No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad

Jay Mohr

Simon and Schuster, Apr 23, 2010 - Humor - 290 pages

YOU’LL NEVER SLEEP IN THIS TOWN AGAIN

From Saturday Night Live to stand-up, from a blockbuster film career to the star of CBS’s hit television show Gary Unmarried, Jay Mohr is one of the funniest people in comedy today. Now, in this down and dirty tale of modern fatherhood, Mohr shares his stories as a first-time parent.

No Wonder My Parents Drank reveals the details behind Mohr’s humiliating test-tube conception attempts and then recounts the trauma of not only having to keep this child alive, but having to spend time alone with him! He waxes poetic about dirty diapers; spins theories on spanking; and mulls over the more hidden advantages of parenthood, like carpool lane access, carte blanche to use the ladies restroom, and an alibi for missing family dinners. Mohr describes, in painfully funny detail, the bizarre situations that all parents inevitably face but can never prepare for (such as when his kid discovered his dog’s rear end) as well as moments of pure joy like taking his son to his first baseball game.

Mohr reports on the hilarious wisdom that his son, Jackson, has taught him—like why it’s fun to play "Kissy Boy" with the other boys at recess, how important sunscreen is for avoiding a "sunborn," and how awesome it is to get a "rainbow belt" in karate.

Riotously acerbic and refreshingly honest, No Wonder My Parents Drank casts the very funny Jay Mohr with an even funnier mini-me sidekick as a supporting character in a little comedic love story that every person who either is a parent or has a parent will find delightful.

Contents

• Introduction The Big Top 1 Escalating Love: 1
• Preparing for Baby: 21
• Proper Bostonians: 45
• Hours and Hours of Fun: 63
• Baby Virgins: 69
• Kid Logic: 79
• Tradition: 97
• Parenthood Has Its Advantages: 111
• Superpowers: 131
• Safé Is a FourLetter Word: 139
• Plag Ball: 157
• Kids Gan Be Gompetitive Pricks: 177
• Punishment: 189
• Snip Snip Hoorag: 213
• Stepparenting Sucks: 229
• The Birds and the Bees: 235
• My Lousy Swimmers: 241
• The GoxMohr Proust Questionnaire: 255
• No Wonder My Parents Drank: 265
• Acknowledgments: 273

About the author

The multi-talented Jay Mohr's career has spanned over a decade. He first received audience notice with his dead-on impressions of Christopher Walken, Dick Vitale and Sean Penn on "Saturday Night Live." Soon after that, he landed his breakthrough film role as a rival sports agent in the blockbuster hit "Jerry Maguire," and followed that up in a touching good-guy turn in "Picture Perfect." Other film credits include "Playing By Heart," "Suicide Kings," "Seeing Other People," "Even Money," "The Groomsmen," "Pay it Forward," "Street Kings" and "Go," as well as comedic leads in "King's Ransom" and "Are We There Yet?"  On television, Mohr created, executive produced and hosted "Last Comic Standing," now in its sixth season. Other credits include "Action" and his most recent role as Professor Rick Payne on the CBS series "Ghost Whisperer." CBS’s brand new blockbuster “Gary Unmarried” stars Jay Mohr and has been honored with the "Favorite New TV Comedy" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards. 
          
Mohr is also well known for his sports work as host of FOX Sports Net's "NFL This Morning" and narrator of the award-winning "Beyond the Glory." Additionally, Mohr executive produced and hosted the ESPN series "Mohr Sports" an original weekly comedy/music/sports talk hour and he continues to sell out venues across the country with his stand-up routine. 

Bibliographic information

• Title: No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad
• Author: Jay Mohr
• Edition: unabridged
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2010
• ISBN: 1439173230, 9781439173237
• Length: 290 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Humor / Topic / Marriage & Family; Humor / Topic / Men, Women & Relationships