{"product_id":"nailing-it-by-rich-hall-9781529422450","title":"Nailing It","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats\u003c\/strong\u003e - BILL BAILEY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI loved this book. Absolutely adored it. I devoured it and savoured every word. A wild and wonderful love letter to comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e - ADAM HILLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's rare for comedians to be as funny on paper as they are on stage, but Rich Hall nails it\u003c\/strong\u003e - CARL HIAASEN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of hilarious and often absurd epiphanies in the legendary comedian's life that defined him - more in a for worse than for better kind of way - and all delivered in his unique deadpan style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up, Rich Hall aspired to be a writer, and after school, he trained to be a journalist. But after a stint at the \u003ci\u003eKnoxville News Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e in Tennessee, he found himself trying to impress a girl by doing a one-man show at a state university campus in Kansas, armed with a bucket, a loudhailer, and some dog biscuits. It wasn't exactly a triumph, and he didn't get the girl, but he had found his true calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNailing It\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of true stories from both Hall's professional and personal life where he really had to \u003ci\u003enail it\u003c\/i\u003e. They're not about glitz, or fame, or how he met his seventh wife at the rehab clinic and found spiritual direction. None of that happened to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey're about accidentally melting Kraft cheese at his first Edinburgh Fringe Festival, alienating an entire convention of RV holiday-makers in Las Vegas, singing The Who's 'You Better You Bet' at a charity gig and turning his performance into a legendary rock 'n' roll disaster, and attempting to seduce Karen, which must have been successful because she is now his wife. And other such escapades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHall doesn't always come out of them all covered in glory - far from it - but if someone propped him up at the end of the comedy bar and put a 50p coin in him, these are the tunes he would spin. And you'd be laughing all night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844875178220,"sku":"9781529422450","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14646223482732.jpg?v=1758858645","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/nailing-it-by-rich-hall-9781529422450","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}