Anchorboy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2013
- Category
- General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443430425
- Publish Date
- Nov 2013
- List Price
- $11.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781443451291
- Publish Date
- Nov 2016
- List Price
- $16.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781443429474
- Publish Date
- Nov 2013
- List Price
- $19.99
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Description
TOP TEN THINGS YOU’LL LEARN WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK:
10) Jay was beaten up by an MMA fighter on live television
9) Interviewing Will Ferrell can be a harrowing experience
8) Jay once ruined a perfectly good pair of underwear on Christmas Eve
7) Failing as a stand-up comedian can lead to a job in broadcasting
6) Jay ran a marathon to get a ticket for the 2010 men’s Olympic gold medal hockey game
5) Jay was sexually harassed at TSN by a senior citizen every day for ten years
4) Jay appeared as the Phantom of the Opera on national television
3) Jay was entertained nightly by free live sex shows throughout university
2) Jay was single-handedly responsible for Winnipeg’s second NHL team being called “The Jets” (he claims)
1) Running around in a full-body unitard at the London Olympics is a bad idea
All this and more awaits you inside ANCHORBOY!
About the author
Jay Onrait is a Canadian television personality, author, sports anchor, and most importantly your friend. Born in Calgary, Jay and his family eventually moved to Athabasca, where he was raised in the aisles of the family drug store. Following a two-year stint at the University of Alberta, a period he refers to as his “Lost Years,” Jay applied to and was surprisingly accepted at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he enrolled in the prestigious Radio and Television Arts Program. Several hundred orders of Pad Thai from Salad King later, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and embarked on a career in television. Flash forward to 2003, when Jay landed a job hosting TSN’s SportsCentre alongside Dan O’Toole and became the stuff of legend. Jay and Dan taped their final episode of SportsCentre in June 2013-upsetting Canadian sports fans from coast to coast-and joined the launch of the new Fox Sports 1 network in Los Angeles as hosts of their flagship show, Fox Sports Live. Somewhere along the way, Jay found time to write the bestselling memoir Anchorboy and co-create the wildly successful “Jay & Dan Podcast,” which continues to make people laugh to this day. Jay is married and currently resides in Los Angeles, where he tries to limit his In-N-Out Burger trips to once a week.
Editorial Reviews
“Of all the Canadians I have worked with in Hollywood, Jay Onrait is definitely one of them.” — Martin Short
“Jay Onrait has finally found a medium in which he stands a chance to succeed. Stick with the books, kid! Television is just not your thing. And get rid of the other guy immediately.” — Regis Philbin
“I’m not going to be one of those people who says something mean about Jay Onrait just for a cheap laugh and a chance to get on his book cover. Besides, who the hell is Jay Onrait?” — Peter Mansbridge
“When I first met Jay Onrait, he was essentially an intern at TSN. I would berate him daily and make him do silly dog tricks to humiliate him in front of the staff. But if that is in this book, I will sue his ass.” — James Duthie
“Jay is in desperate of need of paycheck, so he wrote another book. Please take him back Canada.” — Andy Roddick
“Seriously, a book by Jay Onrait is not to be taken seriously. Except by Jay Onrait, who was driven by the need to work on his spelling.” — Dave Hodge
“I fell in love with Jay Onrait the day I flashed him on National Television. It was more exciting for me than him, but we both were willing to do anything for ratings. . . Anything. RIP Jay. I will miss your packed lunches.” — Charissa Thompson