Fired Again

by Annabelle Gurwitch

If you spend time at all in the work place you're going to get laid off, downsized, let go, out-sources, axed, terminated, cancelled, canned, dismissed...FIRED! Odds are you might even get...FIRED AGAIN! Annabelle Gurwitch's hugely popular book Fired: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized and Dismissed has led to the production of a movie that hit screens in this February in addition to the best-selling audio-play released by LA Theater Works in 2005. Featuring some of the entertainment industry's most prolific writers and talent, this hilarious follow up is sure to soothe anyone with wit who has suffered the trauma and humiliation of being fired. Is getting fired the best or worst thing that has happened to you? In this new collection some of the more talented individuals in the entertainment industry take a stab at this question by sharing their hilarious stories.

Genres: Plays, Nonfiction

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

ANNABELLE GURWITCH grew up hoping that she was the long lost daughter of Joni Mitchell or the reincarnation of an Egyptian princess. Neither of those things turned out to be true. She is the author of The New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize Finalist for Humor Writing 2015, I See You Made an Effort; You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up (co-written with husband Jeff Kahn); and Fired! which was also a Showtime Comedy Special.
Annabelle was the original co-host of Dinner & a Movie for 6 seasons on TBS and host of Planet Green's WA$TED. Other acting credits include Seinfeld, Dexter, Boston Legal. Her essays and satire have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Marie Claire, The Nation, Men's Health, Glamour, Salon.com. She was a regular commentator on NPR for numerous years and regularly performs at arts venues across the country. She is empty nesting in Los Angeles. Annabelle is a Jewish mother, a reluctant atheist, and an avid environmentalist.

Reviews

[Kymberli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, but funny stories of getting fired.