In other memoirs and autobiographies, these early chapters can feel disconnected from the rest of the book. He starts by recounting his speech issues as a child (he wasn’t able to talk until the age of four), and his experiences as a Staten Island resident and Harvard student. Obama aggressively in court.”Įach chapter of A Very Punchable Face addresses a different portion of Colin Jost’s life in rough chronological order.

And for that I apologize, even as I continue to fight Mrs. Because half the copies of this book were titled Becoming 2: Michelle’s Got More to Say. It only took one page for Jost to crack me up: “And some of you, I’ll admit, were duped. I didn’t really know what to expect from this book, as I have not read many memoirs, but the introduction was enough for me to realize that this memoir was going to be hilarious. That is why I decided to read Colin Jost’s new memoir, A Very Punchable Face, which was published in July 2020. Over the last couple of years, my favorite segment of the show has been Weekend Update, hosted by Colin Jost and Michael Che. I may not have understood all of the jokes, but I still found the show incredibly entertaining and, now that I am older, I have become a regular viewer of the show. I was shocked by how many of my favorite comedians became famous on SNL. It was 2015, and my parents convinced me to watch the 40th Anniversary Special, featuring SNL greats such as Dan Aykroyd, Will Ferrell, Dana Carvey, and many more. I remember the first time I ever watched Saturday Night Live.

You have a very punchable face