Judd Apatow is one of the most important comic minds of his generation. He wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40, and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. Apatow is the executive producer of HBO’s Girls. He was also the executive producer of Freaks and Geeks, created Undeclared, and co-created the Emmy Award–winning television program The Ben Stiller Show. His latest film is Trainwreck. He was also the editor of the collection I Found This Funny. Judd Apatow lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Mann, and their two daughters, Maude and Iris.
“I can’t stop reading it. . . . I don’t want this book to
end.”—Jimmy Fallon
“An essential for any comedy geek.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Fascinating . . . a collection of interviews with many of the
great figures of comedy in the latter half of the twentieth
century.”—The Washington Post
“Open this book anywhere, and you’re bound to find some interesting
nugget from someone who has had you in stitches many, many
times.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“An amazing read, full of insights and connections both creative
and interpersonal.”—The New Yorker
“Fascinating and revelatory.”—Chicago Tribune
“For fans of stand-up, Sick in the Head is a Bible of
sorts.”—Newsweek
“This exploration of what it really means to be funny, day in and
day out, is for the comedian in everyone.”—Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
“Incandescent . . . an irresistible, ultimate-insider’s
comedy-interview extravaganza . . . [Judd] Apatow never loses his
unabashed fan’s enthusiasm even as he asks canny questions that
yield superbly illuminating conversations rich in shop talk and
musings on the lure, demands, and resonance of comedy.”—Booklist
(starred review)
“If Apatow’s gift for comedy is a sickness, may he never be
cured.”—Playboy
“Sprawling and insightful . . . The candidness of the interviews
also exposes the peculiar community of comedians with anecdotes and
cameos unlikely to be heard elsewhere. A delightful and hilarious
read for anyone interested in what makes comedians tick.”—Kirkus
Reviews
“These are wonderful, expansive interviews—at times brutal, at
times breathtaking—with artists whose wit, intelligence, gaze, and
insights are all sharp enough to draw blood. Judd Apatow
understands as well as any of them the pain that holds the knife,
and the glee that wields it.”—Michael Chabon
“Anyone even remotely interested in comedy or humanity should own
this book. It is hilarious and informative and it contains
insightful interviews with the greatest comics, comedians, and
comediennes of our time. My representatives assure me I will appear
in a future edition.”—Will Ferrell
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