RECENT GUESTS INCLUDE: ALI LEROI- Comedian, writer and Executive Producer of Everybody Hates Chris, HBO’s Chris Rock Show, Head of State and more. CAROL LEIFER- Comedian, writer, and Executive Producer of Seinfeld. Writer on 5 Academy Award Shows and Author of the coming Random House Book When You Lie About Your Age the Terrorists Win. ANDREA ABBATTE- Hilarious Writer/Performer with 7 appearances on Politically Incorrect. Author of the darkly funny collection of essays- Childhood on the Rocks. SARAH THYRE- Author of the memoir Dark At The Roots, which is a recent Top Pick of People Magazine. Sarah is an actress who has appeared in David Sedaris’s plays, on Comedy Central’s Strangers With Candy, and on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. GRAHAM ELWOOD- Is a comedian who has made an amazing documentary of his shows entertaining the troops in Afghanistan. His film Graham Elwood Live From Afghanistan is part concert footage part interviews with the troops. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Veterans of Foreign Wars Fund. HILLARY CARLIP - Author of Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan / As seen on “Ellen”, “Oprah”, and “The Gong Show” / Creator and Publisher of the popular essay website Fresh Yarn. PAUL PROVENZA - Comedian. Producer/Director of The Aristocrats ANNABELLE GURWITCH - Comic Actress and Author of the book and producer of the film Fired (now on Showtime). JEFF KAHN - Comic Actor / Emmy Award Winning Writer -Seen in “The 40 Year Old Virgin” / Writer for “The Ben Stiller Show” BRETT PAESEL - Author of the book Mommies Who Drink (an L.A. Times top 10 pick) / Comic Actress as seen on “Mr. Show”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, and “Six Feet Under”. MAGGIE ROWE - Producer of “Hollywood Hell House” and the critically acclaimed Comedy Central Stage show “Sit n’ Spin” PAUL GILMARTIN - Appearing as his popular character “Republican Richard Martin”, as heard on the “Adam Corolla” radio show JILL SOLOWAY - Author of Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants; Writer / Producer for “Six Feet Under”, and creator/producer of “Sit n’ Spin ELAINE SOLOWAY - Author of The Division Street Princess. MELANIE HUTSELL - “Saturday Night Live” Alum, and Writer / Performer of her original show “Party Mom” BETTY GOLDSTEIN - Hidden gold discovered.  ON HER WAY author Betty Goldstein takes us behind the scenes at the Oval Office in "Making the Right Impression," and shares a romantic memoir with "My First Kiss."  WENDY SPERO - Author of the book “microthrills: true stories from a life of small highs” (L.A. Times best seller’s list) / Published writer in “The New Yorker”, “Esquire”, and “The New York Times” AUSTIN TICHENOR - Actor, writer and director of the beloved Reduced Shakespeare Company reads from Reduced Shakespeare- The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired, which he co-authored with Reed Martin. BOB HARRIS - Comedian/writer/Jeopardy Champion reads from his book Prisoner of Trebekistan- A Decade In Jeopordy. DEE RYAN - Performs pieces from her one woman show “Dee-Construction - A Home Repair Odyssey”. STEVE RUDNICK and LEO BENVENUTI - A comedy team for years, these two writers created and wrote The Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen, Space Jam with Michael Jordan, and Kicking and Screaming with Will Ferrell. That’s them down on the right with DITKA. MARK SHIFF and RITCH SHYDNER - Stand up comics with way too many credits to list. They have recently compiled a book of stories from stand-ups titled, I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America’s Top Comics - includes Leno, Reiser, Larry David, Drew Carey, and many more! NEAL POLLACK - “America’s postmodern Erma Bombeck” is the author of the bestselling memoir Alternadad, called by one reviewer “the most offbeat parenting memoir ever written.” Alternadad was recently optioned by Warner Brothers, with an eye toward turning it into a feature film. Pollack has also written several acclaimed books of satirical fiction, including the Neal Pollack Anthology of Literature and the rock novel Never Mind the Pollacks. He’s written for many newspapers, magazines and websites, and keeps an exciting blog about parenting at www.nealpollack.com. PETER MOOR - Despite the fact that he is married to host/essayist Romie Angelich and is the father of their two children, Pete is still one of the guests that makes Romie laugh the most. The story of his experience driving Meryl Streep and her her hair and make-up guy Roy Hellend during the filming of Adaptation is probably topped by the confessional tell all of Pete’s obsession with Internet Scrabble. A bonus to each and every “Published, Produced, Or On Their Way” show is that Pete is the unofficial side-kick to the show, filling in whenever necessary and adding comic value at every show. ERIKA SCHICKEL- Author of the hilarious memoir You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom. A talented writer and performer whose works have appeared in the Los Angeles, Chicago Tribune, Bust Magazine, and LA Weekly. MARCIA WILKE - She has written for television talk shows, reality shows and game shows, and authored a New York Times best-selling book Behind the Smile, for Marie Osmond.  Her own solo shows (“Are You Happy?,” “This Girl I Knew,” and “Duck, Duck, Goose”) have toured the U.S. and played to critical acclaim in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. She has just finished a two-act play, a dark comedy titled “Living Room.” BETH LAPIDES- Writer/performer and beloved icon of the alternative comedy scene created and hosts the popular and influential Un-Cabaret show with the help of her producer/husband Greg Miller. Beth’s book of funny, inspiring, very modern haikus Did I Wake You? makes a great gift. It is small and pretty and very funny too. TAYLOR NEGRON- Comic actor and writer wrote the afterward to his neighbor John Caryle’s posthumously published Under the Rainbow- A Hollywood Memoir of Rock Hudson and Judy Garland. CAROLE RAPHAELLE DAVIS- Shares her dog’s vision of the world through the heart warming and funny book The Diary of Jinky- Dog of a Hollywood Wife. http://www.nealpollack.comshapeimage_1_link_0
PUBLISHED, PRODUCED, OR ON THEIR WAY
Once a month, at Borders Books in  Westwood (1360 Westwood Blvd.), Romie Angelich hosts “Published, Produced, Or On Their Way”.  She performs, along with several guests, who read original essays, selections from their published books, show clips from television or film projects, or share in some fashion their current writing or performing projects.   WIth her experience as a stand-up comic and Los Angeles essay performer, Romie attracts many of L.A.’s best comic talent.  Each show concludes with a panel discussion and a signing of books, CDs, or DVDs from the show’s performers. A great night with free admission.
 
 
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