Great Falls, MT : fast times, post-punk weirdos, and a tale of coming home again / Reggie Watts.

Author
Watts, Reggie [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[East Rutherford, New Jersey] : Tiny Reparations Books, [2023]
Description
xxii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

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Growing up as the only biracial kid in Great Falls, Montana, the comedian, musician and band leader takes us through his story, hitting upon the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to Montana--a place he needed to leave, but is ultimately drawn back to.
Contents
  • Introduction: Day one
  • Shoehorns
  • My own private Montana
  • The Reggie-matic emotional typewriter! (TM)
  • The weirdening
  • Waistcoats
  • Love boy
  • Ode to a grown-up Pippi Longstocking
  • The kid who wouldn't give up
  • Ben's fast food!
  • The way of the belt
  • Props to the original
  • R. Watts, number 69
  • I almost forgot
  • Embracing the darkness
  • Aerogel
  • A family of weirdos
  • The nature of time
  • Sophisticated British love
  • Intermission
  • One guy doing stuff
  • The Reggie Watts comprehensive glossary
  • Using up the adventure
  • An idea for a show
  • The ideal Seattle simulation
  • An open letter to Axl Rose's hair
  • Fame...but the TV show
  • Rocky and Bullwinkle
  • Moosetub, or Reggie Moose goes back to the moo-ture!
  • My plan for what I'll do when my mom passes away, which she never will
  • Comedy!!!
  • The Russian Jewish ghost of Christmas present goes shopping at grocery panther
  • The rififi paradox
  • Day one
  • The end of the world (as I know it)
  • Great Falls.
Other title(s)
Great Falls, Montana
ISBN
  • 9780593472460 ((hardcover))
  • 0593472462 ((hardcover))
OCLC
1401251069
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