• 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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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 touching and emotional

I am so happy I listened to this book. I got to know Rachel Dratch better and her struggles. Made me laugh, made me cry. Thumbs up.

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Entertaining

Would you consider the audio edition of Girl Walks into a Bar... to be better than the print version?

I cannot say as I do not own the print version

What other book might you compare Girl Walks into a Bar... to and why?

Bossy pants, because Tina Fey and Rachael Dratch have a lot of the same perspectives on life. Both are witty and frank when discussing personal topics

Have you listened to any of Rachel Dratch’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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

This book made me laugh out loud a few times

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fantastic!

listened to it in no time. Rachel's story is fit and compelling, wth the added bonus of her reading it. I woud definitely recommend it.

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Hilarious and real

I really loved this book. I love the realness of it. I finished it in less than two days because of how much I really enjoyed it.

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It’s fun but...

It is fun but it gets kinda sad at times. Also, there’s a pinch of “angry, bitter lefty” in some parts but overall it’s fun.

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Loved it!!!!!!!

This book is hilarious, I would listen to it again.
At times, I had to rerun certain parts, because I would laugh so hard, I was crying🤣, I just had to hear it again .. I was sad when it ended, I highly recommend Rachel’s book, if you like to laugh. This is one of my favorite funny books, up there with Kristen Johnson and Tia Torres ..
interesting story as well, as comical ..

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Fun and relatable

First, the best part of this is the performance. Rachel’s delivery is spot on, enjoyable, and entertaining. She may not have the big career that some of her other SNL alums have enjoyed but she really tells a great story and her worries and milestones are relatable. Perfect friend to bring along on my long commutes

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As funny as I expected

She’s hilarious and relatable, and I wish it was longer. This was a wonderful listen.

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Great Comedienne Memoire - great narration

I didn't know what to expect with this one, but it made me appreciate and understand Rachel Dratch's work more, and, it was funny. If you like Comedienne Memoires, you should listen to it. Dratch is a great reader.

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Another Two Listen Book!

I really enjoyed Tina Fey's book Bossypants and am a huge 30 Rock fan. I was never really into SNL so was less familiar with Rachel Dratch. This book is really funny and a great listen. I have run it twice and am pretty sure I'll be listening to it again in the future.

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