Always Keep Your Promises: Lessons on Comedy, Courage, and Chutzpah

Mark Schiff, a Jerry Seinfeld touring partner, has written a book about his fifty-year career in comedy, including growing up Jewish in the outer boroughs of New York City and surviving a harrowing childhood. He has been praised by Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Paul Reiser, and Colin Quinn, and shares his wit and wisdom to remind readers that the show must always go on.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 08 November 2022
Publisher: Apollo Publishers

From the comedic mind of Mark Schiff, a longstanding touring companion of Jerry Seinfeld, comes a hilarious account of decades of comedic and acting brilliance, as well as how he honed his mensch skills in all spheres of life.

Pursuing a career in comedy has always required a significant amount of audacity. Mark Schiff reflects on his fifty-year career as a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer today and knows he has laughed with the best of them. Everyone from Jerry Seinfeld to Bill Maher, Paul Reiser, and Colin Quinn has praised his comedy and character, as Seinfeld writes in his foreword, Mark is "the greatest comedy pal a guy could ever wish for." However, it has not always been easy.

In this brilliantly honest collection of essays, Mark recounts growing up Jewish in the outer boroughs of New York City and shares how he survived a harrowing childhood and managed health crises, aging, marriage, parenting, and career highs and lows. With wit and wisdom, Mark reminds us that no matter the troubles at hand, the show must always go on. The result is an unforgettable and highly relatable account from one of the best humor writers of our time that will leave readers of all faiths energized and feeling like they have schmoozed with the best of them.

Weight: 478g
Dimension: 162 x 235 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781954641167