On today’s show, we sit down with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning writer and comic Paul Mecurio. Before Mecurio, a veteran of The Daily Show, broke into comedy, he was an investment banker and merger and acquisitions lawyer. See what prompted him to switch professions and follow his dreams—and how he landed rare one-on-one time with a friggin’ Beatle.

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