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1 online resource |
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A madman leads me astray -- My funny, angry dad -- The Chicago funny company -- A bright, shining nanosecond -- L.A., comedy, year zero -- Valhalla, I am coming! At long last, Mr. Show -- Development heck -- The incomplete filmmaker -- Breaking bad -- Drama! |
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In this essential ( Entertainment Weekly ),#160;hilarious ( AV Club ) memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad , and Better Call Saul opens up about the highs and lows of showbiz, his cult status as a comedy writer, and what its like to reinvent himself as an action film ass-kicker at fifty. Ive known Bob Odenkirk for more than thirty years, and yet I had to read this book to believe his stunning career arc.Conan OBrien ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Parade, The AV Club Bob Odenkirks career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a Homeric decades-long odyssey from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominationswith a side-trip into the action-man world that is baffling to all who know himits almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks! But there is just one and one is plenty. Bob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second Citys legendary Del Close. He somehow made his way to a job as a writer at Saturday Night Live . While surviving that legendary gauntlet by the skin of his gnashing teeth, he stashed away the secrets of comedy writingeventually employing them in the immortal Motivational Speaker sketch for Chris Farley, honing them on The Ben Stiller Show , and perfecting them on Mr. Show with Bob and David . In Hollywood, Bob demonstrated a bullheadedness that would shame Sisyphus himself, and when all hope was lost for the umpteenth time, the phone rang with an offer to appear on Breaking Bad a show about how boring it is to be a high school chemistry teacher. His embrace of this strange new world of dramatic acting led him to working with Steven Spielberg, Alexander Payne, and Greta Gerwig, and then, in a twist that will confound you, he re-re-invented himself as a bona fide action star. Why? Read this and do your own psychoanalysisits fun! Featuring humorous tangents, never-before-seen photos, wild characters, and Bobs trademark unflinching drive, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama is a classic showbiz tale told by a determined idiot. |
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Odenkirk, Bob, 1962-
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Actors -- United States -- Biography.
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Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
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Television comedy writers -- United States -- Biography.
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Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Odenkirk, Bob, 1962- Comedy comedy comedy drama First edition. New York : Random House, [2021] 9780399180514 (DLC) 2021020154 |
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9780399180521 |
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