y separately published work icon Impractical Jokes single work   autobiography   humour  
Adaptation of Impractical Jokes Charlie Pickering , 2008 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Impractical Jokes
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'In 1986, Charlie Pickering's dad, Ron, was pushed into a pool by his best friend, Richard. What followed was an all-out water pistol ambush in a five-star restaurant and then ten years of tit-for-tat payback and near fatal hijinx that eventually involved the State Emergency Service. When maturity is the first casualty of war, things tend to escalate.

'Impractical Jokes is the true story of two seemingly responsible, middle-aged men who opted out of having a mid-life crisis and instead gave themselves permission to be silly. It is also the tale of how Charlie finally learnt something from his dad - that being grown-up shouldn't mean losing your sense of humour - a lesson he lives to the full as one of Australia's leading comedians.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
      Extent: xiii, 232p., [8]p. of platesp.
      Description: col. illus., ports
      ISBN: 9781741757262 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Meet the Pickerings Lee McGowan (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 53)
Untitled Lee McGowan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 44)

— Review of Impractical Jokes Charlie Pickering , 2010 single work autobiography
Untitled Lee McGowan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 44)

— Review of Impractical Jokes Charlie Pickering , 2010 single work autobiography
Meet the Pickerings Lee McGowan (interviewer), 2010 single work interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 53)
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