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Comedy comedy comedy drama : a memoir / Bob Odenkirk.

Summary:
"Bob Odenkirk's career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explain it here, because that is what memoirs are for. Charting a "Homeric" decades-long "Odyssey" from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago all the way to a dramatic career that is baffling to his friends, it's almost like there are two or three Bob Odenkirks... but there is just one and one is enough, frankly. Bob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second City's legendary Del Close, which eventually led to a job as a writer at SNL. As he weathered the beast that is live comedy, he stashed away the secrets of sketch writing-employing them in the immortal "Motivational Speaker" sketch for his friend Chris Farley, honing them on The Ben Stiller Show, and perfecting them on Mr. Show With Bob and David, which inspired an entire generation of comedy writers and stars. Then his career met the hope-dashing machine that is Hollywood development. But when all hope was lost for the umpteenth time, Bob was more astonished than anyone to find himself on Breaking Bad. His embrace of this strange new world of dramatic acting led him to working with Steven Spielberg, Alexander Payne, and Greta Gerwig, until finally re-re-inventing himself as a bona-fide worldwide action star for reasons that even he does not fully grasp! Read this and do your own psychoanalysis-it's fun!"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399180514
  • ISBN: 0399180516
  • Physical Description: xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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!
Subject: Odenkirk, Bob, 1962-
Actors > United States > Biography.
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Television comedy writers > United States > Biography.
Television producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 27 of 28 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Abington Community Library 92 ODENKIR (Text) 50687011769570 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 ODENKIR (Text) 50686016141033 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bangor Public Library B 92 ODE (Text) 75011000373933 Adult Biography Available -
Cambria County Library 792.702 O233c (Text) 85131001810770 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 92 ODENKIR (Text) 50688010806645 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dalton Community Library 92 ODENKIRK (Text) 50689090006999 Browsing Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults Odenkirk Biography (Text) 34217000908657 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 792.2 ODEN (Text) 36446002058843 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library ODE (Text) 33249025325360 Biography Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) 792.702 ODENKIRK (Text)
Endowment: Norman E. Richardson Named Endowment, 2022
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