Control Freaked

by Mark Breslin

A wild look at the entertainment industry by the man who gave Jim Carrey his big break. The life and times of Mark Breslin who began as the enfant terrible of comedy and eventually built an the Yuk Yuk's chain of comedy clubs. He pulled Jim Carrey out of open-mic obscurity and gave dozens of other comics their big breaks. Along the way he learned how far some people will go for money, or for a dream, and how truly puritanical North American society remains in this supposedly progressive age. Written in an irreverent, confessional prose style, Control Freaked takes us on a hilarious and shocking journey into the dark corners of the entertainment industry.

227 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000