Sick in the head : conversations about life and comedy
2016
Book
Before becoming one of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood, Judd Apatow was the original comedy nerd. At fifteen, he took a job washing dishes in a local comedy club--just so he could watch endless stand-up for free. At sixteen, he was hosting a show for his local high school radio station in Syosset, Long Island--a show that consisted of Q&As with his comedy heroes, from Garry Shandling to Jerry Seinfeld. They talked about their careers, the science of a good joke, and their dreams of future glory (turns out, Shandling was interested in having his own TV show one day and Steve Allen had already invented everything). Thirty years later, Apatow is still that same comedy nerd--and he's still interviewing funny people about why they do what they do.-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780812987287
Edition: Random House trade paperback edition.
Description: 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Contents:
- Introduction: Why comedy?
- The beginning: Jerry Seinfeld, 1983
- Adam Sandler, 2009
- Albert Brooks, 2012
- Amy Schumer, 2014
- Chris Rock, 2014
- Eddie Vedder, 2013
- Freaks and geeks oral history, 2013
- Garry Shandling, 1984
- Garry Shandling, 2014
- Harold Ramis, 2005
- Harry Anderson, 1983
- James L. Brooks, 2014
- Jay Leno, 1984
- Jeff Garlin, 2013
- Jerry Seinfeld, 2014
- Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller, 2010
- Jimmy Fallon, 2015
- Jon Stewart, 2014
- Key and Peele, 2014
- Larry Gelbart and James L. Brooks, 2007
- Lena Dunham, 2014
- Leslie Mann, 2012
- Louis C.K., 2014
- Marc Maron, 2010
- Martin Short, 1984
- Mel Brooks, 2013
- Michael Che, 2014
- Michael O'Donoghue, 1983
- Mike Nichols, 2012
- Miranda July, 2013
- Roseanne Barr, 2014
- Sandra Bernhard, 1983
- Sarah Silverman, 2014
- Seth Rogen, 2009
- Spike Jonze, 2014
- Stephen Colbert, 2014
- Steve Allen, 1983
- Steve Martin, 2014
- Bonus interviews: Maria Bamford, 2016
- Eric Idle, 2016
- David Milch, 2016
- David Sedaris, 2016.
Control Number: 3231995
Publisher: New York : Random House, 2016.