We're Not Worthy - My New Book

I have been waiting so long to officially announce this. My book, We’re Not Worthy, releases September 12 from 1984 Publishing. It’s the history of 1990s TV sketch comedy, featuring interviews with 150 people, including Bob Odenkirk, Carol Burnett and Mike Myers. You can find more information and pre-order links at SketchComedyBook.com. Pre-ordering can really help the book early on, though I’m also hoping to find a way to do a mini book tour in early September to support the book.

The book’s foreword is by the incomparable David Wain, who I also had the incredibly good fortune to interview during this process. The cover illustrations are by Adam Koford, who I’ve wanted to work with for over a decade since I first saw his drawings of John Hodgman’s 700 Hoboes, and fell in love with his Laugh-Out-Loud Cats.

As a lifelong lover, writer, and performer of sketch comedy, this book is a labor of love. The ’90s are the decade where I first learned what sketch was, and almost immediately started improvising and eventually writing with my best friend, Dan. For most of last year, and a few months this year, I interviewed so many people who informed my sense of humor that I probably won’t really start feeling this until I have the book in my hands. While I’ve self-published before, this is the first time I’ve had the support of an amazing publisher the whole way through. Not only did I get to write the book I wanted to write, but I’m also getting to promote it in my own way.

Here is the first of several book trailers, each in the style of popular commercials (it’s a sketch comedy book, this was unavoidable). This one is in the style of James Patterson’s book trailers.

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