Book Review and Giveaway: Mr. Funny Pants by Michael Showalter

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Synopsis: I was at my wit’s end. I’d had enough of this job, this life, and my relationship had broken up. Should I eat chocolate, or go to India, or fall in love? 


Then I had a revelation: Why not do all three, in that order? 


And so it was that I embarked on a journey that was segmented into three parts and was then made into a major motion picture. Later, I woke up on an airplane with a hole in my face and a really bad hangover. I was ushered brusquely off the plane by my parents who took me to a rehab where I tested positive for coke, classic coke, special k (the drug), Special K (the cereal), mushrooms, pepperoni, and Restless Leg Syndrome. It was there that I first began painting with my feet.

But rewind…the year was 1914. I was just a young German soldier serving in the trenches while simultaneously trying to destroy an evil ring with some help from an elf, a troll, and a giant sorcerer, all while cooking every recipe out of a Julia Child cookbook. What I’m trying to say is that there was a secret code hidden in a painting and I was looking for it with this girl who had a tattoo of a dragon! Let me clarify, it was the 1930s and a bunch of us were migrating out of Oklahoma, and I was this teenage wizard/CIA operative, okay? And, um then I floated off into the meta-verse as a ball of invisible energy that had no outer edge…

Ugh, okay. None of this is true. I’m just kind of a normal guy from New Jersey who moved to New York, got into comedy, wrote this book about trying to write this book, and then moved to Alaska, became the mayor of a small town, spent $30,000 on underwear, and now I’m going to rule the world!!!

 


About the Author: Michael Showalter is a writer/director/comedian living with his fiancé and their cats in Brooklyn, NY. He was an original member of the MTV sketch troupe The State;. He wrote, directed and co-starred with Michelle Williams and Elizabeth Banks in the romantic comedy The Baxter;. In November of 2008 he released his first stand-up comedy album; Sandwiches and Cats. He recently completed a Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues with collaborator Michael Black. He has appeared in many TV shows and movies including Sex & the City Law & Order, and Signs. Right now he teaches screenwriting at NYU Graduate Film School, writes a monthly column for theChicago Tribune, and is working on a one-man show about his love of theater. Check out his webpage at http://www.michaelshowalter.net for more humor!


Review: I was not familiar with the author, as a comedian, prior to reading the book, but the comediens who had reviewed and liked the book were ones I liked, so I figured I would like it! It is a funny, yet VERY weird, stream of consciousness, flowing trip inside a comic's thought process! Like any comedy act, some parts were roll off the chair funny, others were so-so. It's a quick read and great for if you are commuting, traveling by plane, or out by the pool!

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