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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER " Wild dangerous and flat-out unbelievable here is the incredible memoir of the actor gambler raconteur SNL veteran and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time.

As this books title suggests Norm Macdonald tells the story of his lifemore or lessfrom his origins on a farm in the-back-of-beyond Canada and an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search?to his account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor of?Weekend Update on Saturday Night Liveuntil he was fired because a corporate executive didnt think he was funny.?But Based on a True Story is much more than a memoir; its the hilarious inspired epic of Norms life.

In dispatches from a road trip to Las Vegas (part of a plan hatched to regain the fortune hed lost to sports betting and other vices) with his sidekick and enabler Adam Eget Norm recounts the milestone moments the regrets the love affairs the times fortune smiled on his life and the times it refused to smile. As the clock ticks down?? Norm??s debt reaches record heights?? and he must find a way to evade the hefty price that??s been placed on his head by one of the most dangerous loan sharks in the country.

As a comedy legend should?? Norm peppers these pages with classic jokes and fondly mythologized Hollywood stories. This wildly adventurous?? totally original?? and absurdly funny saga turns the conventional ??comic??s memoir?? on its head and gives the reader an exclusive pass into the mad?? glorious mind of Norm Macdonald.