You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations
FINALLY, Michael Ian Black—suburban husband, father, and very famous comedian—ponders the question so many of us ask ourselves: How did I end up here? With deadpan wit and unexpected candor, Michael delivers a darkly funny-because-it’s-true take on his childhood, marriage, children, and career....
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FINALLY, Michael Ian Black—suburban husband, father, and very famous comedian—ponders the question so many of us ask ourselves: How did I end up here? With deadpan wit and unexpected candor, Michael delivers a darkly funny-because-it’s-true take on his childhood, marriage, children, and career. Here he is—the brilliant mind behind Stella and The State: NAKED, EXPOSED, A LITTLE CHILLY, AND UNDERSTANDABLY SHRIVELED.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781439167861 (1439167869)
Publish date: October 16th 2012
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This book was so much more than I expected it to be. I knew it would be hilarious but I was not prepared for the honesty of this memoir. I love you, Michael Ian Black and I love your wife, Martha, too, probably more than I love you. This book was focused and consistent, filled with emotional depth, ...
I've seen this guy - sardonic, sarcastic, irreverent, witty, and down-right funny. I expected to laugh - and I did. What I didn't expect were the insightful, sensitive, almost-made-you-cry moments. Who would have guessed that he is marshmallow-filled?I loved this book for it's sweet, forthright, and...
This book isn't as funny as it is honest and accurate, and it's really quite funny. I've never read any other portrait of marriage, colicky infants, parenthood, being a teetotaler control freak, and crying to a Creed song on the side of the road that struck me the way this one did.
From performing in a comedy troupe to starring in sitcoms to his national standup tours, Michael Ian Black (My Custom Van) knows how to make an audience scream with laughter. When Black takes on topics like sex, marriage and parenthood in You're Not Doing it Right, readers should expect nothing less...