Based on a True Story: A Memoir

Hardcover, 256 pages

Published Jan. 24, 2016 by collins.

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4 stars (10 reviews)

Fictional Memoir. A Novel containing scattered facts which are interleaved into fictional stories creating a journey through a fictional memoir of the author, which includes growing up in rural Canada, his SNL (TV show) days and many other anecdotes. This is an adventure and a retrospective of life. A humoristic literary work with a very unique style, matching the author's comedic and reflective take on life.

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Good book but not a memoir

4 stars

Great book by a great comedian. As he points out himself, from memory; he has been doing standup at everything from small clubs in Ottowa, Ontario, to small clubs in Edmonton, Alberta. He has done standup all over the world except in Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America.

As a fan of the comedy of Norm Macdonald, I was really excited to hear he wrote a book. I am, however, not sure if it would be more funnier or less funnier if I hadn't known him before. He revisits a lot of his old funny material, which was not that entertaining. Except for some of it, and it was nice to get some bits from SNL, one chapter is basically just a list of bits from there.

The book is, as the front page points out, not a memoir, but swirls around a gambling story about himself, his sidekick Adam …

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4 stars

This is Norm MacDonald. If you listen to the audio book you will have the pleasure of hearing himself tell the story. If you read the book you will still hear his voice. It's written like Norm MacDonald talks and it is not possible to not hear his voice delivering the lines.

It is a quick read, like a slightly longer moth joke (which also features in the book). It's not some tell-all where he trashes Don Ohlmeyer, but a story told by Norm MacDonald. If you do not know who Norm MacDonald is or if you know but do not like him then I doubt that this book will be for you.

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