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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, and was a regular on “Saturday Night Live” for a record-setting14 seasons, from 1995 to 2009, where he earned a reputation as a master of celebrity voices and impressions. During his long run, he made a virtual career out of playing President Bill Clinton, alongside signature send-ups of Vice President Al Gore, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Senator John McCain, among nearly 100 others. He lives in New York, where he continues to perform new material at the Comedy Cellar, a little too far for his tastes from his daughter Mia, who lives in Florida with her mother.
