The Tenacity of the Cockroach
Conversations with Entertainment's Most Enduring Outsiders
• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; ISBN: 0-609-80991-1; (Published December, 2002)
“For ten years, The Onion A.V. Club — the entertainment section of the award-winning humor publication The Onion — has been interviewing entertainers and storytellers of every style and stripe. But it has always placed an emphasis on those with hard-won careers, from amiable retirees and passionate visionaries to bitter, jilted, eternally warring cranks. Collecting dozens of The Onion A.V. Club's most entertaining and candid interviews, The Tenacity of the Cockroach offers a pop-cultural tour unlike any other.”
Others profiled include Harlan Ellison, Tom Waits, Mr. T, Bob Barker, Russ Meyer, Aimee Mann and Merle Haggard.