Laurie Kilmartin filming her “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad”
Laurie Kilmartin writes for Conan and appeared as a finalist four years ago on Last Comic Standing, but seven months ago, Kilmartin’s attention was focused on an audience of one: Her dying father. She channeled her emotions into her Twitter feed @anylaurie16. Tweets like, “Every day, I set a new goal of not seeing Dad’s genitals when I help him off the toilet,” and “Hospice says to reassure the loved one that they can go, that we will be ok. So me sobbing “Dad, don’t fucking leave me!” was frowned upon” captivated not only her tens of thousands of...
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