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Virtual Memories \u2013 season 3 episode 31 –
\nThe Whimsical Barracuda<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWith my brothers, it was like \u2018Resistance is futile! You will enjoy horror movies! You will go to comic book conventions! You will learn to love B-movies and worship Tor Johnson and Plan 9 from Outer Space<\/em>! Shemp Howard must be worshipped!\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kipp Friedman<\/a>\u00a0is the latest member of a comedic dynasty (so says the subtitle of his new memoir, Barracuda in the Attic<\/a>\"\"). The son of novelist, journalist, playwright and screenwriter\u00a0Bruce Jay Friedman<\/a> and brother of cartoonist Drew Friedman<\/a> and writer\/musician\u00a0Josh Alan Friedman<\/a>, Kipp has tossed his hat into the ring with a book filled with tales of New York City in the 1960\u2019s and \u201870s, of pop culture education, of living with his divorced dad during his days writing \u201cThe Lonely Guy\u201d columns, and more!<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father was so prolific for so many years as a writer, people would wonder why he never seemed to be working. And yet his stuff kept on being published. I think making it seem effortless rubbed off on his kids. We agonize over everything.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While in NYC for a series of book readings, Kipp sat down to talk with me about Barracuda in the Attic<\/a>\"\"\u00a0(Fantagraphics Books), the joys of \u201cgrowing up Friedman,\u201d hunting for comics and Mad<\/em> magazines with his brothers, what he misses about New York, what he\u2019ll never forgive the Knicks for, how he ended up with a \u201creal job,” and what it felt like to add a volume to the bookshelf of works by his family. It\u2019s a wonderful perspective on the most creative family any of us will likely ever see!<\/p>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n