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When I was your age : life lessons, funny stories & questionable parenting advice from a professional clown / Kenan Thompson with Dibs Baer.

Thompson, Kenan, (author.). Baer, Dibs, (author.).

Summary:

"When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson."-- Provided by publisher.
Thompson provides an ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and learning from the school of hard knocks. He is the longest-ever-service cast member of Saturday Night Live, as well as the survivor of early 2000s television programs and movies. But Thompson is also a dad to two girls, offering advice on parenting, focusing on positivity, and having fun in life. From his biggest mistakes to his most triumphant victories, there's something here for everybody!-- Adapted from jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0063348063
  • ISBN: 9780063348066
  • Physical Description: viii, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: [New York, NY] : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- All that & a bag of chips -- Back in the day -- Tuesday is a church day, too! -- Being a dad sucked the cool right out of me -- How watching "programs" can become a career -- Your daddy was a child star (and he made it out alive) -- Behind the scenes: Black is still beautiful -- Huggable cutie -- I'm glad I went for broke. For real -- There's a thin line between perseverance and delusion -- I want you to be proud of me, too -- I'm back to singling and mingling -- Always meet your heroes -- Just like cookies need milk, you need a partner in crime -- Everything I need to know about life, I learn from my girls -- For those who made me laugh, I salute you -- Epilogue: A change is gonna come. Probably.
Subject:
Thompson, Kenan.
Actors > United States > Biography.
African American actors > Biography.
African American comedians > Biography.
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Conduct of life.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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