Girl Walks into a Bar...
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
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Rachel Dratch
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Rachel Dratch
About this listen
In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Live star recounts the hilarious adventures and unexpected joy of dating and becoming a mother when she least expected it - at the age of 44.
Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch. She was hilarious! So what happened to her? After a misbegotten part as Jenna on the pilot of 30 Rock, Dratch was only getting offered roles as "Lesbians. Secretaries. Sometimes secretaries who are lesbians."
Her career at a low point, Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog-sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose? Resigned to childlessness but still hoping for romance, Dratch was out for drinks with a friend when she met John.
Handsome and funny, after only six months of dating long-distance, he became the inadvertent father of her wholly unplanned, undreamed-of child and moved to New York to be a dad. With riotous humor, Dratch recounts breaking the news to her bewildered parents, the awe of her single friends, and the awkwardness of a baby-care class where the instructor kept tossing out the f-word.
Filled with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Dratch's time on SNL, Girl Walks into a Bar is a refreshing version of the "happily ever after" story that proves female comics - like best sellers Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler - are truly having their moment.
©2012 Rachel Dratch (P)2012 Penguin AudioWhat listeners say about Girl Walks into a Bar...
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-02-11
funny, and inspires gratitude for small things
Made me laugh out loud all throughout. really enjoyed Rachel's story, her tenacity and spirit, and unwavering amusement at her own situations.
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- Sandra Pedersen
- 2021-12-12
Light, funny and relatable. Great listen!
loved listening during my walks, while cleaning or puttering around. easy to start and stop. Rachel is hilarious and found myself LOLing many times:)
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- pennmani
- 2019-11-13
Really loved it
Funny for sure but warm and truthful too. I expected a lot from this book, that’s why I got, I expected it would be good and found it to be great. I’ve read most of the books in this genre (funny, female, sometimes SNL alumnae) and while I never want to have favorites, I think I do now.
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- TimGlue
- 2018-09-13
A fun read!
Some great stories with lots of laughs; it was wonderful to have Rachel tell them herself.
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- Sam Hinton
- 2022-04-30
funny story of life
awsome story, didn't know the actress before the story but great book none the less
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- Julia Mark
- 2023-09-21
Heartfelt, Relatable, Funny
I really enjoyed listening to Rachel's story. She tells her story in a very relatable way, that shows honesty and humour. Her voicing of her story was entertaining, and I really enjoyed this. I appreciated that it aasnt all name dropping and that type of thing but really her story about her tike on snl, and more so the time after that, and what life looked like for her. I totally recommend!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-11-30
An amazing personal journey
Terrific insight in the world of comedy, youth, aging & parenthood. The glimpse into the world of a young comic on the road to SNL is revelatory, the view of the world after SNL is delightfully earnest and beautiful.
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- The Math Devil
- 2023-08-01
Very funny!
I enjoyed Rachel Dratch on SNL, and I'm always happy to see her pop up in episodes of shows I'm watching.
This book is an easy and hilarious listen where you'll get insight into Rachel's life as well as a brief dive into her time at SNL.
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- Alicia
- 2023-11-09
loved
this was no Debbie Downer! I listed to her audiobook while walking my dog, and would catch myself laughing out loud, to myself. I am sure i looked a little crazy, but it was worth it. relatable and honest, a great read.
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- Carolyn
- 2018-04-25
So boring and unfunny
Just dull as can be, not funny, kind of whiney. Performance was fine. Definitely do not recommend.
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