Who Stole the Funny? - Annotated by Robby Benson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A Hollywood insider draws from his four decades of experience to create a scathingly brilliant and satirical birds-eye view of life behind the scenes in comedy television.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A Hollywood insider draws from his four decades of experience to create a scathingly brilliant and caustically comedic bird's-eye view behind the scenes of comedy television.</p><p>A wickedly delicious roman-a-clef about the making of a sitcom called <em>My Urban Buddies</em>, this satirical romp of a novel portrays life on the other side of the television lens, hilariously sending up self-serious Hollywood stereotypes across the board.</p><p>Programmed-for-success director J. T. Baker has to bring an up-and-coming sitcom to fruition after its initial director shoots himself in the head with a nail gun. Comically annotated with helpful and enlightening Hollywood glossary terms (Creative-type director: One who has no hope of working in this town again; Eccentric: Affecting a style of dress, coiffure, speech, mannerisms, etc., carefully calculated to give the impression of creative credibility), Benson creates an exaggerated world of crazy writers; backstabbing executives, agents, and producers; foul-mouthed everyone-elses; and hardcore cynics--and the ridiculous inner monologues behind them.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"'Who Stole The Funny?' benefits from Mr. Benson's deep knowledge of his subject matter..."--<em>Wall Street Journal</em><br><br>"An irreverent and hilarious stroll down the dark alleys of Hollywood's TV landscape."--Peter Bart, Editor in Chief, Variety<br>
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