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Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin
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Paul Feig
Lost in love and don't know much? Paul Feig knew even less...
Like any other red-blooded, straight young man, Paul Feig spent much of his teenage years trying to solve the mystery of women. Unlike most red-blooded, straight teenage boys, however, Paul Feig was sadly at a considerable disadvantage. He was tall and gangly. He had a love for musical theater. And, perhaps the d...more
Like any other red-blooded, straight young man, Paul Feig spent much of his teenage years trying to solve the mystery of women. Unlike most red-blooded, straight teenage boys, however, Paul Feig was sadly at a considerable disadvantage. He was tall and gangly. He had a love for musical theater. And, perhaps the d...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
June 28th 2005
by Three Rivers Press
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I didn't much care for this book. It sat in my gym bag for 3 months and became my desperation book. Like, if I couldn't get a treadmill with a TV or I'd run out of magazines or something.
There were 2 amazing passages that I need to share:
The surrounding tables were filled with large older men who looked like they had all served in some arm of the military during World War II, and i could feel their eyes burning into me as they wondered who the faggy nineteen-year-old guy ...more
There were 2 amazing passages that I need to share:
The surrounding tables were filled with large older men who looked like they had all served in some arm of the military during World War II, and i could feel their eyes burning into me as they wondered who the faggy nineteen-year-old guy ...more
I am not a fan of Freaks and Geeks (I think I came to it too old, sort of like reading Catcher in the Rye at 30: it's good, but doesn't resonate quite the same), but I like what Paul Feig has done, so I was expecting this book to be a rip-roaring tale of midwest teenagerdom. And it was, except there's no real rip-roaring part. The stories when related are funny, but on the page they're pretty flat. Way too verbose to set up a good punchline delivery, they just sort of meander for 30 pages to ult...more
When I said I wanted to read more non-fiction this year, an account of the sexual failures of some guy I've never really heard of before wasn't exactly what I had in mind. However, I'm glad I read this one (thanks Julie!) because it's really fucking hilarious.
Paul Feig takes us through his adolescent love life, from first discovering how to masturbate up to losing his virginity at age 24. Most of the stuff in here is so horrifying and embarrassing that most people would never even ad...more
Paul Feig takes us through his adolescent love life, from first discovering how to masturbate up to losing his virginity at age 24. Most of the stuff in here is so horrifying and embarrassing that most people would never even ad...more
When my brother was cleaning off his shelves of books he'd never read I asked him if this was good, since Feig is a co-creator of one of my favorite TV shows of all time Freaks and Geeks, and he said "I don't really like Freaks and Geeks and I didn't really like that." So I took it as "I really like Freaks and Geeks so I'll really like this!" and leapt fourth into this book. It's not bad, it's really easy to read and a handful of quips are funny, but being a geek myself, it's...more
I love "Freaks and Geeks", own the series, and it's the reason I picked up this book. (I haven't read his other one.) Awkward teenage memoirs are awesome--who can't relate? I've ALWAYS been a geek. I had a hard time relating to ol' Paul here, though. I don't know what it was exactly. He had an amazingly sheltered life, for one. (I had a hard time believing he visualized his golden wedding anniversary party with every girl who gave him a boner. It was just bizarre. I was friends w...more
Joyce Hansen
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Superstud is super entertaining. Loved it. Summary: Lost in love and don't know much? Paul Feig knew even less...
Like any other red-blooded, straight young man, Paul Feig spent much of his teenage years trying to solve the mystery of women. Unlike most red-blooded, straight teenage boys, however, Paul Feig was sadly at a considerable disadvantage. He was tall and gangly. He had a love for musical theater. And, perhaps the death knell for his burgeoning sex life, Paul was a tap dance...more
Like any other red-blooded, straight young man, Paul Feig spent much of his teenage years trying to solve the mystery of women. Unlike most red-blooded, straight teenage boys, however, Paul Feig was sadly at a considerable disadvantage. He was tall and gangly. He had a love for musical theater. And, perhaps the death knell for his burgeoning sex life, Paul was a tap dance...more
More evidence that Paul Feig and I have far too much in common -- in particular, the part about growing up geeky, sexually insecure, and overcompensating. Reading his memories and remembering my own should be depressing, but the book comforts me on several levels:
a. It's funny.
b. It was worse for him. (Never underestimate the solace of schadenfreude.)
c. I bet all those confident-looking other guys were clueless and neurotic too.
d. As he says in the end, "I am...more
a. It's funny.
b. It was worse for him. (Never underestimate the solace of schadenfreude.)
c. I bet all those confident-looking other guys were clueless and neurotic too.
d. As he says in the end, "I am...more
It's an account of his sexual history, or lack there of. He writes well and the humor comes easily; it seems like you're having a conversation with a grade school friend you haven't seen for years. There is a chapter titled something along the lines of "Don't Read This Chapter" and I have to say, he is correct. I read it, of course, but was disturbed... and humored at the same time. Read it if you're not squeamish.
It's an easy read, you can put down and pick-up a week later witho...more
It's an easy read, you can put down and pick-up a week later witho...more
Having spent a hell of a lot of money on books and exhausted my Paperbackswap.com credits (join that, BTW), I turned to the library for the first time since I moved here and picked this up on my way out. Basically, always having something to read on the subway is of utmost importance to me, even moreso than having batteries for my headphones.
Anyway -- holy shit. More than once on the subway while reading this, I:
a) gasped for air from laughing so hard
b) inadvertent...more
Anyway -- holy shit. More than once on the subway while reading this, I:
a) gasped for air from laughing so hard
b) inadvertent...more
Superstud by Paul Feig, is a painful book to read. Much like the series he created, "Freaks and Geeks", there were a lot of thigns that resonated with me. But they won't resonate with a lot of people, so I realize this book isn't for everyone.
The story is mainly about the dating life, or lack thereof, of a geek. It's a nonfiction book, so Feig tells the story from his point of view, from his own painful (sometimes literally so) experience. It's really hard to describe the bo...more
The story is mainly about the dating life, or lack thereof, of a geek. It's a nonfiction book, so Feig tells the story from his point of view, from his own painful (sometimes literally so) experience. It's really hard to describe the bo...more
After reading Feig's first work, I was eager for more;however, after reading the first few essays, my enthusiasm was drastically dampened.In fact, I found this book so un-enjoyable that I'm hesitant to read anything else he may write.
The major problem with this book is that it's masturbatory. Feig's memoir about his adolescent dating experiences does not invite the reader to commiserate with the author, and unlike it's predecessor it does not make any particularly witty or funny obse...more
The major problem with this book is that it's masturbatory. Feig's memoir about his adolescent dating experiences does not invite the reader to commiserate with the author, and unlike it's predecessor it does not make any particularly witty or funny obse...more
My brother gave this to me for my birthday a few years ago, because I'm such a fan of Freaks & Geeks which was co-created by this author. Grabbed it off the shelf at random the other night to have something to read in the tub. Was a relatively quick read -- all personal recollections of the type of thing that seems monumentally horrendous at the time and only with the eye of distance and maturity can become funny.
Don't know if it was a generational thing (he's about 10 or so year...more
Don't know if it was a generational thing (he's about 10 or so year...more
For anyone out there that enjoys Freaks and Geeks, this guy was involved. It's great to read his autobiographical works (his other one is called Kick Me) and discover bits of Freaks and Geeks plotlines in his life. This particular book is all about his dating woes, and how he didn't have sex until he was 24. He's a really amusing writer, and the things that happened to him were in themselves funny, so I definitely enjoyed this one.
I've liked Paul Feig for a long time. Embarrassingly enough, he hooked me with his mid 90's 1-2 punch of appearing on Joel Hodgeson's TV Wheel and his thrilling turn as Mr.Pool on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now who's the geek, Mr. Feig?
Anyway, this is a pretty funny book. I laughed out loud a couple times, I think I read it in only a few days, and I roommate asked to borrow it. My favorite part of the book is when he feels duped by God and says "How could He do that to me? What ...more
Anyway, this is a pretty funny book. I laughed out loud a couple times, I think I read it in only a few days, and I roommate asked to borrow it. My favorite part of the book is when he feels duped by God and says "How could He do that to me? What ...more
This is a real-life coming-of-age memoir by one of my favorite TV writer/directors, Paul Feig of (most notably) "Freaks and Geeks"/"Arrested Development"/"The Office" fame.
This tale kept me genuinely mesmerized with this poor kid's trials and tribulations he was faced with growing up a horny geek with religious parents, which he retold in an amusing, yet genuinely sympathy-envoking, self-deprecating way.
You've gotta give the man credit, for...more
This tale kept me genuinely mesmerized with this poor kid's trials and tribulations he was faced with growing up a horny geek with religious parents, which he retold in an amusing, yet genuinely sympathy-envoking, self-deprecating way.
You've gotta give the man credit, for...more
I wanted to like it more, I really did, but really all I got from it is that Paul Feig is a compulsive masturbator who has strange overly-religious guilt issues, who COULD have gotten laid lots of times, but he chose not to for any one of a dozen ridiculous reasons he made up. It was cute when Jerry Seinfeld did it. Feig just kinda comes off as a picky jerk.
unlike 'kick me...', 'superstud' had a purpose...paul feig's 24 year long quest on how to get girls.
and mr.feig tries different methods of storytelling (e.g. journal keeping / bible format etc...)
other than that, this book is very similar to his previous book and with that my review for 'kick me' holds for 'superstud' as well.
and mr.feig tries different methods of storytelling (e.g. journal keeping / bible format etc...)
other than that, this book is very similar to his previous book and with that my review for 'kick me' holds for 'superstud' as well.
Emily
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Recommends it for:
Freaks and Geeks fans, those who enjoy the Mortified books and the like
Shelves:
read-in-2008,
memoir
This book was painful at times, sometimes because of the awful situations young Paul Feig finds himself in, other times because of the writing. It's not that Feig is a terrible writer (obviously he's a genius, he wrote Freaks and Geeks!) he just spends way to much of the book over-explaining the embarrassing events of his young adulthood and verbally cringing at them. The stories speak for themselves Paul! But at the same time, he is sharing some humiliating stuff, I'm pretty sure most people ...more
Oh man, Paul Feig just puts it all out there in this book, sharing painfully embarrassing yet hilarious stories about his sparse love life. Highly recommended for the geek demographic and (geek-lovers), who might have equally cringe-worthy (but funny when you look back at them) tales of growing up.
This is a bathroom book. Leave it in there and open it randomly to any chapter and be amused.
Paul Feig knows how to tell a mortifying story, whether it's about almost breaking his neck trying to pleasure himself, moving out of state to escape his clingy girlfriend or distancing himself from a date who just said the word "nigger" in a huge crowd of black people. Paul knows embarrassment.
This is my favorite of his two books. You will spend the whole book anxious...more
Paul Feig knows how to tell a mortifying story, whether it's about almost breaking his neck trying to pleasure himself, moving out of state to escape his clingy girlfriend or distancing himself from a date who just said the word "nigger" in a huge crowd of black people. Paul knows embarrassment.
This is my favorite of his two books. You will spend the whole book anxious...more
Feig is the creator of the TV series Freaks and Geeks, and this memoir of true tales of a 70's adolescence were funny, upbeat, and self-deprecating in just the right way.
Pretty hilarious bio. There were some slow parts but overall, it's a fun read, especially for those of us who know what it's like to not be part of the cool crowd.
Funny and sweet, this is an unassuming little memoir that ably demonstrates Feig's considerable creative talent in mining his geeky teenage years for comedic relief.
It's hilarious and cringe-worthy all at the same time. I fluctuate between sympathizing with the guy, and wanting to slap him across the face.
Freaks and Geeks writer Paul Feig picks up where he left off in Kick Me, recounting his adolescence and early adulthood with near-Proustian detail. Equal parts painful and funny, with dead-on recreations of late seventies/early eighties pop culture (skating rinks! chain steakhouses!).
*One star deducted because he says "third wheel" twice.
*One star deducted because he says "third wheel" twice.
Good book. Lots of laughs. However, I enjoyed Feig's KICK ME a bit more. If you're a fan of FREAKS AND GEEKS, check this book out.
This wasn’t as good as Feig’s previous book, Kick Me. He tries too hard to be funny and comes off as just smarmy instead.
I read this when I was in desperate need of some brain candy, and it fit the bill well. Fun and silly but clever.
good if you like nerds, leisure suits, and being disappointed by books you think are going to be hilarious.
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Paul S. Feig is an American director, actor and author.
He is best known for creating the short-lived cult NBC television series Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000), a semi-autobiographical dramedy set in a Michigan high school in 1980-1981, and for playing Mr. Eugene Poole during the first season of the sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. He also directed the 2006 antic family comedy Unaccompa...more
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He is best known for creating the short-lived cult NBC television series Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000), a semi-autobiographical dramedy set in a Michigan high school in 1980-1981, and for playing Mr. Eugene Poole during the first season of the sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. He also directed the 2006 antic family comedy Unaccompa...more
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