I'm an idiot savant... except without the savant part -- Gay-- not gay-- should be gay -- Sit! Stay! On second thought, maybe you should go -- The business of comedy, part one-- I had a dream -- Weather porn -- The "pause" -- I left my heart in the Bronx -- The Albanian way -- The business of comedy, part two-- neurotic needs, healthy responses -- The bride is keeping her name -- You're in-- you're out-- you're married! -- Its not all about you! -- Dear children -- Hum-ding (ding-ding) dinger -- The business of comedy, part three-- how I learned to make the world love me by telling them to go fuck themselves -- Fat fear -- What would Susie say?
Summary:
Susie Essman sheds the crasser layers to reveal how she went from an anxiety-ridden, struggling stand-up comic to being one of the funniest women on television, while also providing sidesplittingly funny wisdom on a range of topics that she's highly unqualified to expound upon, including men, sports, hypochondria, and stepparenthood.
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