Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed [Paperback]

If you've ever been fired, you're in good company. That's what actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch discovered when she was fired by her idol Woody Allen, who added, You look retarded. In confiding her tale of woe to others, she realized there is a world of people out there with similar laugh-out-loud experiences. How did Bob Saget learn he was being phased out of his job onThe Morning Program? One day I showed up and my hosting chair was gone!

A collection of anecdotes from people who've all gotten the ax, the boot, or been canned at some point in their lives,Fired!boasts an all-star cast from Tim Allen to Jeff Garlin and features contributions from people all over the country. Uproariously funny and refreshingly true, this book proves it's not the bounce that counts, it's the bounce back.Annabelle Gurwitchis an actress and writer best known to television audiences as the cohost of the cult TV hitDinner and a Movieon TBS. She is a contributing writer and commentator on NPR'sDay to Dayand has appeared in numerous television shows and movies. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

Annabelle recently appeared inThe Shaggy Dogwith Tim Allen, stars in the indieMelvin Goes to Dinnerwith Jack Black, and was recently seen inBoston Legalgoing toe to toe with Candace Bergen. Ironically, Candace fired Annabelle as her secretary inMurphy Brown.The documentary filmFired!will be coming to theatres in the Fall of 2006 and will then play on The Sundance Channel.

Before hosting Real Time on HBO for the last twenty-one years, Bill Maher created and hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Trump may have popularized the phrase 'You're fired,' but he certainly hasn't made it any easier to hear. [Gurwitch] is making the saying a little more tolerable.
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