Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Bob Odenkirks career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a Homeric decades-long odyssey from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominationswith a side-trip into the action-man world that is baffling to all who know himits almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks! But there is just one and one is plenty.

Bob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second Citys legendary Del Close. He somehow made his way to a job as a writer atSaturday Night Live. While surviving that legendary gauntlet by the skin of his gnashing teeth, he stashed away the secrets of comedy writingeventually employing them in the immortal Motivational Speaker sketch for Chris Farley, honing them onThe Ben Stiller Show, and perfecting them onMr. Show with Bob and David.

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 onBreaking Bada show about how boring it is to be a high school chemistry teacher. 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. Why? Read this and do your own psychoanalysisits fun!

Featuring humorous tangents, never-before-seen photos, wild characters, and Bobs trademark unflinching drive,Comedy Comedy Comedy Dramais a classic showbiz tale told by a determined idiot.

Paperback, Feb 21st 2023