"A driving, wild and hilarious ramble of a book, what might have happened had Hunter S. Thompson embedded himself in a network studio."
--The Washington Post "Dostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book I've read this year or last."
--The Wall Street Journal "This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny."
--The New York Times "Hilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be."
--Esquire "Raucous . . . a hilarious, innovative work."
--A.V. Club "Part personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious)."
--Vulture "My three favorite books:
1.
The Bible, by Moses and other guys
2.
The Art of the Deal, by President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump (a.k.a. President Trumpy)
3.
Based on a True Story, by Norm Macdonald
I have not read the first two. I have read
Based on a True Story, and I believe it to be largely bullshit, but it is very, very, very funny! Thanks, Norm, for letting me be part of this Booker Prize-for-literature-quality effort."
--David Letterman
"Norm is one of my all-time favorites, and this book was such a great read I forgot how lonely I was for a while."
--Amy Schumer "I always thought Normie's stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money."
--Adam Sandler "Norm is one of the greatest stand-up comics who's ever worked--a totally original voice. His sense of the ridiculous and his use of juxtaposition in his writing make him a comic's comic. We all love Norm."
--Roseanne Barr "Norm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody."
--Judd Apatow "Norm Macdonald is more than a triple threat--he's a septuple threat. He is smart, funny, wry, rakish, polite, rakish . . . no, wait. He is polite, insightful, and . . . aaaaah . . . warm. No. He's exciting. Yeah. Exciting! You never know what he'll do. Okay, then make that unpredictable. Add that up. He's amazing."
--Alec Baldwin "Norm only has to grunt to make me laugh. And this book is three hundred pages? Sign me up."
--Sophia Amoruso, author of #GIRLBOSS "Norm is a double threat. His material and timing are both top-notch, which is unheard of. He is one of my favorites, both on- and off-stage."
--Dave Attell "David Letterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald."
--Rob Schneider
