{"product_id":"nailing-it-by-rich-hall","title":"Nailing It by Rich Hall","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats' - BILL BAILEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'I loved this book. Absolutely adored it. I devoured it and savoured every word.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA wild and wonderful love letter to comedy' - ADAM HILLS\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'It's rare for comedians to be as funny on paper as they are on stage, but Rich Hall nails it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e' - CARL HIAASEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA collection of hilarious and often absurd epiphanies in the legendary comedian's life that defined him - more in a for worse than for better kind of way - and all delivered in his unique deadpan style. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrowing up, Rich Hall aspired to be a writer, and after school he trained to be a journalist. But after a stint at the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKnoxville News Sentinel \u003c\/i\u003ein Tennessee, he found himself trying to impress a girl by doing a one-man show in a state university campus in Kansas, armed with a bucket, a loudhailer and some dog biscuits.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e It wasn't exactly a triumph, and he didn't get the girl, but he had found his true calling.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNailing It\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of true stories from both Hall's professional and personal life where he really had to \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enail it\u003c\/i\u003e. They're not about glitz, or fame, or how he met his seventh wife at the rehab clinic and found spiritual direction. None of that happened to him.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey're about accidentally melting Kraft cheese at his first Edinburgh Fringe Festival, alienating an entire convention of RV holiday-makers in Las Vegas, singing The Who's 'You Better You Bet' at a charity gig and turning his performance into a legendary rock 'n' roll disaster, and attempting to seduce Karen, which must have been successful because she is now his wife.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e And other such escapades.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHall doesn't always come out of them all covered in glory - far from it - but if someone propped him up at the end of the comedy bar and put a 50p coin in him, these are the tunes he would spin. And you'd be laughing all night.","brand":"Winding Stair Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40205955006547,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/0691\/0035\/products\/nailingit.jpg?v=1661254922","url":"https:\/\/winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/nailing-it-by-rich-hall","provider":"Winding Stair Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}