Revenge of the Nerd
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (637 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073JSV9LB |
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| Number of Pages | : | 215 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Embracing Uniqueness Stella Carrier I admit that this kindlebook of Revenge of the Nerd; Or the Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger by Curtis Armstrong caught my attention after I saw an online article that referenced Curtis Armstrong and his professional work with Tom Cruise. Armstrong talks about his life growing up in Detroit Michigan and Switzerland. He candidly shares that while living in Geneva Switzerland he had friends from other cultures which was invaluable to him. He also shares with happiness that living in Switzerland allowed him and his family to visit among the following countries; France, Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Portugal, the Midd. Nick Howes said Booger on Tom Cruise, the Moonlighting Feud, and Revenge of the Nerds. Excellent autobiography. Curtis Armstrong was Booger in Revenge of the Nerds and here describes his career. He self-identifies as a nerd and had the chops -- he's a voracious reader, a Beatles aficionado and a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. There's plenty about his childhood and personal relationships, but he doesn't shortchange fans on his movies. He has great stories about his movie-making experiences, buttressing his memories with interviews with co-stars. He talks about Tom Cruise and Risky Business, the filming of Revenge of the Nerds and its sequels, Moonlighting's Cybil Shepard/Bruce Willis feud, and more. He even ment. "Watering the tree of liberty with the snot of comedy" according to swordsandlasers. Wow!I was looking for a book to remind me that nerds are still here in these weird times--something to water the tree of liberty with the snot of comedy. Revenge of the Nerd did the trick. Curtis Armstrong was pretty much the secret ingredient to the movies of my childhood, and he continues to pop up in places that just make me smile. He really is the dinosaur shaped cookie you find in a box of animal crackers due to some bizarre factory mix-up.Revenge of the Nerd provides a much needed laugh and some surprising Hollywood history. That said, Curtis Armstrong has written something really important here, something that goes beyond the
Risky Business. This audiobook is read by the author. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. But there's more to Curtis' story than that. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career onstage but progressed rapidly to film and television. With whip-smart, self-effacing humor, Armstrong takes us on a most unlikely journey - one nerd's hilarious, often touching rise to the middle. 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. It was only when he found his true calling, as an actor and unintentional nerd icon, that he found true happiness. New Girl. Supernatural. 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. Moonlighting. American Dad. Better Off Dead. Revenge of the Nerds. In Hollywood, as in life, that counts as winning the game.. His adolescence and early adulthood were spent primarily between the covers of a book and indulging his nerdy obsessions. He started his life as an outcast and matured intowell, an older, slightly paunchier, hopefully wiser outcast. He was typecast early, and it proved to be the best thing that could have happened