While surviving that legendary gauntlet by the skin of his gnashing teeth, he stashed away the secrets of comedy writing-eventually employing them in the immortal “Motivational Speaker” sketch for Chris Farley, honing them on The Ben Stiller Show, and perfecting them on Mr. He somehow made his way to a job as a writer at Saturday Night Live. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominations-with a side-trip into the action-man world that is baffling to all who know him-it’s almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks! But there is just one and one is plenty.īob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second City’s legendary Del Close. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vulture, Newsweekīob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable. “I can’t think of another entertainer who has improbably morphed so many times, and all through real genius and determination.”-Conan O’Brien Show, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul opens up about the highs and lows of showbiz, his cult status as a comedy writer, and what it’s like to reinvent himself as an action film ass-kicker at fifty. In this “essential” ( Entertainment Weekly), “hilarious” ( AV Club) memoir, the star of Mr.

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