From cult comedy icon and beloved radio host Tom Scharpling, an inspiring, funny, and thoughtful memoir
It Never Ends is Tom Scharpling’s harrowing memoir of his coming of age, a story he has never told before. It’s the heartbreaking account of his attempt at suicide, two stays in a mental hospital, and the memory-wiping electroshock therapy that saved his life. After his rehabilitation, Scharpling committed himself to reinvention through the world of comedy. In this book he will lift the curtain on the turmoil that still follows him, despite all of his accolades and achievements. In the vein of candid memoirs from comedians like Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk with Me and Norm Macdonald's Based on a True Story, It Never Ends is a revealing book by a beloved comedy icon.
Tom Scharpling is a comedian, television writer, producer, music video director, and radio host. For 18 years, he has hosted the weekly radio call-in comedy program The Best Show with Tom Scharpling. He is also known as the voice of Greg Universe on the hit Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe. Previously he was a writer-executive producer for the Emmy Award–winning show Monk.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 It Never Ends: The Beginning 1
Chapter 2 So Who is this Tom Scharpling Anyway? 13
Chapter 3 An Evening with the Piano Man 19
Chapter 4 High School 31
Chapter 5 It All Falls Apart 45
Chapter 6 A Story of Unqualified Triumph #1 67
Chapter 7 I Auditioned for the New Monkees 75
Chapter 8 Higher Education 87
Chapter 9 The Birth of Scharpling 103
Chapter 10 A Boy and his Microphone 113
Chapter 11 An Afternoon with Papa Roach 125
Chapter 12 Monk and the Best Show 145
Chapter 13 Best Show Confidential 165
Chapter 14 A Story of Unqualified Triumph #2 193
Chapter 15 My Life as a Player 199
Chapter 16 The Fine Art of Pitching 223
Chapter 17 Revenge of the Show and Death of My Father 237
Chapter 18 A Story of Unqualified Triumph #3 249
Chapter 19 The Death of America and the Almost Death of Tom 255
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