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Actors United States Biography Comedians United States Biography Jost, Colin 1982- Screenwriters United States Biography Television comedy writers United States Biography Television producers and directors United States Biography Television writers Television writers United States Biography United States Women television writers United States BiographyChinn, Laura
Summary: "Laura Chinn tells her by turns horrifying and hilarious story of growing up with non-conformist, irresponsible parents and countless family tragedies (and really bad, chronic acne) and how she found happiness despite everything"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2022
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Summary: "A sharp, hilarious memoir about a nontraditional upbringing and growing up Black in a predominantly white community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HENDERSON, DANIELLE HENResnick, Adam.
Summary: "An unabashedly hilarious memoir-in-essays from Adam Resnick, former writer for Late Night with David Letterman"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RESNICK, ADAM RESWong, Ali
Summary: "In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly with viewers that she became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, working women, and why you never see new-mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. Wong's sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WONG, ALI WONScharpling, Tom
Summary: The comedy writer and host of the weekly radio-call in comedy show "The best show" with Tom Scharpling discusses how he came back from the brink of self-destruction to forge a career in television writing and production.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHARPLING, TOM SCHMcCall, Bruce
Summary: "The definitive memoir of the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and former Saturday Night Live writer, tracing his journey from rural Ontario to New York City success. From snowbound, post-World War II Ontario winters to Mad Men-era New York City to the hallowed halls of Saturday Night Live and The New Yorker, Bruce McCall has seen it all. With wit, candor, and cover illustrations showcasing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCALL, BRUCE MCCRhimes, Shonda.
Summary: On Thanksgiving Day, 2013, Rhimes' sister told her: "You never say yes to anything." This became a wake-up call-- and a challenge. Rhimes details her one-year experiment with saying "yes" that transformed her life. She reveals how accepting unexpected invitations she would have otherwise declined enabled powerful benefits. When she learned to say yes to life, she learned to explore, empower,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RHILong, Rob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 LONLear, Norman.
Summary: The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture, while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic, and social involvement. Sharing the wealth of Lear's ninety years, this is a memoir as touching and remarkable as the life he has led.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Penguin Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEAR, NORMAN LEAOdenkirk, Bob
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....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ODENKIRK, BOB ODEJost, Colin
Summary: "Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor, Colin Jost, has six sets of stitches on his face alone. He's been punched in at least four different sketches on Saturday Night Live, including once by his boss, Lorne Michaels. But if there'sone trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it's being able to take a punch-metaphorically and, occasionally, physically. From growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020