Good memoirs by comedians?

November 4, 2015 10:01 AM

I'm looking for the best memoirs by male comedians. There was a similar question four years ago, with a bunch of great suggestions (Steve Martin, George Carlin, Mike Birbiglia), so I'm interesting most in ones that have come out since then. Mix of funny & poignant, lift-story stuff.
posted by gottabefunky to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Adam Resnick's "Will Not Attend," Chris Gethard's "A Bad Idea I'm About To Do"
posted by johngoren at 10:34 AM on November 4, 2015

Omid Djalili's "Hopeful" is great.
posted by scruss at 11:07 AM on November 4, 2015

Martin Short!
posted by sweetkid at 11:39 AM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

Craig Ferguson's autobiography was really enjoyable as an audiobook.
posted by merocet at 11:50 AM on November 4, 2015

Billy Crystal's came out a year ago.
posted by wwartorff at 11:59 AM on November 4, 2015

How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee is a mix of show transcripts and memoir, and is excellent.
posted by greycap at 12:13 PM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

Speaking of coming out (da-dum-bum!), Todd Glass coming out on WTF isn't a written autobio but covers a lot of autobio territory.
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 12:25 PM on November 4, 2015

Seconding Martin Short's I Must Say. So much heart. I recommend the audiobook version because he does interstitials as Ed Grimley, Jiminy Glick, etc.
posted by lakemarie at 1:02 PM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

A Liar's Autobiography by Graham Chapman is great, even if it's basically ghostwritten (b/c alcoholism).
posted by Sebmojo at 7:24 PM on November 4, 2015