Who Stole the Funny?

<p>A Hollywood insider draws from his four decades of experience to create a scathingly brilliant and caustically comedic bird's-eye view behind the scenes of comedy television.</p><p>A wickedly delicious roman-a-clef about the making of a sitcom called <em>My Urban Buddies</em> 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.</p><p>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 (Creative-type director: One who has no hope of working in this town again; Eccentric: Affecting a style of dress coiffure speech mannerisms etc. carefully calculated to give the impression of creative credibility) Benson creates an exaggerated world of crazy writers; backstabbing executives agents and producers; foul-mouthed everyone-elses; and hardcore cynics--and the ridiculous inner monologues behind them.</p>