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Nov 2020
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Episode 160 - James Austin Johnson

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James Austin Johnson (Better Call Saul/Hail Caesar/Best Trump impression in comedy) talks about how he came up with his style of doing Trump, working deep in the christian acting community in Nashville, then moving to LA where he lived in a closet while making cold calls to set up other salesmen.

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