Synopses & Reviews
PARENT S: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME
Greg Fitzsimmons has made a lot of what appear to be bad decisions. Its what he was raised to do. Most parents would hide or destroy any evidence so clearly demonstrating their childs failures, but—lucky for us—Greg Fitzsimmonss family has preserved each mistake in its original envelope like a trophy in a case, lest he ever forget where he came from.
Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons is Gregs life, told through this cavalcade of disciplinary letters, incident reports, and newspaper clippings that his parents received from teachers and school officials. Greg picks up where his parents left off with his own collection of letters received during college and throughout his successful career as a writer, producer, and stand-up comic. Revealing the larger story of how Gregs distinctly dysfunctional Irish-American family bred him to blindly challenge anyone, anytime, anywhere, over anything, Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons comes full circle to show that the Fitzsimmons torch has been passed on proudly to a new generation.
Review
“Greg Fitzsimmons was the first comic to ever give me unwanted advice. I thought he was a jerk. I was wrong. Not only is he a great guy, he is also one of the best storytellers I have ever heard. I look forward to someone reading this book to me.”
—Zach Galifianakis
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“Jewish guilt is well-known because Jews are loud and free to express themselves. Catholic guilt, however, is fucking bottomless. Irish to the core, despite himself, this bottomlessness oozes from Greg Fitzsimmons’ every pore and it’s raw, honest, and hilarious. This portrait of one comic’s life is funny, hard, and true.”
—Sarah Silverman, comedienne and New York Times bestselling author of The Bedwetter
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“I’ve often wondered what it was that made Greg Fitzsimmons so funny. And so filled with non-specific rage. Now I know, and you can, too.”
—Andy Richter, National Treasure
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“Greg Fitzsimmons thinks he’s one of the greatest comedic minds of our generation; and in the case of this book, he’s right.”
—Adam Carolla, comedian
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“Greg Fitzsimmons is as funny as he is f*%ed up. And he is VERY f*%ed up.”
—Jimmy Kimmel
Synopsis
A memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Irish family, as told through a collection of disciplinary letters saved by the comedian's mother.
Synopsis
Stand-up artist and writer Fitzsimmons ("The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno") delivers a memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Irish family, as told through a collection of disciplinary letters saved by the comedian's mother.
Synopsis
Now in paperback, a memoir by comedian Greg Fitzsimmons, as told through a collection of disciplinary letters.
About the Author
Greg Fitzsimmons is the host of “Howard 101” on Sirius radio, appears weekly on VH1’s “Best Week Ever”, voices a weekly animated show on “Adult Swim” called “Dog vs. Cat”, recently starred in an episode of CSI and has performed standup at Carnegie Hall. A regular on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, and The Tonight Show, Greg recently made his 60th visit to “The Howard Stern Show” and has done two half-hour specials for Comedy Central. Fitzsimmons won four Daytime Emmy Awards for writing/producing “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. Other writing credits include HBO’s “Lucky Louie”, “Cedric the Entertainer Presents”, “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher”, “Chelsea Handler Show” and “The Man Show”. The Aspen Comedy Arts Festival gave Greg the “Jury Award for Best Comedian”, an MTV game show he hosted, “Idiot Savants”, won a Cable Ace Award and last year Boston University made him the youngest recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award in the school’s history. Irish America Magazine also twice has honored him as one of the “Top 100 Irish Americans”. Fitzsimmons started a foundation for spinal meningitis ten years ago, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through Comedy Benefits in New York City. He lives in Venice Beach, California, with his wife, Erin, and their two kids, Owen and Josephine. They travel around the world a lot, and also make go-carts.