Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg by Todd Barry

Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg by Todd Barry

From the veteran comedian and actor from The Wrestler and Louie comes a hilarious book of travel essays from his time on tour through secondary markets in the US, Canada, and Israel.

Hello. It's Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billions of fans all over the world, so I do my fair share of touring. While I love doing shows in the big cities (New York, Philadelphia), I also enjoy a good secondary market (Ithaca, Bethlehem). Performing in these smaller places can be great because not all entertainers stop there on tour; they don't expect to see you. They're appreciative. They say things like Thank you for coming to Hattiesburg as much as they say Nice show. And almost every town has their version of a hipster coffee shop, so I can get in my comfort zone.

My original plan was to book one secondary market show in all fifty states, in about a year, but that idea was funnier than anything in my act. So, instead of all fifty states in a year, my agent booked multiple shows in a lot of states, plus Israel and Canada.

Thank You For Coming to Hattiesburg is part tour diary, part travel guide, and part memoir (Yes, memoir. Just like the thing presidents and former child stars get to write). Follow me on my journey of small clubs, and the occasional big amphitheater. Watch me make a promoter clean the dressing room toilet in Connecticut, see me stare at beached turtles in Maui, and see how I react when Lars from Metallica shows up to see me at a rec center in Northern California.

I'd love to tell you more, but I need to go book a flight to Evansville, Indiana.

Todd Barry is a stand-up comedian and actor who has performed on David Letterman's Late Show and Conan O'Brien's Late Night. His third Comedy Central special, The Crowd Work Tour (produced by Louis CK), is currently available on Netflix. Louie, The Larry Sanders Show, Flight of the Conchords, and as Mickey Rourke's harsh employer in The Wrestler are among his acting credits. He's published four comedy albums, including Medium Energy, which The Onion's AV Club rated one of the best comedy albums of the decade. Todd Barry can be found on Facebook at Facebook.com/ToddBarryFanPage, on Twitter at @ToddBarry, and at ToddBarry.com.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781501117435
ISBN 10	1501117432
Title	Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg
Author	Todd Barry
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gallery Books
Year published	2017-10-10
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.