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Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he’s
here to tell us. In Start Without Me, Gary returns with his acid
tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that defined him.
He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the summers he
spends in his twenties, pursuing both the perfect tan and the
perfect man to no avail and much regret. At his Catholic high
school, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a nun who shares
Gary's love of soap operas, which becomes a salvation to them both.
And don't get him started on how a bad hotel room can ruin even the
best vacation. This laugh-out-loud collection of true-life stories
from the man “behind his generation’s greatest comedy” (The
New York Times) is for anyone who has felt the joy in holding a
decade-long grudge. Whether you are a new convert to Janetti or one
of the million who follow him on social media for a daily laugh,
Start Without Me will have you howling at Gary's frustrations and
nodding along in agreement at the outrages of life's small slights.
It's the literary equivalent of a night out with your funniest
friend that you wish would never end.
From New York Times bestselling author, Family Guy writer Gary
Janetti comes Start Without Me, a collection of hilarious, laugh
out loud, true life stories about the small moments that add up to
a big life. Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank
God he's here to tell us. In Start Without Me, Gary returns with
his acid tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that
defined him. He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the
summers he spends in his twenties, pursuing both the perfect tan
and the perfect man to no avail and much regret. At his Catholic
high school, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a nun who
shares Gary's love of soap operas, which becomes a salvation to
them both. And don't get him started on how a bad hotel room can
ruin even the best vacation. This laugh-out-loud collection of
true-life stories from the man "behind his generation's greatest
comedy" (The New York Times) is for anyone who has felt the joy in
holding a decade-long grudge. Whether you are a new convert to
Janetti or one of the million who follow him on social media for a
daily laugh, Start Without Me will have you howling at Gary's
frustrations and nodding along in agreement at the outrages of
life's small slights. It's the literary equivalent of a night out
with your funniest friend that you wish would never end.
The Instant New York Times Bestseller From "Family Guy" to his own
Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generation's
greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception. -- The New
York Times Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey...
meet your new friend Gary Janetti. Gary Janetti, the writer and
producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all
time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram
accounts there is, now turns his skills to the page in a hilarious,
and poignant book chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday
life. Gary spends his twenties in New York, dreaming of starring on
soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts
after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises
it when people actually use a bell to call him. He chronicles the
torture of finding a job before the internet when you had to talk
on the phone all the time, and fantasizes, as we all do, about who
to tell off when he finally wins an Oscar. As Gary himself says,
"These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about
things that still annoy me." Original, brazen, and laugh out loud
funny, Do You Mind If I Cancel? is something not to be missed.
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