All in all, I really enjoyed A Very Punchable Face and recommend it to SNL fans. Jost does well in capturing some of the day-to-day reality of life as an. There are many pictures, many unflattering but humorous. There are some funny stories, to be sure. There’s a section about which iconic sketches he wrote, and if you’ve never seen the show, it might not connect with you. My teen and I watch it together religiously, so the parts of the book that deal with behind the scenes, SNL culture, etc., were especially interesting to me. It’s a smart book, too, and is very much like his Weekend Update newscast. Some of his SNL stories are hilarious and he’s got oddball footnotes on most pages that are also funny. It is! He’s got great observations about himself which reminded me of people I know and myself. He’s extremely self-deprecating and geeky, which makes him endearing and kind of adorable. It’s full of cool revelations, like his mother’s role as chief medical officer of the NYC Fire Department. Very little! The book is about his childhood in Staten Island, time at Harvard, as a student in Russia, his early experiences at SNL, and the last few years as head writer and on-air talent on the show. Colin Jost’s new memoir, which should have been called Jost the Facts but instead is called A Very Punchable Face, finds the Saturday Night Live cohead writer, Weekend Update co-anchor. How much of the book is about Scarlett Johansson? A Very Punchable Face did not disappoint: Colin tells tales of his childhood, of his time as a SNL writer and everything in between. Why would I read this book, isn’t he young for a memoir? An ode to Colin Jost’s A Very Punchable Face:
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