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Nailing It
- Narrated by: Rich Hall
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
A 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.
Growing up, Rich Hall aspired to be a writer, and after school he trained to be a journalist. But after a stint at the Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee, he found himself trying to impress a girl by doing a one-man show in 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.
Nailing It is a collection of true stories from both Hall's professional and personal life where he really had to nail it. 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.
They'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.
Hall 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.
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"An uproariously funny collection of true stories from one of the comedy greats." (Bill Bailey)
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- David Williams
- 21-03-23
Great for fans of Rich Hall
The stories ranged from funny to thought provoking and they're all told in Rich's unique style. I did enjoy it a lot
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- Steven Dunkley
- 23-01-23
Brilliant
Excellent book, great stories from Rich’s career delivered with complete honesty. I hope I can write a book like this someday
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- Carlton
- 16-01-23
Superb
Really very good. He has a way with words. I'm going to listen to it again. Nice!
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-01-23
Superb, genius
Wonderful audiobook, one of my all time favourites. Rich Hall is a comedy genius. Really hope he does more.
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- S. Claridge
- 30-01-23
Better than sex...
I can enjoy it and still get the dishes done so in my world, Rich Hall is king.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-23
Rich --- Nailed it!!!!!
really enjoyed this book. it's always good to hear about the background and get an idea of where the comedian is coming from!!!
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- Lee Allan
- 22-04-23
The real deal with endless talent.
Reminds me of someone who took 20 years to become an overnight success. Honest, open with a common sense opinion that is shared with us often. Intelligent whitty and well worth a read/listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-23
A funny book by a funny guy!
Loved this. Chuckled a lot. Smiled too and occasionally grinned. Nailed it! Thank you Mr Hall! God bless America (and Blighty too!).
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- Dennis Sommers
- 12-07-23
Payback time!!!
His honesty makes me think Diogenes the original Cynic must have been like this, or an Old Testament prophet: they were probably performers too.
Of course, the book is hilarious in parts but there’s a great deal of anger, not least at his father and it’s payback time for Karen,his wife!
The account of the Frenchman is telling: Rich is as funny and honest about country music as about anything else, but the message is the same- ‘A valuable culture and tradition has been sold out by others.’
Why do so many comedians want to be honoured as musicians? There is only a handful of entertainers who have ever been seen to combine and deploy both talents successfully: Les Dennis, victor Borge, Tom Lehrer …
Like the cartoonist, I would have been horribly disappointed in the second half of his live gigs, and if Rich feels that his anger and contempt would be too much for an audience to contain for a second hour my guess is that he’s on the money, and. How would he follow his first hour?
‘I was doing this long before I met you’ may have been one of his best lines: I think of Joseph Hayden’s wife using the composer’s manuscripts for wrapping vegetables: ‘Behind every great man…’.
We shall always need Rich and his kind and he’s right about the tendency for bleeding hearts and misfits externalising their pain, but some are funny while the impression is so often left that the support for such people comes with sympathy or even discomfort! The audiobook clearly demonstrates that Rich is ‘calling the kettle black’ but that’s the essence of comedy.
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- Brian
- 15-09-22
Great story of a guys life.
I know this guy.
I have heard some of his stuff.
So seemed a good idea to listen to his story, and what a story. Rich seems to have had a few lucky breaks along the way and a courage of his convictions to stick at this conviction.
I particularly liked the absolutely fantastic description of the introduction to the Edinburgh Festival. He described the festival so actually.
Classic idea of an American in Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time. Well done for breaking though the different styles of comedy both sides of the Atlantic. Enjoyed the book very much.
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