First published 2010
This collection gathers comedic performers from hit shows like The Office, Saturday Night Live, and Arrested Development to dispense wildly inappropriate guidance on life's challenges. Fred Armisen volunteers to call your father and reveal your sexuality on your behalf. Mindy Kaling suggests murder as the solution for ending affairs. Rainn Wilson has designed a website for contacting women from your dreams. Amy Sedaris recommends using power tools to reach a man's heart literally. The roster includes comedy heavyweights like Judd Apatow, Aziz Ansari, Michael Cera, David Cross, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, John Oliver, Patton Oswalt, Harold Ramis, and dozens more writers and performers who acknowledge they should never counsel anyone. Each contributor offers advice so spectacularly wrong it becomes brilliantly funny, turning everyday problems into absurd scenarios that reveal the ridiculousness of seeking wisdom from entertainers.
Genres: humor, contemporary, non-fiction, comedy
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, humor
224 pages · Paperback · Vintage