A Hollywood insider and director of Friends delivers a scathingly brilliant and caustically comedic birdโs-eye view behind the scenes of comedy television.
A wickedly delicious roman-a-clef about the making of a sitcom called My Urban Buddies, this satirical romp of a novel portrays life on the other side of the television lens, hilariously sending up self-serious Hollywood stereotypes across the board.
Programmed-for-success director J. T. Baker has to bring an up-and-coming sitcom to fruition after its initial director shoots himself in the head with a nail gun. Comically annotated with helpful and enlightening Hollywood glossary terms (โCreative-type director: One who has no hope of working in this town againโ; โEccentric: Affecting a style of dress, coiffure, speech, mannerisms, etc., carefully calculated to give the impression of creative credibilityโ), Benson creates an exaggerated world of crazy writers; backstabbing executives, agents, and producers; foul-mouthed everyone-elses; and hardcore cynicsโand the ridiculous inner monologues behind them.
โAn irreverent and hilarious stroll down the dark alleys of Hollywoodโs TV landscape.โ โPeter Bart, Editor in Chief, Variety
โWho Stole the Funny? benefits from Mr. Bensonโs deep knowledge of his subject matter.โ โThe Wall Street Journal