{"product_id":"who-stole-the-funny-a-novel-of-hollywood-9780061245008","title":"Who Stole the Funny?: A Novel of Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wickedly delicious roman-a-clef about the making of a sitcom called \u003cem\u003eMy Urban Buddies\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgrammed-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robby Benson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e It Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.38w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061245008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2007 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 619\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/03\/2007 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenson, Robby:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobby Benson, actor, writer, composer, and award-winning star of stage, screen, and television has also spent years behind the camera as the director of more than one hundred episodes of such hit sitcoms as \u003cem\u003eFriends\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEllen\u003c\/em\u003e, in addition to being a highly esteemed professor of film studies at New York University. He lives in both the Blue Ridge Mountains and New York City with his wife, singer Karla DeVito, and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"It Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921836458099,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f3a53bdd-2c67-4306-9703-675ef0695f35.jpg?v=1647352200","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/who-stole-the-funny-a-novel-of-hollywood-9780061245008","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}