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No job for a man : a memoir / John Ross Bowie.

by Bowie, John Ross, 1971-

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Pegasus Books, 2022.

792.7028092 B786n

Bowie, John Ross, 1971-

Comedians -- United States -- Biography.

Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

9781639362462 (hc.)

250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A darkly witty, deeply affecting, and finely crafted memoir by the 'Big Bang Theory' and 'Speechless' star and comedian, John Ross Bowie. From his earliest memories of watching Rhoda with his parents in their tiny Hell's Kitchen apartment, John knew that he wanted to be an actor. The strange, alternate world of television--where people always cracked the perfect joke, lived in glamorous Upper East Side buildings, and made up immediately after fighting--seemed far better than his own home life, with parents on the brink of divorce and a neighborhood full of crumbling pre-war architecture and muggings. That other world seemed so unattainable. Besides crippling stage fright, his father, ever aloof and cynical, has instilled within him the notion that acting was 'no job for a man.' His father would impart that while arts, and entertainment should be consumed and even debated, it was no way to make a living or support a family. Putting aside his acting dreams, John tried his hand at traditional occupations, but nothing felt as fulfilling as playing with his fleetingly on-the-map punk band, Egghead. When the band broke up, John landed a joyless job and slipped into a dark depression. He lost weight, began drinking heavily, and his relationships floundered. But everything changed when John discovered improv (and anti-depressants). As an early student of New York's now-famous 'Upright Citizens Brigade,' John not only explored his passion for acting and comedy -- he also found a community and a unique stability in instability. 'No Job for a Man' follows John's journey as he tries to make it in the arts, meeting success and failure, wins and losses, despair and hope along the way. Though his father chronically refuses to acknowledge pride in his adult son's accomplishments, John comes to his own idiosyncratic understanding of being a man."--Jacket.

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