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Sick in the head : conversations about life and comedy / Judd Apatow.

Apatow, Judd, 1967- (author.).

Summary:

"Before his name became synonymous with a new style of comedy; before he had written, directed, or produced his first movie or TV show; before he and his roommate Adam Sandler were performing stand up at dive bars in LA; before all that, Judd Apatow was a kid in Syosett, Long Island who was utterly obsessed with comedy. At 16, he started hosting a radio show for his local high school station, and he would call up the biggest comics of the day - comics like Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Steve Allen, Sandra Bernhard; none of whom, by the way, had any idea they were talking to a kid in his parents' garage -- and talk to them about what got them into comedy, and what made them stay in. Thirty years later, Apatow is still that comedy nerd, and still interviewing comics about what drives them and why they do what they do. That obsession has made him one of the most recognizable and influential comedic filmmakers working today. This book is a collection of 30 years worth of conversations -- always funny, often poignant, and incredibly intimate -- that not only span Apatow's career, but his adult life. Featuring interviews with luminaries like Mel Brooks and Chris Rock and modern icons like Louis CK and Amy Schumer, this is a book for fans of comedy, from the nerdiest fan of all"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780812997576
  • ISBN: 0812997573
  • ISBN: 9780812987287
  • ISBN: 0812987284
  • Physical Description: xvi, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 A-J -- Adam Sandler, 2009 13 -- Albert Brooks, 2012 27 -- Amy Schumer, 2014 46 -- Chris Rock, 2014 61 -- Eddie Vedder, 2013 72 -- Freaks and Geeks Oral History, 2013 81 -- Garry Shandling, 1984 101 -- Garry Shandling, 2014 109 -- Harold Ramis, 2005 117 -- Harry Anderson, 1983 130 -- James L. Brooks, 2014 139 -- Jay Leno, 1984 153 -- Jeff Garlin, 2013 164 -- Part 2 J-M -- Jerry Seinfeld, 2014 185 -- Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller, 2010 199 -- Jimmy Fallon, 2015 214 -- Jon Stewart, 2014 226 -- Key and Peele, 2014 238 -- Larry Gelbart and James L. Brooks, 2007 253 -- Lena Dunham, 2014 265 -- Leslie Mann, 2012 277 -- Louis C.K., 2014 285 -- Marc Maron, 2010 303 -- Mariin Short, 1984 321 -- Part 3 M-S -- Mel Brooks, 2013 331 -- Michael Che, 2014 343 -- Michael O'Donoghue, 1983 352 -- Mike Nichols, 2012 362 -- Miranda July, 2013 372 -- Roseanne Barr, 2014 382 -- Sandra Bernhard, 1983 401 -- Sarah Silverman, 2014 409 -- Seth Rogen, 2009 417 -- Spike Jonze, 2014 430 -- Stephen Colbert, 2014 453 -- Steve Allen, 1983 466 -- Steve Martin, 2014 477.
Citation/References Note:
Booklist Starred Reviews,
Booklist, June 01, 2015.
Kirkus Reviews, June 01, 2015.
Library Journal Prepub Alert, January 05, 2015.

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Subject:
Comedians > United States > Interviews.
Stand-up comedy > United States.
Television actors and actresses > United States > Interviews.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Interviews.
Genre:
Interviews.
Humor.

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