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Too Funny for Words: Backstage Tales from Broadway, Television, and the Movies

Too Funny for Words: Backstage Tales from Broadway, Television, and the Movies - Paperback

by Jerry Adler
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jerry AdlerPublish date:2024-05-21Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Viva EditionsISBN-13:9781632280961ISBN-10:1632280965UPC:9781632280961Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, TheaterSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SC95DPB6VS
This must read is your golden ticket to a trip down memory lane with of one of Hollywood's most iconic actors. . .

Who almost turned down his iconic role on The Sopranos because he could not sing? Did Katharine Hepburn really build the Uris building? How did a simple handshake with President Kennedy almost end in disaster? In his debut memoir, Too Funny for Words, Jerry Adler reveals all for the first time!

In his career as a theater director, producer and actor that has spanned over 70 years, Adler has certainly had his fair share of laughs, and is ready to take readers on a reminiscent journey of Hollywood tales past.

With numerous stories to tell, each funnier than the last, sit back and enjoy a trip behind the scenes. Including unforgettable stories about: Paul Rudd, Robin Williams, Meryl Streep, Larry David, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin, Woody Allen, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Barbra Streisand, Joe Pesci, Paul Reiser, George Clooney, Richard Burton, Richard M. Nixon, Katharine Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Orson Welles and many, many more!
Language:EnglishPublisher:Viva EditionsISBN-13:9781632280961ISBN-10:1632280965UPC:9781632280961Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, TheaterSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SC95DPB6VS
Jerry Adler is an American theater director, producer, and film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his films Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Public Eye, In Her Shoes, and Prime. As well as his television work as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin on The Sopranos, he can be seen portraying Howard Lyman on The Good Wife and The Good Fight, building maintenance man Mr. Wicker on Mad About You, Bob Saget's father Sam Stewart on Raising Dad, Fire Chief Sidney Feinberg on Rescue Me, Moshe Pfefferman on Transparent, Saul Horowitz on Broad City, and Hillston on Living with Yourself with Paul Rudd. Jerry Adler resides in New York City with his wife Joan and dog Hesh. He is presently working on a mystery novel due out in early 2024. His debut memoir Too Funny for Words reflects his long and diverse career.
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