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Trade Review"Anyone considering a career in stand-up comedy should read this book, then consider something else, because all this great stuff is over."
-- Jerry Seinfeld
"One of the funniest novels since John Kennedy Toole's
A Confederacy of Dunces." --
Library Journal"Crisp, funny, bitter and wise....Bill Maher really knows stand-up comedy."
-- Steve Allen
"This is the novel I would have written about stand-up comedy if I was a sick egghead like Bill Maher."
-- Roseanne
Table of ContentsContentsForeword The Act You're Not Good Enough to See
More Green, Asshole
It's a Living Hell, but It's a Living
Show Me the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, and Somewhere There's a Guy Who's Tired of Fucking Her
Good Evening, Ladies and Geniuses
Love Is When You Don't Feel Shitty After You Come
The Work Isn't Bad -- but the Hour!
No Set, No Hamburger
Loyalty Is a One-way Street
The Nice-Ass Act of 1980
You Better Be a Winner in This Business, Because if You're Not, It's Shit
It's Easy to Do Great, It's Hard to Be Great
When Opportunity Knocks, All Some People Do Is Complain About the Noise
People: The Problem That Won't Go Away
I Dreamed I Went to See Mort Sahl, and He Was Doing Dog-and-Cat Material
When You Can't Light the Joint, You're Stoned Enough
The Power of Negative Thinking
The Sweet Stench of Success
Epilogue: The Future Isn't What It Used to Be
