One-Liner Reviews for “A Futile and Stupid Gesture”
“[Karp has] written an essential American excavation of comedy that is, of itself, very, very, very, very, very, very funny.” —Bill Zehme, author, Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman
“A must-read for the curious, comedy aficionados, and subversively shy teenagers everywhere.” —Mark McKinney, actor, Kids in the Hall
“The definitive behind-the-scenes account of the man and publication that all but defined the comedy zeitgeist of the last 35 years.” —Rob Siegel, former editor, The Onion
“This book is as close as I’ll come to meeting Doug Kenney. It’s close enough.” —Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller
“The definitive profile of Kenney’s brilliant comic mind and his too-short life.” —Richard Roeper, film critic, Chicago Sun-Times
