Jim Gaffigan Got His Comedy Start at Ogilvy & Mather

Comedian chats with Live Happy magazine about his blessed current life

In both stand-up comedy and magazine feature-article writing, it’s wise to rely on a potent set-up. For the cover story of the July issue of Live Happy magazine, author Shelley Levitt stays true to her end of the bargain.

Levitt’s piece begins as follows:

In the mid-’90s, a young copywriter working at Ogilvy & Mather, the giant New York City advertising agency, suffered from a fear of public speaking so acute it was causing alarm among his colleagues.

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