Adam Sandler
I always thought Normie’s stand-up was the funniest thing there was. But this book gives it a run for its money.
Washington Post
A driving, wild and hilarious ramble of a book, what might have happened had Hunter S. Thompson embedded himself in a network studio.
Louis C.K.
Norm is brilliant and thoughtful, and there is sensitivity and creative insight in his observations and stories. . . . I seriously f**king love Norm Macdonald. Please buy his book. He probably needs the cash. He’s really bad with money.
New York Times
This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scathing and funny.
Amy Schumer
Norm is one of my all-time favorites, and this book was such a great read I forgot how lonely I was for a while.
AV Club
A book that both isn’t a celebrity memoir and is, arguably, the best celebrity memoir ever written.
Roseanne Barr
Norm is one of the greatest stand-up comics who’s ever worked—a totally original voice. His sense of the ridiculous and his use of juxtaposition in his writing make him a comic’s comic. We all love Norm.
Sophia Amoruso
Norm only has to grunt to make me laugh. And this book is 256 pages? Sign me up.
Judd Apatow
Norm Macdonald makes me laugh my ass off. Who is funnier than Norm Macdonald? Nobody.
Dave Attell
Norm is a double threat. His material and timing are both top-notch, which is unheard of. He is one of my favorites, both on- and off-stage.
Rob Schneider
David Letterman said it best: There is no one funnier than Norm Macdonald.
The Globe and Mail
Based on a True Story is honest about its various dishonesties. . . . [Macdonald] also flexes his trademark ambling, shaggy-dog storytelling, teasing a crowd-pleasing joke about answering machines that he never actually tells and transcribing his marathon ‘moth joke’ in its lengthy entirety.
The Week
Disorienting, funny, sometimes stupid, and often wildly beautiful . . . Macdonald is a pretty extraordinary wordsmith, capable of working in an impressive range of styles and genres.
Ken Tucker
Norm Macdonald is one of the great original comic minds of our era: utterly unique in thought, word, and delivery. He provokes me to think about the world as frequently as he makes me laugh at it.
Esquire
Hilarious and filled with turns of phrase and hidden beauty like only a collection of Norm Macdonald stories could be.
Wall Street Journal
Brilliant . . . Macdonald’s willingness to take risks pays off mightily . . . The best new book I’ve read this year or last.
Entertainment Weekly
Darkly hilarious.
Vulture
Part personal history and part meta riff on celebrity memoirs, the book, it quickly becomes clear, is also just partly true (and all hilarious).
Larry King
Norm Macdonald is an American treasure. No value has been placed on him. He’s a one and only. Can’t wait to read this book.
Washington Post
A driving, wild and hilarious ramble of a book, what might have happened had Hunter S. Thompson embedded himself in a network studio.
Wall Street Journal
Brilliant . . . Macdonald’s willingness to take risks pays off mightily . . . The best new book I’ve read this year or last.
