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I saw Mark McCollum in the 1980s in the SF Bay Area, and was so sure he was going to be hugely successful that I saved one of the guitar picks he used to throw into the audience for the future riches it would bring in as a collectors' item. Years later (2009 or so) I met someone who was working the comedy circuit in the Bay Area in those days who said Mark's material was pretty much all swiped by other comics who weren't as good at comedy as they were at business (one of whom did become hugely successful and famous). Like so many other geniuses to walk the face of the earth but never get the credit due, Mark no doubt kept right no being a huge talent but never got in front of the right camera at the right time on the right day... I know another briliant comic in Montana who doesn't seem to even know how talented he is (Rich Ruggles) and the world therefore doesn't either. Glad somebody asked this question, since I've been wondering the same thing. The process of making the machine of business work is so completely different from the creative process. I hope the story of Mark McCollum gets out there as a representation of genius (not just in entertainment) that doesn't ever make it to the limelight.

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