really, and

• Josh Gondelman:

  I don't want to have to be a teacher so I can be a comedian.

• Josh Gondelman:

  I feel like, in Boston, I was a little too complacent. I could get on stage when I wanted. I didn't

• Josh Gondelman:

  I tweeted that Tom Brady's politics are 'garbage,' which may have been hyperbolic.

• Josh Gondelman:

  I like to see my parents, and they like it when I'm around.

• Josh Gondelman:

  I was a weirdo, but a well-liked weirdo.

• Josh Gondelman:

  I had a Screech-from-'Saved by the Bell' kind of vibe in that I hung out with people and had friend

• Josh Gondelman:

  I played sports because I think it's mandatory in the greater Boston area regardless of your aptitu

• Josh Gondelman:

  When I was young - like, young young - I would read all the time. I would read when I was walking p