In the spirit of Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking and Chelsea Handler's Chelsea, Chelsea Bang, Bang, comes Marion Grodin's hilarious memoir of a Hollywood childhood, teenage years of drugs and sex, and sober adult life on the stand-up circuit.
Marion Grodin started her career as a staff writer for two network sitcoms and was later hired by 20th Century, to whom she sold six screen plays. Just as she was about to embark on her seventh, she decided it was time to start saying all these funny things she was trying to write. So she took the plunge into stand-up and has been working as a comedian for the past 15 years.
"I have not read this book, nor do I intend to read it, certainly
not without some therapy or possibly medication. While I have
happily received more public recognition than Marion, I cannot
stand that she gets more laughs than I do, when we are around
others. As a result I have chosen not to be in her presence for the
last decade. Enough is enough!"--Charles Grodin
"In the world of comedy Marion Gordin has been a hidden treasure
for far too long. All you have to do is open this book and that
treasure of funny is yours. Enjoy."--Lewis Black, New York Times
bestselling author
"Marion Grodin writes as she speaks, with a sharply funny honesty
we cherish in our friends and fear in our enemies."--Jim Gaffigan,
New Times bestselling author of Dad is Fat
"Marion's a pro. Excellent. Big laughs. Somebody, anybody, take her
and...throw a show around her."--Cindy Adams, columnist, NY
Post
"Quirky, self-excoriating, tremendously human, Grodin is unafraid
to tackle funny, sad, deeply painful issues of self-image and
dependence."--Publishers Weekly
"Sharp, witty, occasional black humor from a woman who has gone
through hell and back and lived to tell the tale."--Kirkus
"When life is getting us down and we need to laugh until tears are
rolling down our cheeks, we go to a Marion Grodin show. Marion
doesn't let us forget that life is mundane and hard but somehow
helps us to laugh at our ridiculous behavior and still love
ourselves for it."--Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
Marion Grodin is that rare combination of really smart and really
down to earth. Her comedy is painfully and wonderfully honest. She
doesn't know how to phony. She is one of the greats.--Colin Quinn
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