{"product_id":"bxosps-comedy-comedy-comedy-drama-9781529399349","title":"Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNobody\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e opens up about the highs and lows of showbiz, his legendary cult status as a comedy writer, and what it's like to reinvent himself as a no-holds-barred action film ass-kicker at fifty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSNL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ben Stiller Show, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand perfecting them on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMr. Show With Bob and David, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout Bob's travels, his memoir preserves the voice he cultivated from years of comedy writing. Featuring humorous tangents, joyful interludes, never-before-seen photos, wild characters from his winding career, and his trademark upbeat but unflinching drive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eComedy Comedy Comedy Drama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a classic showbiz tale--and a moving story about what it's like to risk everything you think you know to make a change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69266140758258,"sku":"9781529399349","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781529399349_i.jpg?v=1794539917","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosps-comedy-comedy-comedy-drama-9781529399349","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}