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Friday, October 14, 2011

Dying to do Letterman, by Steve Mazan

Dying to do Letterman: turning someday into today, by Steve Mazan.  HCI, 2011.  244 pp.  978-0-7573-1627-2.

... in which Steve Mazan, stand-up comedian, learns that he may only have five years to live and sets off to achieve his life-long dream of performing a comedy routine on the Late Show with David Letterman.


This review is of a digital copy provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley.

Steve Mazan's biggest dream as a child was to become a stand-up comedian.  After serving in the Navy for several years and attending college, he was able to begin to pursue a career in comedy in San Francisco.  Just after his career started to take off, and months after meeting the girl of his dreams, Mazan received a cancer diagnosis that left him with anywhere from five to fifteen years left to live.  His biggest dream had always been to someday bring his jokes to the Late Show, as David Letterman had always been one of Mazan's biggest heroes.  With a dedicated team of colleagues, friends and family, Mazan begins his push to achieve his dream.

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