{"product_id":"9780061756092","title":"Who Stole the Funny?: A Novel of Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wickedly delicious roman-a-clef about the making of a sitcom called \u003cem\u003eMy Urban Buddies\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgrammed-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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078220759280,"sku":"9780061756092","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061756092_p0.jpg?v=1769889900","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061756092","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}