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Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed
Touchstone
February 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 0743289854
EAN: 9780743289856
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
This book is a collection of hilarious but true tales from
people who've all gotten the ax, the boot, or been canned at
some point in their lives. In "That's a Fact," Andy Borowitz
tells the story of being fired as a writer for the
television sitcom The Facts of Life after being
informed that he just didn't "get" Tootie. "Take that hanger
off your head, you idiot!" were the last words Jeff Garlin
heard before being fired from Spec's Music store after only
one day on the job, just one of the many firings he recounts
in "That Garlin Boy." In "Jimmy the Idiot," Dana Gould sums
up his firing from the cast of the sitcom Working
that led him to become a producer of The Simpsons:
"In the second episode, I was a math genius, in the third --
a motocross racer, and in the fourth episode I was replaced
by a chimp, but nobody noticed." In "Poor Judgment," Illeana
Douglas tells about being fired after a few hours of working
as a coat check girl: "How is it possible to be fired from
hanging coats? I have arms. I know what coats are. I don't
come home and throw my coat on the floor. I hang it in a
closet. I have experience." How did Bob Saget find out he
was being phased out of his job on The Morning
Program? "One day I showed up and my hosting chair was
gone!" With an
all-star cast from Tim Allen to Morgan Spurlock, from Anne
Meara to David Cross, and contributions from people from all
over the country, this book proves it's not the bounce that
counts, it's the bounce back.
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