Book · 2023 · Great britain, biography
Tough Crowd
How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
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Everybody, support Graham by buying his book. It's called Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2025 Listen at 51:03 Why people recommend it
Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy by Graham Linehan is a candid and provocative memoir written by the well-known television writer and comedian. The book chronicles his journey through the entertainment industry, detailing his early successes in television comedy as well as the subsequent backlash, controversies, and professional ostracization he faced due to his public stances. On an episode of The Megyn Kelly Show titled Graham Linehan on His Arrest Over Dangerous Posts, and Media Refusing to Cover, broadcast on September 8, 2025, host Megyn Kelly used the final moments of the interview to direct significant attention toward the author's work. Following a detailed discussion regarding his legal troubles and the suppression of his views, Kelly urged all listeners to support Graham Linehan by purchasing his memoir. This direct call to action served to amplify the book's reach, offering the audience a chance to engage directly with Linehan's detailed personal account of cancel culture and professional fallout within modern comedy.
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Megyn Kelly Everybody, support Graham by buying his book. It's called Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy. 1
“Everybody, support Graham by buying his book. It's called Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy.”
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“I got a memoir that's very hard to find. So you can buy it on Amazon, I think, called Tough Crowd.”
“And like I brought out my biography a few years ago uh called Tough Crowd, which I should uh I should plug.”
“So, if anyone wants to help out, my book is called Tough Crowd and uh and is available on Amazon.”