Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2020-06-17
Joe Rogan, Steve Schirripa & Michael Imperioli: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #1493
#1493 - Steve Schirripa & Michael Imperioli
Steve Schirripa & Michael Imperioli were co-stars on the HBO show The Sopranos, and are now together hosting a re-watch podcast called "Talking Sopranos" that is available now on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices.
Steve Schirripa recommended I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl. Michael Imperioli recommended Permanent Midnight by Jerry Stahl.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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I, Fatty
I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl is a biographical novel that reimagines the tragic rise and fall of silent film comedian Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle through a fictionalized first-person narrative.
Recommended“did you read the book i fatty that Jerry Stahl wrote no it's fantastic yeah it's kind of almost like a fake memoir written it from his point of view it's brilliant”
Where to get it
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Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight is a harrowing autobiographical memoir by Jerry Stahl that details his struggles with severe drug addiction while working as a television writer in Hollywood.
Recommended“I was a scholar wrote permanent midnight you know oh okay yeah that's a great book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“you know I I wrote a kids book called Nicky deuce and turned it into a movie and Michael's in it”