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Based on a True Story : Not a Memoir by Norm MacDonald [Macdonald, Norm] is a humor available to read on EtoBox.
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Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time.As this book's title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life—more or less—from his origins on a farm in the-back-of-beyond Canada to an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search, to his account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update—which lasted until a couple of O.J. jokes got him fired. But Based on a True Story is much more than a memoir; it's the hilarious, inspired epic of Norm's life.In dispatches from a road trip to Las Vegas (part of a plan hatched to regain the fortune he'd lost to sports betting and other vices) with his sidekick and enabler, Adam Eget, Norm recounts the milestone moments, the regrets, the love affairs, the times that fortune smiled on his life,...
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Norm MacDonald [Macdonald, Norm]
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812993622
- Category
- humor
- Subjects
- Memoir, Sports, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (2,468 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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