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This week on the show we have actor comedian Lamorn Morris, widely known for playing the

reoccurring character Winston alongside Zoe

Dacional, on the hit Fox sitcom New Girl. Before landing that beloved role on

the show, Morris honed his comic craft at second city in Chicago where everyone from

Alan Arkin to Stephen Colbert to Tina Faye received their start. It wasn't long

though before Morris moved away from the stage and in front of the camera.

He worked for a while as a host on B.E.T. did some smaller indie and student films and, most notably,

appeared in commercials for State Farm, Taco Bell, Twix, Miller Light, and plenty more.

I say most notably, not ironically and not merely because the majority of the country has seen

Morris in one advertisement or another.

But because these ads, even now in preparation for this interview, are really damn funny.

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