ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To my wife, Ann, for the countless hours, the love, the crises weathered at every stage of our lives together—including this book.
To Cedering Fox, for being the first to kick me in the pants years ago to write my stories, and for giving me a forum to tell them.
To Robert Brinkmann, for making Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party happen.
To David Chen, for his friendship, counsel, and inspiration in creating The Tobolowsky Files, a whole new world for my stories on that thing we call the Internet.
To Jeff Hansen, for bringing my stories to the world of radio.
To Ben Schwartz, for reaching out and helping my writing become reality, for no other reason than kindness.
To Sarah Silverman, for her generosity and support at the beginning of this project.
To Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe Bernhard
Rabbi Deborah Silver
Rabbi Elianna Yolkut
Sarah Har-Shalom
For their inspiration and insights on Judaism that are with me every hour of every day.
To Jud Laghi, for giving my stories a chance to reach the printed page.
To Ben Loehnen, for helping me, with humor and brilliance, to finish the project.
And to my wife, Ann, because you are the first and the last.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR
Stephen Tobolowsky is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
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ISBN 978-1-4516-3315-3
ISBN 978-1-4516-3317-7 (ebook)
Photo Credits:
Photograph by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky: 16; Photographs by Helen Runge: 38, 64; Photograph by David Chen ©20ll: 336; All other photographs courtesy of the author.
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