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Ritch Shydner

Ritch Shydner, author of the newly released Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom, has been described as "an incredibly funny observational comedian." He has made numerous guest appearances on late-night TV as a comic. He also played Al Bundy's co-worker on Married with Children and appeared in Designing Women, Roseanne and feature films such as Beverly Hills Cop II. He has written for Roseanne, The Jeff Foxworthy Show and HBO's The Mind of the Married Man. This is his second book. In 2006, he compiled stories of comedians on the road for I Killed, which he co-wrote with Mark Schiff.

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Unbucket list

Fighting midlife inertia, Sherry Stanfa-Stanley stares down a year of fear through what she calls The 52/52 Project. Her exploits range from visiting a nude beach with her 75-year-old mother to going on a raid with a vice squad and SWAT team to crashing a wedding - where she accidentally catches the bouquet. While finding her courage in the most unlikely of circumstances, Sherry ultimately finds herself. For midlifers, fatigued parents and anyone who may be discontent with their lif ...
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Surviving your spouse's high school reunion

I just got back from attending my wife's high school reunion. While I find going to my own high school reunion is interesting, fun and full of stimulating people with interesting lives - going to someone else's reunion is usually boring. That's because you don't know anybody and you don't have anything in common with these people but your spouse. But I had a great time at this year's reunion of my wife Madeline's class. That's because I was prepared. I knew from past experience that withi ...
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