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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451133203321

Autore

Breslin Mark

Titolo

Control freaked [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Breslin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, : Insomniac Press, c2000

ISBN

1-280-91132-8

9786610911325

1-4593-0963-4

1-897415-68-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

792.7/028/092

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Soggetti

Comedians - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Control Freaked; Introduction; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Appendix; Acknowledgements

Sommario/riassunto

This book defies categorization. It is an auto-biographical novel, a book about how to have fun, a cautionary tale for the sexually and socially inhibited. It is a political treatise on how to combat puritanism, a philosophical tract on the importance of humour to the human soul, a buyers' guide to outstanding porno tapes and a business book for the entertainment industry. It is the life of Mark Breslin. Beginning as the enfant terrible of Canadian comedy, Mark Breslin rose up and built an empire: the Yuk Yuk's chain of comedy clubs. He pulled Jim Carrey out of open-mic obscurity, gave dozens