A Load of Hooey
| AUTHOR | Odenkirk, Bob |
| PUBLISHER | McSweeney's (11/14/2017) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Bob Odenkirk is a legend in the comedy-writing world, winning Emmys and acclaim for his work on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and many other seminal TV shows. This book, his first, is a spleen-bruisingly funny omnibus that ranges from absurdist monologues ("Martin Luther King, Jr's Worst Speech Ever") to intentionally bad theater ("Hitler Dinner Party: A Play"); from avant-garde fiction ("Obituary for the Creator of Madlibs") to free-verse poetry that's funnier and more powerful than the work of Calvin Trillin, Jewel, and Robert Louis Stevenson combined. Odenkirk's debut resembles nothing so much as a hilarious new sketch comedy show that's exclusively available as a streaming video for your mind. As Odenkirk himself writes in "The Second Coming of Jesus and Lazarus," it is a book "to be read aloud to yourself in the voice of Bob Newhart."
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781944211486
ISBN-10:
1944211489
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
112
Carton Quantity:
68
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 0.50 x 8.10 inches
Weight:
0.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Humor | Form - Essays
Humor | Form - Anecdotes, Epigrams & Quotations
Grade Level:
10th Grade
and up
Dewey Decimal:
813.6
Library of Congress Control Number:
2017276566
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Bob Odenkirk is a legend in the comedy-writing world, winning Emmys and acclaim for his work on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and many other seminal TV shows. This book, his first, is a spleen-bruisingly funny omnibus that ranges from absurdist monologues ("Martin Luther King, Jr's Worst Speech Ever") to intentionally bad theater ("Hitler Dinner Party: A Play"); from avant-garde fiction ("Obituary for the Creator of Madlibs") to free-verse poetry that's funnier and more powerful than the work of Calvin Trillin, Jewel, and Robert Louis Stevenson combined. Odenkirk's debut resembles nothing so much as a hilarious new sketch comedy show that's exclusively available as a streaming video for your mind. As Odenkirk himself writes in "The Second Coming of Jesus and Lazarus," it is a book "to be read aloud to yourself in the voice of Bob Newhart."
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Author:
Odenkirk, Bob
Bob Odenkirk has won two Emmy Awards for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Ben Stiller Show". He cocreated and starred in "Mr. Show with Bob and David", which ran on HBO and has been called the American "Monty Python". Odenkirk had a regular page in "Vice" magazine and has written short comic pieces for the "New Yorker", directed three feature films "Melvin Goes to Dinner", " Let s Go to Prison", and "The Brothers Solomon" and had many memorable roles on television most notably "The Larry Sanders Show", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "How I Met Your Mother", and "The Office". He is most proud of his appearances in James Ponsoldt s "The Spectacular Now" and Alexander Payne s "Nebraska". Odenkirk is currently producing, writing, and performing in "The Birthday Boys", a sketch comedy show on IFC.
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