![]() ![]() Then his career met the hope-dashing machine that is Hollywood development. Show With Bob and David, which inspired an entire generation of comedy writers and stars. As he weathered the beast that is live comedy, he stashed away the secrets of sketch writing-employing them in the immortal "Motivational Speaker" sketch for his friend Chris Farley, honing them on The Ben Stiller Show, and perfecting them on Mr. ![]() Charting a "Homeric" decades-long "Odyssey" from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago all the way to a dramatic career that is baffling to his friends, it's almost like there are two or three Bob Odenkirks.but there is just one and one is enough, frankly.īob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second City's legendary Del Close, which eventually led to a job as a writer at SNL. And yet he will try like hell to explain it here, because that is what memoirs are for. ![]() Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nobody opens up about the highs and lows of showbiz, his legendary cult status as a comedy writer, and what it's like to reinvent himself as a no-holds-barred action film ass-kicker at fifty.īob Odenkirk's career is inexplicable. In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. ![]()
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