{"product_id":"rejected-tales-of-the-failed-dumped-and-canceled","title":"Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJon Friedman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345500960\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVillard\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eBesides being born and dying, the most common human experience is being rejected-dissed, dumped on, or downsized-by lovers, parents, and employers. Now here's a hilarious collection of rejection stories-and rejected works-by some of today's most accomplished comic writers and performers (some world famous) sharing their pieces that were ripped to pieces and their own experiences of being handed their hats, heads, and hearts on a platter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Bob Witfong recalls being hired as a correspondent by The Daily Show\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebut never called in to work; then being fired by mistake; then going on air and called \"creepy\" by bloggers; and then actually being fired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Meredith Hoffa has her pubescent crush destroyed by a new haircut modeled on Mary Stuart Masterson's in Some Kind of Wonderful\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ejust when \"the size of my face and body had caught up to the gigantic size of my teeth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Joel Stein (celebrity interviewer for Time) receives an earful from Buddy Hackett who, before slamming down the phone, says: \"You're being kind of, what do you call it, I don't know, those wise-guy papers? Tabloids.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Dave Hill offers his piece for a British \"lad\" mag in which he went undercover with a police vice squad, an article killed because he didn't go \"far enough\" with a transvestite prostitute. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Jackie Cohen fails her audition for the synagogue choir-at age five. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - And many more too painful to mention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring essays, jokes, sketches, cartoons, and articles passed on by venues as varied as \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRejected\u003c\/i\u003e is a priceless compilation that reminds us it's a-okay to be a big loser. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRejected\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The overall quality of the work is remarkable; Friedman allows his writers immense latitude in style and substance while keeping his theme front and center. [\u003ci\u003eRejected\u003c\/i\u003e] has something for everyone, laughs on just about every page, and an ultimately uplifting spirit; \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Villard","offers":[{"title":"Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled | Jon Friedman | Paperback | 9780345500960 | Used: Like New | Humor 1565853","offer_id":48694021390488,"sku":"1565853","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81zxfY9pVEL.jpg?v=1773763491","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/rejected-tales-of-the-failed-dumped-and-canceled","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}