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Frank Lesser
Frank Lesser is an Emmy-winning writer for The Colbert Report who’s also written for At Home with Amy Sedaris. He’s the author of a humor book about sad monsters called Sad Monsters: Growling on the Outside, Crying on the Inside and the creator of an animated series about monsters in therapy called You’re Not a Monster. He promises his next project won’t be about monsters (but if it is, they’ll be happy this time).
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April 26, 2013The Red Knight Rises
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December 22, 2011You Better Not Pout
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