Norm Macdonald 
Based on a True Story 
A Memoir

Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible #1 bestselling memoir of the Canadian actor, gambler, and raconteur, and one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time.A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year As this books title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his lifemore or lessfrom his origins on a farm in the backwoods of Ontario and an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search to his account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Liveuntil he was fired because a corporate executive didnt think he was funny. But Based on a True Story is much more than just a memoir; its the hilarious, inspired epic of Norms life. In dispatches from a road trip to Las Vegas (part of a plan hatched to regain the fortune hed lost to sports betting and other vices) with his sidekick and enabler, Adam Eget, Norm recounts the milestone moments, the regrets, the love affairs, the times fortune smiled on his life, and the times it refused to smile. As the clock ticks down, Norms debt reaches record heights, and he must find a way to evade the hefty price thats been placed on his head by one of the most dangerous loan sharks in the country.As a comedy legend should, Norm peppers these pages with classic jokes and long-mythologized Hollywood stories. This wildly adventurous, totally original, and absurdly funny saga turns the conventional comics memoir on its head and gives the reader an exclusive pass inside the mad, glorious mind of Norm Macdonald.