Tommy Dash: Was It Everything I Said?

A Novel by Bill Scheft

By: Bill Scheft

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Tommy Dash, an unapologetic 60-year-old scuffling LA stand-up comedian, is trying to apologize his way back into show business, one burnt bridge and one more last chance at a time, during the last days of Pre-Trump America. Think Lewis Black, but a little angrier. Think Sam Kinison on a coke budget. Think Bill Maher, without the cable filter. Think Amy Schumer, with a slightly smaller set of balls. Think Samsonite, but with less baggage.

A lot of people are waiting for their apology. Ex-wives, daughters, soon-to-be former girlfriends and three generations of fellow comics, celebrities and industry people along the redemptive path. But here's the thing with Tommy Dash. Before you may or may not get a sorry, you get a story. And as Tommy will tell you, he is in it for the stories. And so are we. Despite lovingly referring to himself as a Category 4 shitstorm, we root for him and his emerging heart. We want to hear about the wreckage, sure, but we keep hoping he'll land safely.

(Cover art: JoAnna Perrin)

Vintage Scheft! I loved it, but that's a given.... - Larry David

(Dedicated to the late Nikki Finke, Tommy Dash's first and most steadfast friend)

©2022 Bill Scheft (P)2022 The Zoyd Group, Inc.

Lovable Loser Leaves You Laughing

Johnny Heller is so well suited to this piece, it’s as if Scheft wrote it for him.

The banality of the author’s talent

I liked that it was in English. I don’t like books about cynics who can’t let themselves feel, comedians whose humor is the detritus of shame, and drunks who can’t get sober.