Mark Schiff

Why Not? (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons on Comedy, Courage, and Chutzpah

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Acclaimed author with built-in audience: Author is a world-renowned stand-up comic and comedy writer and the book perfectly encapsulates his wit. Fans of Schiff, from his extensive touring, his HBO and Showtime specials, his popular plays, and his new podcast, You Don't Know Schiff, will flock to this.

Wealth of celebrity endorsers: Jerry Seinfeld has written the foreword and blurbs of endorsement are already in from Bill Maher, Colin Quinn, Kevin Nealon, and many more household names. Author will reach out to his wide network to promote the book on social on its release and he will promote worldwide on his tours.

Timely topic with proven category interest: Books by comedians have had massive appeal in recent years, particularly as the desire for humor and escape skyrockets, and Jewish humor books regularly reach wide audiences. This book appeals to both, and will attract fans of Jerry Seinfeld's Is This Anything? (10/20, 233,000 RTD) and Dave Barry's A Field Guide to the Jewish People (9/19, 11,000 RTD).

Successful author history: Previously the author was coeditor of I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics. Combined HC (10/06) and PB (11/07) sales of the book scan at nearly 24,000 copies.

Proven appeal: The book was inspired by the author's beloved and long-running column in Los Angeles's Jewish Journal, which has an estimated readership of more than 150,000, and which he has contributed to since 2000.

Incredible unseen photos of comics: 16 color photos will show the author with icons over the years, such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Saget, Chris Rock, Danny DeVito, Chevy Chase, Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin, Mike Myers, Seth Rogen, and more, in the process also revealing who these legends were in their career's formative years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apollo Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781954641174
• Artikelnr.: 63343782

Autorenporträt

Mark Schiff is a stand-up comedian who has headlined at comedy clubs nationwide, including all the major casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, and toured worldwide with Jerry Seinfeld for fifteen years. Mark has specials on HBO and Showtime, has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman, is featured in Seinfeld's Netflix special Jerry Before Seinfeld and Live from the Laugh Factory with Dom Irrera, and has been the featured act at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He coedited I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comic with Ritch Shydner, is the playwright of Married People, cowritten with Steve Shaffer, which played to sold-out audiences in Los Angeles in 2019, and The Comic, which ran in Los Angeles for ten months as well as at the Aspen Comedy Festival, a regular contributor to LA's Jewish Journal, and the host of the podcast You Don't Know Schiff. Mark lives in Los Angeles with his first wife, his fifth dog, and photos of his three sons who have all moved out and have good jobs, yet still manage to call and ask for money.

Jerry Seinfeld is an actor and comedian best-known as the creator of the TV show Seinfeld. He is the author of the New York Times best-sellers Is This Anything? and SeinLanguage, which reached #1 on the list. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Jerry Seinfeld
Introduction
 
1. Age
May You Live Till
Oy Vey Iz Mir
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Show Must Go On
 
2. Community
Craving Community
I Don’t Have to Go, Now I Get to Go
It’s In You, So Share You
Amazing, Amazing
Gooood Shabbas
I Love My Neighborhood
 
3. Dieting
Excuse-Aholism
Jews, Non-Jews, and Weight Loss
My Downfall is Bread
Eat, Pray, Eat
You’re Too Thin
 
4. Family
Here Comes the Judge
I Used to Have a Life
What is a Typical Jewish Mother?
The Miserable Side of Dining Out
All You Need Is Love? Maybe
I Saw Ma
Traveling with My Father
The Orphan
 
5. Friends
The Importance of Friends
Get A Couple
Abu Mustafa Calls Me His Brother
The Big Snub
Don’t Ever Quit on Yourself
 
6. Funny
Consult Your Doctor
The War on Culture
What’s All the Complaining About?
The Most Jewish Comedian Ever
The Punchless Punchline
Heeere’s Mark Schiff
 
7. Helping Others
Coronavirus and Sumo Wrestling
Willingness
A Great Phone Call
A Valued Customer
As the World Turns
A Tight Twenty Minutes
Brother From a Different Mother
I Want to Be Around for All of You
My Uncle Miltie
Simon Says Do This
 
8. Hope
“B” Positive is Not Just a Blood Type
The Perfect Circle
Let There Be Light
The Blessing
Sealed with a Kiss
 
9. Kindness
Always Keep Your Promises to Your Dog
How a Christmas Gift Changed a Young Jewish Boy’s Life Forever
The Candy Man
The Haircut
Pause When Agitated
A Period of Transition
Ruby: A Lesson in Kindness
The Rumor Mill
 
10. Love
Don’t Fence Me In
The Good Old Days
I’m Proud of You
 
11. Marriage
Proof There is a God
Seinfeld, Bradley Cooper, and My Wife
Two Million
You Look Marvelous
 
12. Parenting
Great Catch, Champ
Never Talk While Eating Fish
They Are Back
The Nineteen Boxes
Smell My New Car
The Nearness of You
Pay Attention
Welcome to the Club
 
13. Self-Help
How to Accomplish Getting
Nothing Done
I Love Your Smile
Lost and Found
Nap Time
I Don’t Want to Exercise
Keep Your Two Cents to Yourself
 
14. Famous Friends
The Day Bob Dylan Came to My House
Katharine Hepburn and Me
Hey, Carl, Don’t Forget Your Toupee
What’s a Kid from the Bronx Doing Hanging Out with Sir Anthony Hopkins?
Free Cars
 
15. Stand-Up
The Night
“There Goes the Neighborhood”
The Road
Caesars to Cedars
Portrait of a Young Comedian
 
Acknowledgments
Photos