Fired! - Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed (Electronic book text)

"If you've ever been fired, you're in good company. That's what actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch discovered when she was fired by her idol Woody Allen (""You look retarded""). She confided her tale of woe to her friend Felicity Huffman, who made Annabelle laugh with her own stories. Annabelle realized that there was a world of people out there waiting to laugh at the experience that virtually everyone shares, and she began to collect stories of being fired from friends and colleagues. Soon she was contributing regular ""Fired "" segments to Day to Day on NPR and gathering friends to appear with her in sold-out performances of Fired in Los Angeles and New York. Fired , her documentary film inspired by these stories, comes out in 2006. With an all-star cast from Tim Allen to Morgan Spurlock, from Anne Meara to David Cross, and contributions from people from all over the country, this book proves it's not the bounce that counts, it's the bounce back.