{"product_id":"9781555849160","title":"39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There","description":"\u003cb\u003eA memoir from the Emmy-winning \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e writer that is “funny, spiky, and twistedly entertaining” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is a seriously funny and irreverent memoir that gives an insider’s view of the birth and rise of \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e, and features laugh-out-loud stories about some of its greatest personalities—Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Michael O’Donoghue, and Chris Farley. Tom Davis’s voice is rich with irony and understatement as he tells tales of discovery, triumph, and loss with relentless humor. His memoir describes not only his experiences on the set of \u003ci\u003eSNL\u003c\/i\u003e but also his suburban childhood, his high school escapades in the sixties, his discovery of sex, and how he reveled in the hippie culture—and psychoactive drugs—from San Francisco to Kathmandu to Burning Man over the last four decades. Hysterical, lucid, and wise, \u003ci\u003e39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable romp in an era of sex, drugs, and comedy.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Though it features some lurid and hysterical \u003ci\u003eSNL\u003c\/i\u003e stories, Davis’s memoir is less a backstage expose than a winning coming-of-age story featuring a funny Midwestern kid following his unlikely dream to the top.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133502701808,"sku":"9781555849160","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555849160_p0.jpg?v=1769898881","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555849160","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}