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wenty-eight seconds. Most people would agree that 28 seconds is an insignificant amount of time to accomplish anything. Ask stand up comedian Vic DiBitetto what 28 seconds means to him and you’ll get a completely different answer. “… 28 seconds by my house to the car got me more recognition than 33 years of stand-up,” DiBitetto says. He is referring to his YouTube video, “Bread & Milk,” where he pokes fun at people rushing to get bread and milk before a snowstorm. The video has more than 15 million views in just under four years - and it’s still growing. “I’ve been doing these videos for five years,” DiBitetto says. “Of all the videos I’ve done, Bread and Milk would be the last one that I thought would go viral. I almost deleted it. I thought it was stupid but it was the perfect—no pun intended—storm. It just hit a nerve with people.” The Brooklyn native has been doing comedy since 1981 when he started out performing at Pips Comedy Club on amateur nights. He eventually moved on to Dangerfield’s Comedy Club in Manhattan while juggling multiple jobs. “One night, I drove my garbage truck to Dangerfield’s, went on stage, did my act and went back in the truck and finished my route,” DiBitetto says. He also drove a special education school bus with his wife Lucy DiBitetto, who served as an escort to the students. “About three years ago, I got a manager. He sat me down and says, ‘Do you realize you don’t need to drive
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