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Humor Celebrity & Popular Culture

Funny You Should Say That

by (author) Gerry Dee

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Initial publish date
Oct 2023
Category
Celebrity & Popular Culture, General, Essays
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443465717
    Publish Date
    Oct 2023
    List Price
    $17.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781443465700
    Publish Date
    Oct 2023
    List Price
    $36.99

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One of Canada’s top comedians shares the funniest stories from his life and career in this collection of hilarious essays

For more than two decades, Gerry Dee has made audiences laugh, first as a hard-working stand-up comedian, and then as the star of his own CBC television program, Mr. D. Dee became a physical education teacher, thinking he would have it made: coaching, summers off and a good pension. But he found himself dreaming of a career in comedy, until one day, years later, he turned in his teaching certificate and picked up a microphone. He went on to become one of Canada’s top comics.

In his new book of essays, Dee writes about his life—being a kid in suburban Toronto, becoming a father, starring in his own TV show, going on the road to comedy clubs across Canada and the US. He takes us behind the scenes of Last Comic Standing, Mr. D and everywhere in between. There was the time he set up his own DVD-signing appearances, only to have no one show up. Or the time he was flown to the Bahamas, where he performed for drunken fishermen and their “nieces.” And he shares his lifelong affliction with hypochondria and all the medical conditions he doesn’t have. This is Gerry Dee at his comedic finest.

About the author

GERRY DEE, an actor and stand-up comedian, grew up in Scarborough, Ontario. The former varsity hockey player and physical education teacher turned his talents to comedy over twenty years ago and never looked back. His CBC television show, Mr. D, ran for eight seasons. Dee now hosts Family Feud Canada and stars in the FOX comedy Animal Control. He still tours regularly across Canada and the United States. Gerry Dee lives in Toronto with his family.

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