The Resource Clinton & me, Mark Katz
Clinton & me, Mark Katz
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- Summary
- "When you provide the comic relief for the Leader of the Free World, the line between funny and weird can get a little blurry. Consider the extraordinary experiences of Mark Katz, the in-house humor writer of the Clinton White House, whose job was to produce the president's comic response to the crisis du jour. For eight tumultuous years, he wrote Bill Clinton's annual series of humorous speeches to the Washington press corps - those rare evenings in the nation's capital when the president trades in his bully pulpit for an open mike. In a town where C-SPAN passes for entertainment, Katz faced the sometimes surreal task of finding the funny in an administration rocked by politics and partisanship; Whitewater and Waco; Dr. Elders and Henry Hyde; and - ultimately - the circus of impeachment." "Here, too, are the unlikely adventures of an itinerant wiseass careening down the bumpy path that takes him from the principal's office to the Oval Office. After college, Katz hitched his wagon to Michael Dukakis's star - only to become the joke writer for a campaign that was a joke unto itself. Four years later, he was an unemployed advertising copywriter in need of a job when he got a call from a Clinton White House desperately in need of jokes. And the rest, as they say, is comedy."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Note
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- "Miramax Books."
- "A real life political comedy"--Cover
- Includes index
- Contents
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- The bravest thing I've ever done (The egg timer)
- Chapter 1: Growing up Kennedy
- Chapter 2: Anti-Nixon youth
- Chapter 3: Portrait of the Wiseass as a young man
- Chapter 4: How I didn't become an orthodontist
- Chapter 5: The guy who made Mike Dukakis so funny
- Chapter 6: A different kind of campaign
- Chapter 7: Road trip to Little Rock
- Chapter 8: White House operator calling
- Chapter 9: People who people
- Chapter 10: Boring-gate
- Chapter 11: A wet hacking cough on the Presidency
- Chapter 12: The way of the spork
- Chapter 13: Ghostwriter overexposed
- Chapter 14: My thirty-six finest hours
- Chapter 15: Comic consigliere
- Chapter 16: Apocalypse then
- Chapter 17: 2000 zero, zero-party over, oops, out of time!
- Isbn
- 9780786869497
- Label
- Clinton & me
- Title
- Clinton & me
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Katz
- Title variation
- Clinton and me
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When you provide the comic relief for the Leader of the Free World, the line between funny and weird can get a little blurry. Consider the extraordinary experiences of Mark Katz, the in-house humor writer of the Clinton White House, whose job was to produce the president's comic response to the crisis du jour. For eight tumultuous years, he wrote Bill Clinton's annual series of humorous speeches to the Washington press corps - those rare evenings in the nation's capital when the president trades in his bully pulpit for an open mike. In a town where C-SPAN passes for entertainment, Katz faced the sometimes surreal task of finding the funny in an administration rocked by politics and partisanship; Whitewater and Waco; Dr. Elders and Henry Hyde; and - ultimately - the circus of impeachment." "Here, too, are the unlikely adventures of an itinerant wiseass careening down the bumpy path that takes him from the principal's office to the Oval Office. After college, Katz hitched his wagon to Michael Dukakis's star - only to become the joke writer for a campaign that was a joke unto itself. Four years later, he was an unemployed advertising copywriter in need of a job when he got a call from a Clinton White House desperately in need of jokes. And the rest, as they say, is comedy."--Jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- BKL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Katz, Mark
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Presidents
- Speechwriters
- Katz, Mark
- Clinton, Bill
- Label
- Clinton & me, Mark Katz
- Note
-
- "Miramax Books."
- "A real life political comedy"--Cover
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The bravest thing I've ever done (The egg timer) -- Chapter 1: Growing up Kennedy -- Chapter 2: Anti-Nixon youth -- Chapter 3: Portrait of the Wiseass as a young man -- Chapter 4: How I didn't become an orthodontist -- Chapter 5: The guy who made Mike Dukakis so funny -- Chapter 6: A different kind of campaign -- Chapter 7: Road trip to Little Rock -- Chapter 8: White House operator calling -- Chapter 9: People who people -- Chapter 10: Boring-gate -- Chapter 11: A wet hacking cough on the Presidency -- Chapter 12: The way of the spork -- Chapter 13: Ghostwriter overexposed -- Chapter 14: My thirty-six finest hours -- Chapter 15: Comic consigliere -- Chapter 16: Apocalypse then -- Chapter 17: 2000 zero, zero-party over, oops, out of time!
- Control code
- 54381421
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780786869497
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Label
- Clinton & me, Mark Katz
- Note
-
- "Miramax Books."
- "A real life political comedy"--Cover
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The bravest thing I've ever done (The egg timer) -- Chapter 1: Growing up Kennedy -- Chapter 2: Anti-Nixon youth -- Chapter 3: Portrait of the Wiseass as a young man -- Chapter 4: How I didn't become an orthodontist -- Chapter 5: The guy who made Mike Dukakis so funny -- Chapter 6: A different kind of campaign -- Chapter 7: Road trip to Little Rock -- Chapter 8: White House operator calling -- Chapter 9: People who people -- Chapter 10: Boring-gate -- Chapter 11: A wet hacking cough on the Presidency -- Chapter 12: The way of the spork -- Chapter 13: Ghostwriter overexposed -- Chapter 14: My thirty-six finest hours -- Chapter 15: Comic consigliere -- Chapter 16: Apocalypse then -- Chapter 17: 2000 zero, zero-party over, oops, out of time!
- Control code
- 54381421
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780786869497
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
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