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The Resource Revenge of the nerd, or, ... The singular adventures of the man who would be Booger : a memoir, Curtis Armstrong

Revenge of the nerd, or, ... The singular adventures of the man who would be Booger : a memoir, Curtis Armstrong

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"Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public imagination as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career on stage but progressed rapidly to film and television. He was typecast early and it proved to be the best thing that could have happened. But there's more to Curtis' story than that. Born and bred a nerd, he spent his early years between Detroit, a city so nerdy that the word was coined there in 1951, and, improbably, Geneva, Switzerland. His adolescence and early adulthood was spent primarily between the covers of a book and indulging his nerdy obsessions. It was only when he found his true calling, as an actor and unintentional nerd icon, that he found true happiness. With whip-smart, self-effacing humor, Armstrong takes us on a most unlikely journey--one nerd's hilarious, often touching rise to the middle. He started his life as an outcast and matured into...well, an older, slightly paunchier, hopefully wiser outcast. In Hollywood, as in life, that counts as winning the game"--
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
Isbn
9781250113948
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Revenge of the nerd, or, ... The singular adventures of the man who would be Booger : a memoir
Title
Revenge of the nerd, or, ... The singular adventures of the man who would be Booger
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Curtis Armstrong
Title variation
  • Revenge of the nerd
  • Singular adventures of the man who would be Booger
Creator
Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
"Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public imagination as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career on stage but progressed rapidly to film and television. He was typecast early and it proved to be the best thing that could have happened. But there's more to Curtis' story than that. Born and bred a nerd, he spent his early years between Detroit, a city so nerdy that the word was coined there in 1951, and, improbably, Geneva, Switzerland. His adolescence and early adulthood was spent primarily between the covers of a book and indulging his nerdy obsessions. It was only when he found his true calling, as an actor and unintentional nerd icon, that he found true happiness. With whip-smart, self-effacing humor, Armstrong takes us on a most unlikely journey--one nerd's hilarious, often touching rise to the middle. He started his life as an outcast and matured into...well, an older, slightly paunchier, hopefully wiser outcast. In Hollywood, as in life, that counts as winning the game"--
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Armstrong, Curtis
Dewey number
  • 791.4302/8092
  • B
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  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
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Literary form
non fiction
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  • Armstrong, Curtis
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
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Revenge of the nerd, or, ... The singular adventures of the man who would be Booger : a memoir, Curtis Armstrong
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rdacarrier
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn987437365
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
Isbn
9781250113948
Lccn
2017006935
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)987437365
Label
Revenge of the nerd, or, ... The singular adventures of the man who would be Booger : a memoir, Curtis Armstrong
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn987437365
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
Isbn
9781250113948
Lccn
2017006935
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)987437365

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