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Chapter 2: An Unpleasantness of Yahoos
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Kandungan disediakan oleh Mitch Maloney. Semua kandungan podcast termasuk episod, grafik dan perihalan podcast dimuat naik dan disediakan terus oleh Mitch Maloney atau rakan kongsi platform podcast mereka. Jika anda percaya seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta anda tanpa kebenaran anda, anda boleh mengikuti proses yang digariskan di sini https://ms.player.fm/legal.
Maloney discusses how his fledgling comedy career was in limbo during a global health crisis and the surprising way a convoy of truckers inspired him to embrace his destiny.
Endnotes:
1) Joan Rivers with Richard Merryman, Enter Talking, (New York, Delacorte Press, 1986), p.241. Capsule Review: Interesting, occasionally inspirational story of her early career struggling to convince her upper-class family and the public that she was funny. Insightful portrayal of the gay cabaret scene in New York in the 1960’s. The best of Rivers’ seven memoirs. Slack Score: -5. Snark Score: -7. Overall FCA ranking #15
2) Gilbert Gottfried, Rubber Balls and Liquor, (New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2011), p.45. Capsule Review: Great show business anecdotes involving Woody Allen, Harrison Ford, etc. Clever meta-commentary throughout. More laughs per page than most other FCAs, although many are Borscht Belt standards. Slack Score: 5. Snark Score: 12.5. Overall FCA ranking #33
3) Tracy Morgan with Anthony Bozza, I am the New Black, (New York, Random House, 2009), from the Introduction p.XV. Capsule Review: Heartfelt, moving account of overcoming tragedy with Morgan’s signature performative bravado Slack Score: 8.2. Snark Score: -6. Overall FCA ranking #19
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