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Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories

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Garry, it s Alan. Look, I m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I ll explain later. Bye.

In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection of laugh-out-loud personal narratives, essays, short fiction, dialogues, and even a few whimsical drawings. Zweibel first made a name for himself as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, but his career s humble beginnings included creating one-liners for Catskill comedians at seven dollars a pop. That experience is only one of the hysterically inspired anecdotes in this quirky compilation.

Zweibel confesses his first love, as a young Hebrew school student, for Abraham s wife, Sarah ; recounts the time he was sent to a nudist resort to write an article ; offers a touching tribute to Saturday Night Live writer and mentor Herb Sargent ; and imagines a scenario in which Sergeant Joe Friday, the stiff, monotoned character from Dragnet, is inexplicably partnered with Snoop Dogg

Every piece is punctuated with the same wit and insight that have come to define Zweibel s humor.

Unhinged and hilarious, Clothing Optional is an unguided tour through the uniquely peculiar life and mind of a man who The New York Times said has earned a place in the pantheon of American pop culture.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Villard

Release: September 16, 2008

ISBN: 0345500865

ISBN 13: 9780345500861

Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Garry, it s Alan. Look, I m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I ll explain later. Bye.

In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection of laugh-out-loud personal narratives, essays, short fiction, dialogues, and even a few whimsical drawings. Zweibel first made a name for himself as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live, but his career s humble beginnings included creating one-liners for Catskill comedians at seven dollars a pop. That experience is only one of the hysterically inspired anecdotes in this quirky compilation.

Zweibel confesses his first love, as a young Hebrew school student, for Abraham s wife, Sarah ; recounts the time he was sent to a nudist resort to write an article ; offers a touching tribute to Saturday Night Live writer and mentor Herb Sargent ; and imagines a scenario in which Sergeant Joe Friday, the stiff, monotoned character from Dragnet, is inexplicably partnered with Snoop Dogg

Every piece is punctuated with the same wit and insight that have come to define Zweibel s humor.

Unhinged and hilarious, Clothing Optional is an unguided tour through the uniquely peculiar life and mind of a man who The New York Times said has earned a place in the pantheon of American pop culture.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Villard

Release: September 16, 2008

ISBN: 0345500865

ISBN 13: 9780345500861

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