A Load of Hooey
A Collection of New Short Humor Fiction
San Francisco : McSweeney's, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 139 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bob Odenkirk is a legend in the comedy-writing world, winning Emmys and acclaim for his work on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and many other seminal TV shows. This book, his first, is a spleen-bruisingly funny omnibus that ranges from absurdist monologues ("Martin Luther King, Jr's Worst Speech Ever") to intentionally bad theater ("Hitler Dinner Party: A Play"); from avant-garde fiction ("Obituary for the Creator of Madlibs") to free-verse poetry that's funnier and more powerful than the work of Calvin Trillin, Jewel, and Robert Louis Stevenson combined.
Odenkirk's debut resembles nothing so much as a hilarious new sketch comedy show that's exclusively available as a streaming video for your mind. As Odenkirk himself writes in "The Second Coming of Jesus and Lazarus," it is a book "to be read aloud to yourself in the voice of Bob Newhart."
Odenkirk's debut resembles nothing so much as a hilarious new sketch comedy show that's exclusively available as a streaming video for your mind. As Odenkirk himself writes in "The Second Coming of Jesus and Lazarus," it is a book "to be read aloud to yourself in the voice of Bob Newhart."
Series: Odenkirk memorial library ; 1
Contents:
One should never read a book on the toilet -- Beginnings, or, A beginning, or, How this book began -- A portrait of the artist -- "Didn't work for me" -- Her laughter -- An angel of the Lord -- My education, or, The education of a me, or, I not dumb -- Louvre audio tour for homeowners -- Putting it out there -- My manifesto -- I think I just met God -- Politician's promise -- Hitler dinner party: a play -- My speech to the graduates of this fine inst-- What I'm looking for in another man -- The Phil Spector I knew -- Meaningful poem -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s worst speech ever -- Free speech for all! -- A hazy Christmas memory -- Baseball players' poems about sportswriters and sportswriting -- The origin of "Blackbird" -- I misspoke -- I found a Jackson Pollock! -- Abs -- Shakespeare in the park -- What to do in case of fire -- The second meeting of Jesus and Lazarus -- Actual-factual new Jesus facts -- So you want to get a tattoo! -- A vision of the future -- Obit for the creator of Mad Libs -- That's quite enough of you, Odenkirk -- Other books by this author.
ISBN:
9781938073885
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Humor Ode | Blythewood | Nonfiction | In |
"Includes selections fro Famous quotations--unabridged."