A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir (Unabridged) A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir (Unabridged)

A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.

“I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David


NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Cosmopolitan Vulture Parade

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—metaphorically and, occasionally, physically. 

From growing up in a family of firefighters on Staten Island to commuting three hours a day to high school and “seeing the sights” (like watching a Russian woman throw a stroller off the back of a ferry), to attending Harvard while Facebook was created, Jost shares how he has navigated the world like a slightly smarter Forrest Gump.

You’ll also discover things about Jost that will surprise and confuse you, like how Jimmy Buffett saved his life, how Czech teenagers attacked him with potato salad, how an insect laid eggs inside his legs, and how he competed in a twenty-five-man match at WrestleMania (and almost won). You'll go behind the scenes at SNL and Weekend Update (where he's written some of the most memorable sketches and jokes of the past fifteen years). And you’ll experience the life of a touring stand-up comedian—from performing in rural college cafeterias at noon to opening for Dave Chappelle at Radio City Music Hall.

For every accomplishment (hosting the Emmys), there is a setback (hosting the Emmys). And for every absurd moment (watching paramedics give CPR to a raccoon), there is an honest, emotional one (recounting his mother’s experience on the scene of the Twin Towers’ collapse on 9/11). Told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, A Very Punchable Face reveals the brilliant mind behind some of the dumbest sketches on television, and lays bare the heart and humor of a hardworking guy—with a face you can’t help but want to punch.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
CJ
Colin Jost
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:41
hr min
RELEASED
2020
July 14
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
469.3
MB

Customer Reviews

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Good book but I think his boss demanded many takes cause he just wanted to punch him in the face a lot.

lahaiehey ,

How is this someone’s life

I’m not sure how someone can only be 38 and have this many crazy things happen to them but this book was absolutely hilarious and I hope his life continues like this and he writes another book. His Emmy suggestions made me laugh so hard.

*niksta* ,

Very enjoyable.

This audiobook truthfully brought me joy to listen to. I found myself smiling a whole lot. I really enjoyed the fact that the chapters were like their own individual short stories, or essays even. Easy to pick up and start off wherever you left off, and fun to listen to over again if you need to rewind. Loved the insight into the realities of SNL, the insight from recounting the 9/11 experience, and the insight of Colin, generally, as a pretty great seeming person.

I hope he starts writing and publishing essays Sedaris style, except himself.

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