{"product_id":"the-todd-glass-situation-a-bunch-of-lies-about-my-personal-life-and-a-bunch-of-true-stories-about-my-30-year-career-in-stand-up-comedy-paperback","title":"The Todd Glass Situation: A Bunch of Lies about My Personal Life and a Bunch of True Stories about My 30-Year Career in Stand-Up Comedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd Glass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Grotenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"triumphant\" (The New York Times) memoir from beloved comedian Todd Glass about his decision at age forty-eight to finally live openly as a gay man, and the support from his illustrious collection of comedy pals.As Todd Glass tells it, growing up in a Philadelphia suburb in the 1970s was an easy life. Well, easy as long as you didn't have dyslexia or ADD, or were a Jew. And once you added gay into the mix, life became more difficult. So Todd decided to hide the gay part, no matter how comic, tragic, or comically tragic the results. It might have been a lot easier had he chosen a profession other than stand-up comedy. By age eighteen, Todd was opening for big musical acts like George Jones and Patti LaBelle. His career carried him through the Los Angeles comedy heyday in the 1980s, its decline in the 1990s, and its rebirth via the alternative comedy scene and the explosion in podcasting. But the harder he worked at his craft, the more difficult it became to manage his \"situation.\" There were the years of abstinence and half-hearted attempts to \"cure\" himself. The fake girlfriends so that he could tell relationship jokes onstage. The staged sexual encounters to burnish his reputation offstage. It took a brush with death to cause him to rethink the way he was living his life; a rash of suicides among gay teens to convinced him that it was finally time to come out to the world. Welcome to The Todd Glass Situation, your front-row seat to more than thirty years of comedy history and a deeply personal story about one man's search for acceptance. This is \"a humorous, lively, and humane memoir\" (Kirkus Reviews).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTodd Glass is a Philadelphia native who has been performing standup comedy since he was sixteen. In addition to specials on Comedy Central and Netflix, Todd has appeared on numerous TV shows, including \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Comic Standing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sarah Silverman Program\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate Night with Conan O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChelsea Lately\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate Night with Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Jimmy Kimmel Show\u003c\/i\u003e. He's also the host of \u003ci\u003eThe Todd Glass Show\u003c\/i\u003e, a popular podcast on the Nerdist Network. \u003ci\u003eThe Todd Glass Situation\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432906670258,"sku":"9781476714462","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6ad2b8c9f204f53a8570e73a353e453c.webp?v=1778611096","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-todd-glass-situation-a-bunch-of-lies-about-my-personal-life-and-a-bunch-of-true-stories-about-my-30-year-career-in-stand-up-comedy-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}