Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian BlackNavel Gazing

Navel Gazing

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Navel Gazing

New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Michael Ian Black delivers a “memorable and funny” memoir about confronting his genetic legacy as he hits his forties.

About Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black (very famous) is a popular comedian who began his career with The State, a sketch comedy troupe he co-founded at New York University in 1988, which went on to have a successful run on MTV. He then co-created the Comedy Central television series "Viva Variety," a fake European variety show. From there, he appeared on several television shows before landing the role of Phil Stubbs, the quirky bowling alley manager on NBC's "Ed," which ran for almost four seasons. His next project was "Stella," a television show he co-created with Michael Showalter and David Wain, which ran on Comedy Central. Michael has appeared in several films and is a popular contributor to VH1's "I Love the...

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I read You're Doing It Wrong back in grad school and really enjoyed it, as it was both hilarious and heartfelt. I found much the same here.
It's nice to read one of your all time favorite comedian's take on serious matters about health and family. Being able to have a laugh at your own neurotic thoughts you didn't realize others shared is refreshing.
I love MIB and this is such an honest account of aging / fear / family / mortality, all in his hilarious voice. Plus it's a super easy read.
Better written than I expected. A good read for someone who is acutely aware that life is moving faster than expected.
He's funny and he writes well. I skipped the parts about his mom, though; I don't know her - I barely know him - and I wasn't interested in reading sad stuff.
We are all going to get old, be betrayed by our bodies, and die, but at least Michael Ian Black has a sense of humor about it all.
Michael Ian Black is my kind of people. He's probably the only person who's managed to make running make any kind of sense to me.
Michael Ian Black confronts mortality with his signature deadpan wit.
I now know more about his feet than i ever wanted to know. i listened to him tell me this story via library audiobook.
There's something about Michael Ian Black's books that I just love. I want to give this a 5 star rating because I just enjoyed every second of listening to it.
This is the third book from Michael Ian Black that I've read, and it's just as funny, thoughtful, and earnest as I'd hoped/expected it to be. I read it over two days, but easily could have finished it in one, it was tough to put down.
A quick, relatable read :).
(One of the funniest jacket blurbs ever, Ricky Gervais said "Michael Ian Black asked me if I would provide a quote for this book and I said that I would." I was baffled after I read this, and Michael Ian Black's other book, Youo're Not Doing it Right, how I'd heard of them and why I ordered from library.
Whiter than Little House on the Prairie.
I checked this out from the library, and I never want to return it. I've been puzzled by some of the reactions to this book.

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