Overview
āI canāt think of another entertainer who has improbably morphed so many times, and all through real genius and determination.āāConan OāBrien
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Bob Odenkirkās career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a āHomericā decades-long āodysseyā from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominationsāwith a side-trip into the action-man world that is baffling to all who know himāitās 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 Cityās 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 writingāeventually employing them in the immortal āMotivational Speakerā 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 Badāa 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 psychoanalysisāitās fun!
Featuring humorous tangents, never-before-seen photos, wild characters, and Bobās trademark unflinching drive, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama is a classic showbiz tale told by a determined idiot.
This book title, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama (A Memoir) - 9780399180538, ISBN: 9780399180538, by Bob Odenkirk, published by Random House Publishing Group (February 21, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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