Modest Proposal Anthology
Like a comedic time capsule buried in an era before the emergence of YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, podcasts, and Netflix Comedy Specials, Modest Proposal Anthology captures stand up comedy the way it was…before a well-timed tweet could take a joke viral.
More than eighteen years in the making, the book reads like one part Judd Apatow’s Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy, one part McSweeney’s collection, and one part Mad magazine, featuring:
- Interviews with more than 40 comedians, writers, and directors, including Dave Chappelle, Maria Bamford, Bob Odenkirk, Jim Gaffigan, David Cross, and Sean Anders.
- Never-before-printed interviews and updated quotes from some of today’s greatest comedy writers and comedians.
- Behind-the-curtain glimpses at a side of stand up comedy culture you don’t see on stage or screen.