(Part 3) Best actor & entertainer biographies according to redditors

It's from Chuck Jones's own book (which you can Search Inside and see), but he lists them as "some of the rules" and gives them as an illustration of the kind of thinking that went into the cartoon.

This is from a section where he talks about the importance of rules in a comedic framework, and is intended to illustrate their process, rather than a guideline for the actual creation.

I can almost guarantee you that it was not about a simple compliment and more about fawning over and playing with a strangers hair, which is totally a thing and comes across as patronizing and an invasion of personal space.

It's not "hey your hair looks great today" and more "omigod i love your hair can i touch it wow its so bouncy hehe"

https://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Touch-My-Hair/dp/0143129201

Maybe his friend DID miss the point, I wouldn't be surprised if her only exposure to the concept of micro aggression was from a freshman training session. But from his attitude, it sounds like he's the one who misunderstood, willfully or otherwise.

If you're into audio books and want a laugh for your long commute home, Bert's life story is pretty fucking funny.

I recommend the audio book as he reads it himself and his delivery - not to mention how he goes off script from time to time - is really pretty good.

Some of your questions are answered in this book: Looking for Calvin and Hobbes. I read it a few months back, and it's an interesting read if you are a big fan of Calvin and Hobbes.

The closest you'll get right now is "Sex, Lies and Headlocks".

I highly recommend it, by the way!

I don't think so. And I looked into it a little, I've been working on one for a while. The problem I'm having is the density; every avenue splits off into more avenues, with sill more avenues, etc. And in order to keep it captivating and rereadable I'm concentrating on keeping the details consistent, so meetings turn into near misses and the same events transpire but with small differences depending on which avenue the reader takes.

I think Neil Patrick Harris wrote his autobiography in a CYOA format but I haven't read it so I don't know how well it actually fits the genre.

Links:

Dancing onto Ellen

Impractical Jokers merch

Hangover 2 tattoo lawsuit

TESD Weeklies guy -- congrats!

Etchingham's videos

Kanye Twitty

Captain & Tennille playlist

Divorce

Jethro Tull and here's one that features more flute

Friendly's (Middletown, NJ) Yelp reviews

The Stash's Yelp reviews

The Hobby Shop -- nice site

Walt told the Hobby Shop story in either Highlands 2 or 3

Where Walt wanted to spend fifty years

Where Walt wanted to live?

Santa Fe trains

C.H.U.D.

Uggs from Australia?

How Bry re-wrapped those boots so quickly

Walt tries on glasses

Jack Kerouac

Walt's Christmas gift to the boys

Back to the Batcave -- it ain't cheap

Batman Blu-ray boxed set with Batmobile

King Tut

Penguin for Mayor

(Seems familiar ...)

8K TV

Nathan for You

Metalocalypse

Kroll Show

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham -- I swear, I thought the guy was going to say, "Welcome to Puck Nuts ..."

Last of Us ... the movie

Nine-Headed Cactus Demon

So I read this book a few years back and also Ken Jennings' book about trivia. Anything else you'd recommend in the same vein? Anything out there about your particular successes?

It was fun reading Back to the Batcave.

If you only knew how much ass this guy was getting in those days.

i just threw up a little.

did you know... that right this second, you could by an autobiography? An autobiography of Justin Bieber? Justin "I was born in 1994 but already have fucking memoirs" Bieber?

Jen Kirkman wrote a book about it. I Can Barely Take Care of Myself.

http://www.amazon.ca/Can-Barely-Take-Care-Myself-ebook/dp/B008J4B3YG

Plenty. Also West and Burt Ward were burned out because they spent a lot of their time (when not shooting the show) making personal appearances. Thousands of people. They were perhaps the only people in the 60s other than The Beatles to know that feeling of not being able to go out without getting mobbed.

Two good reads:

https://www.amazon.com/Back-Batcave-Adam-West/dp/0425143708/

https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Wonder-My-Life-Tights/dp/0964704803/

You'll learn a lot about the show from these.

I find my writing improves the more I read. It's clichéd advice, but it's true. Check out The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson if you've never read it. That's easily one of the best nonfiction prose books I've read. Another good recent one is Prisoner of Trebekistan by Bob Harris.

Would he get in trouble with Ron Swanson on that one though?

I just finished "You Can't Touch My Hair" by Phoebe Robinson (of Two Dope Queens, which I also highly suggest). She is smart and amazing and wonderfully hilarious and does a great job of communicating a lot of different issues she has faced, while also reinforcing the idea that being black is not a monolith. Could be a good place to start.

It's available for pre-order on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Beastie-Boys-Book-Michael-Diamond/dp/0812995546/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525139436&sr=8-1&keywords=beastie+boys+book

As an aside, check out the Beastie Boys autobiography if you want to know about musical depth. These guys lived to prowl used record shops and have an astounding knowledge of many types of music.

and the book Bo Knows Bo.

she doesn't! http://www.amazon.com/Can-Barely-Take-Care-Myself-ebook/dp/B008J4B3YG

I saw John Wardleys book at Alton Towers. Talks about his approach to designing coasters, and info about his life and other achievements.

That's more from a designers point of view, but a damn good designer, made many iconic coasters such as Nemesis, Oblivion, The Smiler, The Saw Ride, Swarm, and many more!

My Own Nemesis

Historical Fiction: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

Historical Non-Fiction: The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein (this is more of an autobiography written like a novel)

Comedy: Basket Case by Carl Hiassen

Comedy: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (this book is probably more enjoyable if you're familiar with her work on SNL and Parks & Rec)

Remember that other people do not see your body the way you see it. When someone else looks at you they do not search for things to criticize.

If you had an identical twin sister who you loved, you wouldn't tell her she looks like a 12 year old. You would notice the best parts and remind her of them. It's normal to be critical of ourselves but we have to catch our negative thoughts and stop them mid-sentence.

Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would for one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do.

Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment
http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Lies-Headlocks-Wrestling-Entertainment/dp/1400051436/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940482&sr=1-2

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW
http://www.amazon.com/Hardcore-History-Extremely-Unauthorized-Edition/dp/1613210418/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940563&sr=1-1

Pure Dynamite
http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Dynamite-Tom-Billington/dp/0953709701/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940610&sr=1-2

Missy Hyatt: First Lady of Wrestling
http://www.amazon.com/Missy-Hyatt-First-Lady-Wrestling/dp/1550224980/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940713&sr=1-1

The Death of WCW: WrestleCrap and Figure Four Weekly Present
http://www.amazon.com/The-Death-WCW-WrestleCrap-Present/dp/1550226614/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940760&sr=1-4

The WrestleCrap Book of Lists!
http://www.amazon.com/The-WrestleCrap-Book-Lists/dp/1550227629/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940787&sr=1-18

Tales From A Dirt Road
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-From-A-Dirt-Road/dp/145644090X/ref=sr_1_40?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334940841&sr=1-40

I love basically all of this stained glass

A set of cool socks and a copy of Yes Please

A set of nice sheet masks or hair chalk

A nice 2018 planner with some good pens

Booze always goes over well with my family.

Wireless headphones

A blanket scarf

Nope. He signed it all over. Didn't even get money when they made the movie.

This book explains it well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Words-Extraordinary-Life-Moore/dp/1781310777/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494789370&sr=8-1&keywords=alan+moore+lance+parkin

From everything I have ever read, Watterson has no interest in doing a Q&A with anyone. Although, there's nothing more I would ever want. Also, some guy wrote a book about his pursuit to meet and interview Bill Watterson. I don't think he ever ended up meeting him.

Read Craig Ferguson's book, "American On Purpose".

http://www.amazon.com/American-Purpose-Improbable-Adventures-Unlikely/dp/0061719544

There is a biography of his I have and it was a great read. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Words-Extraordinary-Life-Moore/dp/1781310777

Sex, Lies, and Headlocks Does a decent job of covering some of it.

John Wardley's autobiography. Not exactly a groundbreaking piece of literature, but a fun read if you are interested in amusement parks, especially Alton Towers.

Have you read Moore's biography?

There's a bit in there that when he worked on ABC (or Wildstorm, I forget), he flipped his lid because his paycheque had the DC Logo on it.

DC had to actually create a subsidiary company solely to pay Alan Moore through, with a different logo.

After reading that book, you see that a lot of his "issues" with the big companies stem from his own behaviour.

Haven't got it yet but oct 30th the beastie boys book written by both mike d and ad rock is released, if anyone else is interested

I didn't read as much this year as I normally do. A could that stand out are Husky by Justin Sayer.

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari.

Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Think like a freak by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dunbar

He's still alive, but he's practically hermit-ed himself from the world. As a matter of fact, someone wrote a book about the strip and Watterson.

If you usually read violent, historical nonfiction, I think you might like Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times

If you usually read nonfiction autobiographies that read like fiction (and probably are), I think you might like My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn

Belzer already wrote a book about conspiracies in 1999.

http://www.amazon.com/UFOs-JFK-Elvis-Conspiracies-Believe/dp/0345429184

The book is pro-conspiracy, and Belzer has always been outspoken about it. But the book was also sold as a humor book.

Here are some books I think might give you a taste of what kinds of sexist stuff women have to put up with regularly:

https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Object-Memoir-Jessica-Valenti/dp/0062435094

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143129201/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316348406/

https://www.amazon.com/What-Girls-Made-Elana-Arnold/dp/1512410241

https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Feminist-Essays-Roxane-Gay/dp/0062282719

https://www.amazon.com/Gone-Girl-Gillian-Flynn/dp/0307588378

The last one is perhaps the farthest stretch, but I do think it's a lot about how women are made to comform to roles, as well as all the little ways men might dominate women, and plays with the usual perceptions of that. Maybe read it after you've read a lot of the other works so you're more familiar with the everyday struggles of women, otherwise it might not be as poignant to read as a guy.

Anyways, I'm glad that there are guys like you out there who are more open to learning about this stuff.

It's American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot, American By Choice is a book by someone else.

There is a Kindle version of Michael Barrier's tome Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. It's a fairly comprehensive history of the old cartoon studios and their output.

Chuck Jones himself was also a brilliant writer and wrote two very funny autobiographies (loaded with drawings, naturally): Chuck Amuck and Chuck Reducks. Chuck Amuck is available in Kindle format.

John Wardley's autobiography (Designer of Nemesis, Air, Oblivion)

https://www.amazon.com/Creating-own-Nemesis-autobiography-designed/dp/1484049144

I'd recommend his autobiography American on Purpose if you haven't read it. Also if you have read it. If you can't read english it's a good starting point as well.

The best part is that if you're like me you read it all in his voice. He's lead quite the eventful life.

Its a reference to Bob Harris's classic book about being immersed in Jeopardy-world (https://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-Trebekistan-Jeopardy-Bob-Harris/dp/0307339564). I just meant that he has been living / breathing / thinking and actively preparing for Jeopardy for the better part of the past couple years, between his original prep / taping, the ToC, and now getting the call for this tournament (among any other trivia practice activities he'd doing before)

None I can think of that are all interviews as wrestling was protected. Try this though or Lou Thesz's book.

As for some good Mania era dirt, check out Sex, Lies, and Headlocks. It ain't perfect but it's a good read.

And check out Dave Meltzer's Tributes books. They're reprintings of obituaries from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter but they're most likely new to you. If they're not new to you, don't bother.

Hope that helps.

My hubby and I both really enjoyed this one!

I would love to read this :-)

Thanks for the contest!

I was really into baseball as a kid. Near OCD levels with statistic keeping and baseball card collecting. Someone got me his autobiography Bo Knows Bo presumably when I was around 14. I was already an avid reader. I read and enjoyed the whole book, how could you not with gems like,

"But baseball and football are very different games. In a way, both of them are easy. Football is easy if you're crazy as hell. Baseball is easy if you've got patience. They'd both be easier for me if I was a little more crazy-- and a little more patient."

But more important to me at the time it outlined the difficulties blacks face and illustrated some of the hatred that is directed toward them. I had been explained these things, but I didn't really understand them. When you read about these frightening experiences this superhero had throughout his life, it puts things into a little more perspective.

I think I'm going to read that book again.

Since this Calvin and Hobbes based rage comic got soooo huge i thought id plug this book i read a few months ago Looking for Calvin and Hobbes A wonderful little biography of the comic and Mr. Watterson

Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!

Nothing Else

Slightly related Neil Patrick Harris's autobiography is out in October and is in the form of a choose your own adventure book!

Currently reading My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn. Awesome book about a guy who is the epitome of manliness.

She's openly childfree. Even wrote a book about it.

Heres a couple of books about John Wardley and Alton Towers which I enjoyed.

John Wardley - Creating my Nemesis
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creating-own-Nemesis-autobiography-designed/dp/1484049144/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465631526&sr=8-1&keywords=john+wardley

Tales from the Towers - Alton Towers
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Towers-Unofficial-Britains-Popular/dp/1492377163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465631585&sr=8-1&keywords=alton+towers

Kerblam!

And the sequel.

update:

Tokyo Vice wasn't as yakuza-centered as I hoped it would be, but was still worth reading. Apparently it's being made into a movie. Most books by journalists lose something in the translation to celluloid (The Men Who Stare at Goats comes to mind), but hopefully there's enough of a narrative here so that it will work out OK.

Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. by Rob Delaney - Most comedians' debut books are just autobiographies with a prevailing theme. This one's an ex-alcoholic memoir. Some pretty funny stories, but if you're not a fan of his comedy I wouldn't expect this to convert you. If you like his comedy, you'll like this book.

I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids, by Jen Kirkman - similar to the above in that it's a comedian's first book with the prevailing theme that's explained in the title. But unlike Delaney's book, this confronts outdated taboos in a refreshing way.

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain - I'm not quite halfway through this and already wish it were ten times longer. Lots of great stories told from multiple points of view so as to expose biases, which makes the stories that much richer. I got this as an ebook but kinda wish I had a hard copy since it's the kind of book I imagine you can pick up at pretty much any point and become engrossed quickly. That is, if you're a fan of music.

Or Bert's book

Have you read this? One of my favorites about Jeopardy!

Try UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe, by Richard Belzer. Yes, that's the actor from Homicide.

I read Adam West's autobiography. He claimed he was in pretty good shape when he did Batman. Surfed and exercised a lot and commuted on a motorbike. His costume wasn't very flattering, but Robin's first tight bottoms caused a bit of a stir.

http://www.amazon.com/Back-Batcave-Adam-West/dp/0425143708

17,78 euros excluding shipping on Amazon Germany: https://www.amazon.de/Beastie-Boys-Book-Michael-Diamond/dp/0812995546

and this http://www.amazon.com/Justin-Bieber-First-Forever-Official/dp/0062039741/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290981822&sr=1-1

You should all read "My Wicked, Wicked Ways", Errol Flynn's autobiography.

It's an amazing book about a guy who's had an amazing life. Including spending a portion of his teenage years castrating sheep on a ranch in Australia.

He calls this process "dagging hoggets".

He might have spent his life working sheep, if he hadn't shagged a farmer's daughter and gotten chased into the outback by a furious dad with a shotgun.

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Forbes has a really good op-ed from 4 years ago on the subject and Dope Queen Phoebe Robinson wrote a book titled You Can't Touch My Hair that approaches the subject in a way that only a dope queen can.

It sounds like we have some pretty similar tastes! I haven't picked this up myself yet, but I've heard some great things about Neil Patrick Harris' autobiography. It's written as a choose-your-own-adventure novel which sounds fun (and apparently works.)

Nick Offerman's Paddle Your Own Canoe is just what your'e looking for!

We're probably about the same age and sounds like we have a similar approach to conspiracy theories - I started following them when I first saw the X-Files. I worked at a library for a few years and used to read every book I could find on them. My favorite was Richard Belzer's UFOs, JFK, and Elvis.

Love Alan Moore. I know a lot of people love or hate him. I think as a magickian and a fellow chaos magickian he is an amazing guy. Also love me some Grant Morrison. The Invisibles changed me also one of the best 2-3 comic series of all time.
Love me some Prometheus and all his work is so magickian. I am currently reading the wonderful Lance Parkin biography of him and it is even more amazing that I could have hoped. www.amazon.com/Magic-Words-Extraordinary-Life-Moore/dp/1781310777/

American On Purpose, Craig Ferguson.

The FEMA camp thing has been around for quite some time. I remember reading about it in a book by Richard Belzer back in 2000. I believe they were called Dissention camps or something of the sort. He also pointed out that FEMA somehow has the right to take away freedom of speech.

I'm not saying Glenn Beck took these crazy conspiracy theories, brought them to the forefront, and blew them out of proportion recently, but I'm afraid he may have.

> you will seen he is the greatest athlete in the history of the universe

LOL? He was great, but he was no god.

> tells me you know absolutely nothing about the legend of Bo Jackson

I have his rookie cards. I have the 1st edition hardback copy of his book. I used to have his poster on my wall.

I grew up watching him play -- likely before you were even of speaking age.

But yes, you're right, I "know absolutely nothing".

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This is sooooo sad :'(