What Would Susie Say?, Susie Essman
What Would Susie Say?, Susie Essman
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What Would Susie Say?
Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy

Author: Susie Essman

Narrator: Susie Essman

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2009

Synopsis

In What Would Susie Say?, Susie Essman sheds the crasser layers to reveal how she went from an anxiety-ridden, struggling stand-up comic to being one of the funniest women on television. Emerging as one of the most successful performers in her field, Essman goes behind the scenes of a life in comedy with her funny cohorts, including Joy Behar, Rodney Dangerfield, and, of course, Larry David, while also providing side-splittingly funny wisdom on a range of topics that she’s highly unqualified to expound upon, including men, sports, hypochondria, and stepparenthood. Irreverent and refreshingly candid, What Would Susie Say? is Essman’s hilarious retort to the dubious facts of life we all face.

About Susie Essman

Susie Essman has played the sassy Susie Greene for all seven seasons of the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Her hilarious bouts of withering sarcasm and her uninhibited insults have become her character’s trademark, and her streetwise vernacular is perfectly suited for her life in Manhattan, where she has been a veteran of the world of stand-up comedy for twenty-five years. She divides her time between New York City and upstate New York, where she lives with her husband, four stepchildren, and two dogs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on January 02, 2010

Until now, I've never read a celebrity book. Mostly because there are so many other books I'd rather read and I really don't give a shit about celebrities political opinions or personal lives. So why did I read this celebrity book? Believe it or not, Susie Essman is actually our neighbor. My wife lov......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 23, 2012

Got this from Border's Closing Sale if I'm not mistaken. I don't watch Curb, so I wasn't previously familiar with Susie, but I judged the book by it's cover and it looked good for $1.75, so it came home with me (thankfully I don't use the same method when choosing hookers). It reads like a collectio......more

Goodreads review by STEVE on July 28, 2020

A delightful look I’m admittedly only a recent first-time viewer of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and while I love Susie the character, I wanted to know more about her life and career in comedy. Her autobiography doesn’t disappoint on those ends. I’ve been a fan of Ms. Essman since I saw her doing HBO speci......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on October 23, 2017

Susie had some funny one-liners in here. I liked that she was a 1st-time bride at 53 :)! Also, how interesting that her dad made the US Olympic team for fencing. I love that Larry David cracks up uncontrollably every time Susie Green screams & curses at him on set. Her immigrant grandmother had a ver......more

Quotes

"Of all the countless times in my life I've been directed to go fuck myself -- from waiters to rabbis to trick-or-treaters to every woman I've ever gone out with -- no one has done it with the panache and zeal of the fabulous Miss E. Sad to say, most of you will never experience that, but this book is the next best thing." -- LARRY DAVID

"I have been on the phone with Susie Essman for twenty-five years. In every conversation there is wit, there is insight, there is vetching. Now she shares all this with the world. I am no longer the lone recipient of her singular sagacity, perception, and luminosity. But I hold no malice. In fact, this stuff is so good, I even hope Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney read it." -- JOY BEHAR

"Susie Essman always makes me scream with laughter. If she were any wiser, she'd have witnessed the birth of Christ. What Would Susie Say? made me laugh harder than I have in years. After reading it, you'll never be at a loss for words again." -- BETTE MIDLER

"If you don't already know that Susie Essman is one of the funniest people on the planet then pick up this wonderful book with her pitch-perfect comic voice on every page. Dorothy Parker with a lot more heart." -- DAVID STEINBERG

"Don't get me wrong, I worship Susie Essman. That said, considering she knows absolutely nothing about life, love, or comedy, I'm thrilled that she managed to pull off such a brilliant hoax." -- RICHARD LEWIS

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