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75 ratings, 3.55 average rating, 15 reviews
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published
October 3rd 2006
by Crown
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Hardcover, 288 pages
isbn
0307341992
(isbn13: 9780307341990)
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Read in March, 2007
Proof positive that Stand-Up comics are:
1) Pigs and
2) Tortured and
3) Not that funny
If life on the road is this horrid, it's a wonder there are any stand-up comics at all. I found a few of their stories to be interesting. Not well written and little repetitive, but interesting.
1) Pigs and
2) Tortured and
3) Not that funny
If life on the road is this horrid, it's a wonder there are any stand-up comics at all. I found a few of their stories to be interesting. Not well written and little repetitive, but interesting.
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people I want to act passive aggressively to
My only requisite for this book was that it had to entertain me on the shitty bus to Atlantic City. I figured with the calvalcade of comedians, it was bounds to have some laughs in it. Boy was I wrong. Schindler's list was funnier than this piece of shit. Read a bazooka joe instead.
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This book is about the stories and experiences of life as a stand-up comic. I found this novel to be terribly funny. Most of the stories and experiences involve comedians being heckled or dealing with rather unusual groupies.
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This book was pretty damn funny, it wasn't quite what I expected but it was enjoyable. Also it's a good book for people with short attention spans cause it is split up into many little essays and can be read in bursts.
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Read in October, 2008
Starting out with this stand-up thing, I Killed talks about the good and the bad of the life of a touring comic. There are some really funny stories in here. Recommended to anyone that really loves stand-up.
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Basically a collection of really short anecdotes from the road life of comics. Probably not worth owning unless you're a comic, but there are some funny stories in it.
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Read in May, 2007
I didn't think this book was very good...or funny. It was all about the comics either a) being heckled or b) sleeping with groupies. Neither one interested me much.
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Read in December, 2007
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People who are interested in stand-up
This is a great read, about the road life of stand up comedians, and all of their funny stories. Some of these are incredible.
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Read in December, 2006
Great book about the comedy business. Stories from some of my favorite comedians had me laughing out loud.
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My friend Bernie McGrenahan's story is the last one in the book. It's an interesting look into a comics world.
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Read in July, 2007
Short stories by stand-up comedians of crazy things that happened to them while on the road
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Frequently, the more obscure the road comic, the more AMAZING the story...
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