God, If You're Not Up There... - Tales of Stand-up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem

A New York Times Bestseller As seen in Netflix''s "Cracked Up: The Darrell Hammond Story", this groundbreaking memoir is a raw look inside the troubled life and mind of an American comic genius. By turns poignant and hilarious, Hammond takes readers from the set of Saturday Night Live , where he was the show''s longest-tenured cast member, to the drug-ridden streets of Harlem and into the twisting corridors of his own unflaggingly humorous consciousness. Mingling behind-the-scenes stories from television''s best-loved comedy series with a dark look inside a world-class funnyman, God If You''re Not Up There, I''m F*cked is a book sure to resonate with anyone who shares a talent for performance, a love of comedy, or a desire to know how an artist can climb from the deepest despair to the very top of his profession.

About the author

Darrell Hammond is an award-winning actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member for a record-setting fourteen years. He has also appeared on Broadway and in the dramatic television series Damages and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He recently received critical acclaim for his starring role in the one-man play Tru. He lives in New York City

Product details

• Authors: Darrell Hammond
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2012
• EAN: 9780062064561
• ISBN: 978-0-06-206456-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Culinary, SELF-HELP: Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, SELF-HELP: Abuse, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Jewish, HUMOR: Topic / History