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The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies About My Personal Life and a Bunch of True Stories About My 30-year Career in Stand-up Comedy
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Jonathan Grotenstein (contributor) and
Todd Glass
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
June 23, 2015
Pages
235
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781476714462
ISBN-10
1476714460
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.52 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A âtriumphantâ (The New York Times) memoir from beloved comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay man, and the support from his illustrious collection of comedy pals, from Louis CK to Sarah Silverman.
As Todd Glass tells it, growing up in a Philadelphia suburb in the 1970s was an easy life. Well, easy as long as you didnât have dyslexia or ADD, or were a Jew. And once you added gay into the mix, life became more difficult. So Todd decided to hide the gay part, no matter how comic, tragic, or comically tragic the results.
It might have been a lot easier had he chosen a profession other than stand-up comedy. By age eighteen, Todd was opening for big musical acts like George Jones and Patti LaBelle. His career carried him through the Los Angeles comedy heyday in the 1980s, its decline in the 1990s, and its rebirth via the alternative comedy scene and the explosion in podcasting. But the harder he worked at his craft, the more difficult it became to manage his âsituation.â There were the years of abstinence and half-hearted attempts to âcureâ himself. The fake girlfriends so that he could tell relationship jokes onstage. The staged sexual encounters to burnish his reputation offstage. It took a brush with death to cause him to rethink the way he was living his life; a rash of suicides among gay teens to convince him that it was finally time to come out to the world.
Welcome to The Todd Glass Situation, your front-row seat to more than thirty years of comedy history and a deeply personal story about one manâs search for acceptance. This is âa humorous, lively, and humane memoirâ (Kirkus Reviews).
As Todd Glass tells it, growing up in a Philadelphia suburb in the 1970s was an easy life. Well, easy as long as you didnât have dyslexia or ADD, or were a Jew. And once you added gay into the mix, life became more difficult. So Todd decided to hide the gay part, no matter how comic, tragic, or comically tragic the results.
It might have been a lot easier had he chosen a profession other than stand-up comedy. By age eighteen, Todd was opening for big musical acts like George Jones and Patti LaBelle. His career carried him through the Los Angeles comedy heyday in the 1980s, its decline in the 1990s, and its rebirth via the alternative comedy scene and the explosion in podcasting. But the harder he worked at his craft, the more difficult it became to manage his âsituation.â There were the years of abstinence and half-hearted attempts to âcureâ himself. The fake girlfriends so that he could tell relationship jokes onstage. The staged sexual encounters to burnish his reputation offstage. It took a brush with death to cause him to rethink the way he was living his life; a rash of suicides among gay teens to convince him that it was finally time to come out to the world.
Welcome to The Todd Glass Situation, your front-row seat to more than thirty years of comedy history and a deeply personal story about one manâs search for acceptance. This is âa humorous, lively, and humane memoirâ (Kirkus Reviews).
Editions
Hardcover
from Simon & Schuster (June 3, 2014)
9781476714417 | details & prices | 235 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.00
About: A hilarious, poignant memoir from comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay manâand the reactions and support from his comedy pals, from Louis CK to Sarah Silverman.
About: A hilarious, poignant memoir from comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay manâand the reactions and support from his comedy pals, from Louis CK to Sarah Silverman.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (June 23, 2015)
9781476714462 | details & prices | 235 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $15.00
About: A âtriumphantâ (The New York Times) memoir from beloved comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay man, and the support from his illustrious collection of comedy pals, from Louis CK to Sarah Silverman.
About: A âtriumphantâ (The New York Times) memoir from beloved comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay man, and the support from his illustrious collection of comedy pals, from Louis CK to Sarah Silverman.
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