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Totally Booked with Zibby

Gary Gulman, MISFIT: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Beloved stand-up comedian Gary Gulman joins Zibby to discuss his witty and poignant memoir, Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the ‘80s. Gary reveals the inspiration behind this book: a major depressive episode at age 46 and a move back to his childhood home. He describes his turbulent mental health journey, his awkward moments from kindergarten to twelfth grade, and his love of laughter and comedy (which turned out to be the best antidepressant!). Finally, he shares his best advice for aspiring writers. 


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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

0:06.7

This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.

0:14.9

I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.

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Our books are already out now.

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You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.

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And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle

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features.

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That's at Zibbymag.com.

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We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.

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And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop

0:40.3

at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to

0:47.0

enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in

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2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is basically

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my favorite thing. Enjoy. Gary Goldman is the author of Misfit, Growing Up Awkward in the

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1980s. Over 25 years in comedy, Gary Gullman has established himself as an imminent performer

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and peerless writer. A product of Boston, Gullman has been a scholarship college football

1:16.5

player and accountant and a high school teacher. He has made countless television appearances

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as both a comedian and an actor. Goulman has made four masterful TV specials, including

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his most recent universally acclaimed stand-up special for HBO,

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the Great Depresh, of Tour-de-Force look at mental illness, which is equal parts hilarious and

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inspiring. In 2019, he appeared in the International Blockbuster Joker. He can most recently be seen

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co-starring with Amy Schumer in the hit Hulu comedy series, Life and Beth. Gary's first book is titled Misfit Growing Up Awkward in the 1980s, a memoir based on his

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