| Edition |
First edition. |
| Physical Description |
xii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
The American way -- My great escape -- This crazy thing called divorce -- "I was right. You should've died." -- Fred and titty baby -- Looking for gold -- The first laugh -- Live from the hustle -- King no more -- The tiny game-changer -- You're the fucking man -- Immigrant revolution. |
| Summary |
"Well guys, here it is -- my story. A funny, sad, at times pathetic but also kick-ass tale of how a half-Filipino, half-white kid whose mom thought (and still thinks) his career goal was to become a clown became a success. Not an overnight success, because that would have made for a really short read, but an All-American success who could give my immigrant mom the kind of life she hoped for when she came to this country, and my son the kind of life I wished I'd had as a kid. With all the details of what it felt like to get the doors closed in my face and how my career finally took off once I embraced the craziness of my family, which I always thought was uniquely Filipino but turns out is as universal as it gets." -- Publisher annotation. |
| Subject |
Koy, Jo.
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Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
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Filipino Americans -- Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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