• Girl Walks into a Bar...

  • Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
  • By: Rachel Dratch
  • Narrated by: Rachel Dratch
  • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (5,334 ratings)

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Girl Walks into a Bar...

By: Rachel Dratch
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Publisher's summary

In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Live star recounts the hilarious adventures and unexpected joy of dating and becoming a mother when she least expected it - at the age of 44.

Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch. She was hilarious! So what happened to her? After a misbegotten part as Jenna on the pilot of 30 Rock, Dratch was only getting offered roles as "Lesbians. Secretaries. Sometimes secretaries who are lesbians."

Her career at a low point, Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog-sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose? Resigned to childlessness but still hoping for romance, Dratch was out for drinks with a friend when she met John.

Handsome and funny, after only six months of dating long-distance, he became the inadvertent father of her wholly unplanned, undreamed-of child and moved to New York to be a dad. With riotous humor, Dratch recounts breaking the news to her bewildered parents, the awe of her single friends, and the awkwardness of a baby-care class where the instructor kept tossing out the f-word.

Filled with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Dratch's time on SNL, Girl Walks into a Bar is a refreshing version of the "happily ever after" story that proves female comics - like best sellers Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler - are truly having their moment.

©2012 Rachel Dratch (P)2012 Penguin Audio

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very likable!

loved it. can't wait to see her in her next role as a leading lady.

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Hilarious! Drtach is such a great story teller. Funny, serious, feels like you're best friends. Couldn't stop listening

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Strong and endearing.

What did you love best about Girl Walks into a Bar...?

A very effervescent and enjoyable biography, Rachel, who reads her own biography has strong comedic timing and lends a great diction to her own words. I genuinely enjoyed her book and find her story interesting as especially she has had a difficult road to the career she has had to build for herself.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Girl Walks into a Bar...?

"Where were the Sullys and the Smittys?"

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Really funny and brutally honest

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, in addition to being witty her tales of being an actress without looking like a 10 is heartfelt and helpful.

What did you like best about this story?

How real and honest she was without it being a whoa is me tale.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed and I cried.

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Book gets better as you go

Although the beginning section is funny (about show biz) it seems a bit bitter (but that's okay by me - still funny). The second half about Rachel's romantic life and becoming a new mom was even better. Very funny and relatable. Rachel is great and the conclusion was also great. (sorry for the bad writing in this review - my toddler is yelling at me..can't think)

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Wonderfully read by Rachel Dratch! I can't imagine it without her voice telling her story. Great audible choice, she is animated and funny!

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Such a delightful book!

I've always loved this actress- she's perfection!

Her storytelling style is lovely- sharp narrative peppered with witty short lines a la Chinese Poetry to accentuate a beat in her story.

Who knew she was such a hippy at heart, a foodie and a good girl?

Screw Hollywood- she's is lovely in every way- I wished she would produced her own shows and films- she can certainly write and preform comedy...


Reading this book makes you want to see more of her- enjoy!

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Short, Delightful Listen from Down-to-Earth Comic

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened to the whole book in one long car ride. Loved stepping into Dratch's world. She's smart, laugh out loud funny, and can break your heart.

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Nice one Rach!

A top story! I've never seen SNL (living in Australia) but I now get the gist of what Rachel brought to the show.

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Belly laughed along to the audiobook

loved it. hysterical. if you like whacky real-life stories that are totes relatable, you'll enjoy this.

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