Road Dog, Dov Davidoff
Road Dog, Dov Davidoff
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Road Dog
Life and Reflections from the Road as a Stand-up Comic

Author: Dov Davidoff

Narrator: Dov Davidoff

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2017

Synopsis

Road Dog is comedian, actor, and writer, Dov Davidoff's unflinching memoir told through reflections of twelve months on the road. Davidoff travels across the country from college campuses to local theaters doing stand-up comedy and telling it like it is. He's been known to wax poetic about everything from encounters with large fake breasts, to people who have too many kids, to magnum condoms the size of CD cases. He is hilarious and relatable and will have you laughing at yourself in no time.But there's more to the road dog life than TV features and sold out comedy shows, there's a dark underbelly and Dov knows it well. His memoir chronicles the highs and often very low lows of performance life with honesty, clarity, and humility. Dov takes readers from his fractured childhood days spent in a New Jersey junkyard with a gruff Jewish father and commune-loving hippie Protestant mother to the intense hyperactive persona that his fans know and expect discussing the relationships, drugs, and demons that he has fought along the way. With an eye for self-reflection, and a penchant for hilarious irony, Dov pulls back the curtain on a life hard-made on the road.

About Dov Davidoff

DOV DAVIDOFF is a New Jersey born stand up comic, writer, and actor who was named one of Variety's Top 10 to Watch. Davidoff is a regular on college campuses and Chelsea Lately, starred in Invincible with Mark Wahlberg, and on TV shows including: The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, and Chappelle's Show among others. He is a favorite at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, as well as HBO's The Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerity (Val) on October 06, 2017

I was surprised how quickly I read this book. I also enjoyed it more than I expected to. Dov is a stand-up comic and occasional actor who had a pretty crummy childhood from his perspective. It was certainly different from many but made him who he is. He's quite introspective through much of the book......more

Goodreads review by Bill on October 07, 2019

Road Dog is sad. Dov Davidoff’s life of cocaine, alcohol, empty sex and nomad like meanderings is both depressing and funny. Mexican hookers relieved Dov of his virginity at thirteen and prostitutes and strippers (is there a difference?) are the natural extension of his bizarre early experience. I a......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on November 09, 2017

I think Dov has a lot of talent. He is one of the few comics who I would pay to see again. So much insightfulness...Tough guys. His dad dying. Self hate. His letter to Jess (wow). His tattoo: Do not speak unless it improves the silence. "Tell a joke that comes from something that unites us all, a joke......more

Goodreads review by J.C. on March 26, 2021

A well written book that could have used a little bit more story telling. Part autobiography, part tales from the road, part philosophical reflection. All of it is funny, but there is not enough depth, everything sort of loses momentum and there aren't a lot of resolutions for the stories he's telli......more

Goodreads review by Claire on September 09, 2017

I have mixed feelings about this book. For the most part, I found it an interesting look at Dov Davidoff's life outside of what we see in his stand-up. However, as I neared the end of the book, I started to feel that there was some redundancy and didn't find it quite as engaging.......more

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