{"id":3222,"date":"2021-06-04T05:23:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T01:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2021-06-04T05:23:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T01:23:36","slug":"this-one-worth-it-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=3222","title":{"rendered":"This one worth it too"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been a fan of Seth Rogen’s work for many years. Weird that I would look up to someone who’s my own age (well, he’s two months older than I am), but let’s face it, Seth was basically child actor when he was on\u00a0Freaks and Geeks<\/em> (he was 16 when filming began), and had already been doing standup comedy for several years. Yeah, he was like, a real professional standup comedian when he was 12. Sort of. “Professional.”<\/p>\n

I learned these things (and others) reading Seth’s new book,\u00a0Yearbook<\/em>. I say\u00a0new<\/em> book, but really it’s his only one. “Only” one. He’s been writing about 10 movies and TV shows a year since 1999 so I hesitate to say\u00a0only<\/em>. He’s one of the more prolific writers of our time.<\/p>\n

Yearbook<\/em> is part memoir, part behind-the-scenes tour, and part just plain funny. A philosophical word in there from time to time as well, which I appreciate in Rogen’s movies too. He shares some backstories about a few of said movies’ plotlines, as in, here’s this thing that happened to me in real life and here’s how I worked it into a movie script. Love reading stuff like that. Though there’s always a little\u00a0damn I wish I’d though of that first<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Short version: read this book. You’ll laugh.<\/p>\n

Now make another movie, Seth! It’s been like 10 minutes since I’ve seen your last one and I need my fix!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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