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Comedian Gary Gulman's memoir "Misfit" is a masterpiece

Ruben Bolling

Aug 23, 2024
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Misfit, by Gary Gulman. Flatiron Books
Misfit, by Gary Gulman. Flatiron Books

I'm a big fan of Gary Gulman's stand-up comedy. So when he released a book late last year, Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s, I thought it would be an enjoyable but typical comedian memoir. It distills and expands his comedy routines into prose form.

But it's so much more. In his revelatory HBO comedy special, "…

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