Based on a True Story

A Memoir

Cover Art for 9780812993622, Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald
ISBN: 9780812993622
Publisher: Based on a True Story
Published: 6 September, 2016
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Editions:
7 other editions of this product

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, SNL veteran, and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time. As this book s title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life more or less from his origins on a farm in the-back-of-beyond Canada and an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search to his account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor ofWeekend Update on Saturday Night Live until he was fired because a corporate executive didn t think he was funny.But Based on a True Story is much more than a memoir; it s the hilarious, inspired epic of Norm s life. In dispatches from a road trip to Las Vegas (part of a plan hatched to regain the fortune he d lost to sports betting and other vices) with his sidekick and enabler, Adam Eget, Norm recounts the milestone moments, the regrets, the love affairs, the times fortune smiled on his life, and the times it refused to smile. As the clock ticks down, Norm s debt reaches record heights, and he must find a way to evade the hefty price that s been placed on his head by one of the most dangerous loan sharks in the country. As a comedy legend should, Norm peppers these pages with classic jokes and fondly mythologized Hollywood stories. This wildly adventurous, totally original, and absurdly funny saga turns the conventional comic s memoir on its head and gives the reader an exclusive pass into the mad, gl

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