Staff Pick
This book sounds… good to me. For over a decade, the open door policy of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast has drawn all manner of interesting people into the studio, to the delight and sometimes exasperation of host Scott Aukerman. Now Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast: The Book invites these characters out of the studio (exciting news for Jarles!) and onto the page. A must-read for fans of Dalton Wilcox’s poetry and Bob Ducca’s lists. Recommended By Tove H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
From Scott Aukerman and the comedic geniuses who created the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast comes a book that brings the chaotic, hilarious, outrageous characters of the pod to the page
In Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book, Scott Aukerman transports readers inside the zany world of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. The book features brand-new anecdotes and opinions from the wild cast of recurring characters, and matches the show in tone and wackiness, with essays, lists, plays, nods to running bits, and four-color illustrations throughout, helping to bring the zany, satirical, undefinable world of Comedy Bang! Bang! to the page.
The book is curated by Aukerman and includes introductions by comedy legend Patton Oswalt, Broadway phenom Lin-Manuel Miranda, and singer "Weird Al" Yankovic. It also features pieces from Bobby Moynihan, Andy Daly, Paul Brittain, Ego Nwodim, and many more, all reprising roles of characters they've created for the podcast, taking readers even deeper inside the lives of these off-the-wall personalities.
About the Author
Scott Aukerman, the host and creator of Comedy Bang! Bang! is best known for his work on the 1990s HBO sketch comedy program Mr. Show with Bob and David and creating and hosting the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV series, as well as cofounding the weekly Comedy Death-Ray stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Hollywood. He lives in Los Angeles.