Rodney Rothman’s “Early Bird”
3May 22, 2008 by gaughin
Hey, I read a book!
Actually, I tend to read about a book a week, and don’t know why it never occurred to me to keep track with them here.
Mr Rodman’s a TV writer, with histories at both Letterman and The Daily Show. At age 28 (he’s now 32, I think), he took some time between writing gigs, and moved into a retirement community in Florida, where he was younger than the average resident by about 45 years. He stayed there 6 months. This book records the lessons and events of that half-year. It’s really a very funny book, and I recommend it to any adult.
It’s probably worth noting that this book came at the recommendation of a really solid radio interviewer named Jesse Thorn, who manages a podcast empire, with The Sound of Young America being the most prominent of the bunch. He’s a very funny interviewer, gets great guests (most frequently fringe comics.) He’s responsible for turning me onto to works of George Saunders, and if for nothing else in this lifetime, I owe him big for that.
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I really like this book, Dave, and I heard about it from Jesse also!
Dave, your review has spurred me to run to Union Ave Books and purchase this book. Interesting stuff.
Yay! They have it in the library system, if you can’t find your own copy.