Summary of Bob Odenkirk's Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

By IRB Media

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#1 I was a comedy writer for my college radio show. I was wondering how I would get into show business, since it seemed impossible. I didn’t know how you enter show business, but I was sure it wasn’t through college.

#2 I wanted to be a comedian, and I spent my time talking to comedy legends and asking them how they got into comedy. I was told that John Belushi, Joe Flaherty, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd all got into Second City theater by saying Give me a chance and being given the chance.

#3 I was in love with all things sketch comedy, and I was looking for a way into that world. I interviewed Del Close, a guru of sketch comedy performers, and he changed the course of my thinking and even my life.

#4 Del Close was a comedy legend who had been involved in nearly every edgy comedy scene over the past thirty years. He was also in dire straits: he had been out of work for a while, and his apartment was cluttered with books, pulverized furniture, and rampant ashtrays.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669368403

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Insights on Bob Odenkirk's Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was a comedy writer for my college radio show. I was wondering how I would get into show business, since it seemed impossible. I didn’t know how you enter show business, but I was sure it wasn’t through college.

#2

I wanted to be a comedian, and I spent my time talking to comedy legends and asking them how they got into comedy. I was told that John Belushi, Joe Flaherty, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd all got into Second City theater by saying Give me a chance and being given the chance.

#3

I was in love with all things sketch comedy, and I was looking for a way into that world. I interviewed Del Close, a guru of sketch comedy performers, and he changed the course of my thinking and even my life.

#4

Del Close was a comedy legend who had been involved in nearly every edgy comedy scene over the past thirty years. He was also in dire straits: he had been out of work for a while, and his apartment was cluttered with books, pulverized furniture, and rampant ashtrays.

#5

I met a man named Del who was a witch. He was old, and had a lot of wild ideas. But he was also full of new chapters, surprising moments, and now here he was, an abject wreck, but still in love with the possibility of something amazing happening tonight or next week.

#6

Del’s journey to icon status as a trailblazing improv guru was just beginning, but he would inspire many, many others in the years to come. He did a lot of good in the end.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I inherited my father’s thermonuclear emotional latitude, which can be useful in acting. But it can be unnerving in real life, as it is often unintentional and doesn’t reflect my actual state of mind.

#2

I had a very close relationship