Baby, Don't Hurt Me

Zipped through this fantastic memoir of SNL by one of the guys I always thought was the funniest and never failed to crack me up. What I didn’t know was that he was a great storyteller and a helluva writer. Full of stories I’d never heard about backstage at SNL(and Ive heard and read plenty of them)—and some interesting personal stories about Kagan,himself, this is a great piece of TV history. Highly recommended.

For fans of Snl &Chris Kattan Grab this book.A behind the scenes look at his time on Snl gossipy juicy delicious stories of his life on & off SNL .Some If his stories will make you laugh the end of his friendship with Will Ferrel will make you sad.A great honest wild ride of a read.Highly recommend, #netgalley#benbellabooks,

I enjoyed reading this book. It is a good bio book about Chris Kattan. I liked the roles he played in Saturday night live and when he acted in movies too. It was a well written book.

Saturday Night Live has led to the success of many of its stars, but there are also tragic turns that some of their lives took. Chris Kattan was really popular for awhile and he wrote a memoir that perfectly captured the highs and extreme lows of life as a star on Saturday Night Live.

"This is not a comedy book; it’s a book about a comedian," the author tells us right away before sharing his craziest, funniest and most painful moments on SNL with us. This makes "Baby Don't Hurt Me" a truly unique memoir: not just a collection of memories and anecdotes you come to expect from a legendary comedian, but something much more - a touching and hilarious volume you can actually learn lots of stuff from. #BabyDontHurtMe #NetGalley #MoreCowbell

Thank you NetGalley for the free ARC. I should state right off that I have always been a huge fan of Mr. Peepers and the Mango. My favorite memory of SNL is Garth Brooks falling for the Mango. So , of course, this book was a hit with me!

First of all, I'm going to admit that I've been a big fan of Chris Kattan ever since he first appeared on Saturday Night Live. Right from the beginning, I thought he was very funny and incredibly talented. In addition to his work on SNL, I also loved his performance in the very funny and underrated movie, A Night At The Roxbury. It's very silly, but I liked it a lot and I thought Kattan was hilarious in it.

When I heard about this autobiography, I was immediately interested in it. Even though I've liked Kattan for years, I really knew very little about him. I'd heard that he'd had some personal and professional hardships over the years, but I really didn't know any specifics, so I thought it would be interesting to read about them from Chris himself.

And I was right. There were quite a few fascinating stories shared in this book. As soon as I started reading it, I got totally wrapped up in it. Kattan had a very unique childhood that was part showbiz in Los Angeles with his father, yet part very isolated on a mountain with his mother and stepfather. His later growth into a comedic actor was also fascinating to learn about, especially his days with The Groundlings and his early years on Saturday Night Live. It was especially fun for me to read the behind-the-scenes stories of some of his classic sketches and characters from SNL.

And it certainly doesn't stop there with SNL. The book covers a lot. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone and I'm reluctant to share too much of what Chris talks about other than to say that his good times, both on and off the screen, have definitely been mixed with some very hard times that I was unaware of.

If I have any complaint about this book, I'd say that I wish it had been longer. I'm not saying that in some sort of nerdy, super-fan way, like, "Ooooooh, I LOVED it!!! I wish there were a thousand more pages to it. More Chris! More Chris!! More Chris!!!"

No.

What I'm saying is that I wish it had been longer because it seemed that some of the stories in it were actually a little too short and should have been expanded upon. For example, without giving anything too major away, there was a story about a romantic relationship of his that had ended badly. It was told in less than a page and I feel that a few more details on how it had affected him would have made it even more compelling to read about.

In the same vein, I would also liked to have learned a little bit more about some of his more recent projects since he left Saturday Night Live. But I feel like I'm sort of nit-picking there. I don't like to review things on the basis of what they do not include. That would be sort of like me giving a horrible review to a Blue Oyster Cult song because it didn't have enough cowbell in it. Only the cowbell that is actually there in the song should be reviewed, right?

My point is to say that I very much enjoyed what is here in this book. I'm very glad I read it and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about Chris Kattan.

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book. I wasn't super familiar with the author but I appreciated how be took an honest approach rather than just telling funny stories. He had such an interesting life growing up. the behind the scenes bit were fun too and felt very real and grounded. It didn't come across as name dropping

After having watched Chris Kattan on SNL and finding him to be hilarious, I was looking forward to reading this book about his life adventures and his time on SNL. It didn’t disappoint! With humor that I expect from him, as well as heart, I enjoyed this book a lot.