Book Review

Who Stole the Funny? (2007)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Aug 28, 2007; Writer: Robby Benson; Genres: Comic Novels, Fiction; Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

In this Tinseltown satire, moralistic sitcom director J.T. Baker tries to corral the backstage antics on the hit show My Urban Buddies.

Pop Culture Ref J.T.'s escape to a farm goes poorly; his wife calls it ''the postpartum, cow birthin' Green Acres blues.''

Lowdown A former director on Friends, Robby Benson knows from funny — but his super-insidery tone in Who Stole the Funny? never lets us in on the joke. C

Originally posted Sep 07, 2007 Published in issue #953-954 Sep 14, 2007 Order article reprints

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