Fred Stoller

This Kindle single by comedian and character actor Fred Stoller explores his experience on HBO's 1989 Young Comedians Special, hosted by Dennis Miller. Stoller looks back on the experience and its impact on the future careers of himself, Dennis Spade, Rob Schneider, Jann Karam, Drake Sather, and Warren Thomas. Obviously, reading through this list, some of the young comedians on that show had much bigger breaks than others. Stoller's writing is a little uneven, but obviously heartfelt, and using the comedy special as a way to explore the careers and feelings of himself and his fellow comedians provides a good structure. Not mind blowing, but certainly entertaining and with a good heart.… (más)

You don't recognize the name, but you'll recognize his face in a fraction of a second when you see it. Fred's sense of humor is not funny haha, it's funny heh heh. What gives this book value is insight into the life of a G-list celebrity, who does just enough to get by and not give up what he's doing. It's quite an amazing thing to have the Seinfeld writing process revealed as well. You feel for him though, because the takeaway effect of the book is that you want to find this guy and give him a big, fat hug.… (más)