comedy comedy comedy drama the sunday times bestseller bob odenkirk

“Written before his heart attack, the actor's memoir was already appointment reading-he regales his audience with stories of his time coming up in Chicago's comedy scene and breaking into Hollywood-but now it feels even more essential.” - Entertainment Weekly

I can’t think of another entertainer who has improbably morphed so many times, and all through real genius and determination.” -Conan O’Brien “I’ve known Bob for over 30 years, and yet I had to read this book to believe his stunning career arc. Why? Read this and do your own psychoanalysis-it’s fun!įeaturing humorous tangents, never-before-seen photos, wild characters, and Bob’s trademark unflinching drive, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama is a classic showbiz tale told by a determined idiot. 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. 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. While surviving that legendary gauntlet by the skin of his gnashing teeth, he stashed away the secrets of comedy writing-eventually employing them in the immortal “Motivational Speaker” sketch for Chris Farley, honing them on The Ben Stiller Show, and perfecting them on Mr. He somehow made his way to a job as a writer at Saturday Night Live. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominations-with a side-trip into the action-man world that is baffling to all who know him-it’s almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks! But there is just one and one is plenty.īob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second City’s legendary Del Close. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vulture, Newsweekīob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable. “I can’t think of another entertainer who has improbably morphed so many times, and all through real genius and determination.”-Conan O’Brien 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 it’s like to reinvent himself as an action film ass-kicker at fifty. In this “essential” ( Entertainment Weekly), “hilarious” ( AV Club) memoir, the star of Mr.

Comedy comedy comedy drama the sunday times bestseller bob odenkirk