Who Stole the Funny?: A Novel of Hollywood

A Hollywood insider draws from his four decades of experience to create a scathingly brilliant and caustically comedic bird's-eye view behind the scenes of comedy television.

A wickedly delicious roman-a-clef about the making of a sitcom called My Urban Buddies, this satirical romp of a novel portrays life on the other side of the television lens, hilariously sending up self-serious Hollywood stereotypes across the board.

Programmed-for-success director J. T. Baker has to bring an up-and-coming sitcom to fruition after its initial director shoots himself in the head with a nail gun. Comically annotated with helpful and enlightening Hollywood glossary terms ("Creative-type director: One who has no hope of working in this town again"; "Eccentric: Affecting a style of dress, coiffure, speech, mannerisms, etc., carefully calculated to give the impression of creative credibility"), Benson creates an exaggerated world of crazy writers; backstabbing executives, agents, and producers; foul-mouthed everyone-elses; and hardcore cynics--and the ridiculous inner monologues behind them.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: It Books
Published: 08/28/2007
ISBN: 9780061245008
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.38w x 0.92d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/18/2007 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2007 pg. 619
People Weekly 09/03/2007 pg. 59