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    The Guy Under the Sheets: The Unauthorized Autobiography

    Written by Chris Elliott

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    Because no one will write an unauthorized biography about Emmy-winning actor and comedian Chris Elliott, he has done it himself. Listener, you're hereby warned that much of this book will be disturbing. The Guy Under the Sheets is a behind-the-scenes memoir so personal, so provocative, that Elliott nearly sued himself to halt publication: the most shocking revelation, corroborated by numerous unnamed sources, is that Elliott is not the absurdist comedian that Rolling Stone once called "a genius." In fact, he's a slightly dim-witted no-talent from a celebrity family who managed to convince a whole generation of disillusioned youth that he was funny.

    Few have seen his dark side: a ghastly childhood spent on Manhattan's posh Upper East Side; a torrid first love affair with Lee Radziwill; a torrid second one with Kathie Lee Gifford; his first job dismembering bodies for the Mob; and countless episodes from the life of a mediocre artist who somehow faked his way to the top - of semi-moderate fame and fortune.

    But seriously, Elliott is a brilliantly comic bestselling writer - and while there is plenty of fictional fun in The Guy Under the Sheets, also woven throughout are wonderful real-life anecdotes, including Elliott's start at Late Night with David Letterman alongside Andy Kaufman, his work in films from Groundhog Day to Cabin Boy, and much more. If the author does not prevail in his lawsuit, this book is bound to delight many new listeners and loyal fans alike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 11, 2012
    ISBN9781469258010
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    The Guy Under the Sheets: The Unauthorized Autobiography
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    Chris Elliott

    Chris Elliott is a comedian and the author of several books, including The Shroud of the Thwacker. He currently stars in Adult Swim’s Eagleheart and has a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother.

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      Normally, autobiographies are written in the first person, not the third. But who's to say, really? The fact that essentially nothing in this book is true or accurate is mere nitpicking. The Guy Under The Sheets is a revival of a long neglected genre called dementia praecox. The master, SJ Perelman, absolutely dazzled with it in the 20s and 30s with Dawn Ginsburgh's Revenge and Strictly From Hunger. His prose could take off in any direction, and almost always took advantage of a linguistic fork in the road - even if there wasn't one. Any word with two possible meanings meant a tangent to another world.This book is not quite that clever, though it shows flashes of it from time to time. It steals from every film and tv sitcom scenario you can imagine (and many you will scratch your head to identify), and drops famous names like beavers in the closet. It pays no respect to fame, reputation, or timeframe for that matter. Dead people are very much with us, TV shows appear ten years early. Kurt Vonnegut would approve. (Actually, I'm a bit surprised neither Perelman nor Vonnegut put in appearances.) The book is a sincere effort to entertain, at the expense of story, flow and plot. You can skip a chapter and not miss anything. They pretty much stand alone except for the hyperdramatic death scene, which in a token gesture to sanity, is mercifully placed near the end. Elliott slips into first person in several absurd footnotes and brackets, but mostly, the story is of a miserable no-talent who gets break after break and hobnobs with the who's who of entertainment from 1920-2010. A pop culture bonanza. It makes a great beach read - good summer junk. And in the final blow to sanity, the book will only be published in October. How perfect. Long live Dementia Praecox!