When I Was Your Age (Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown) by Kenan Thompson
A Review By: AS
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson is Saturday Night Live’s longest-ever-serving cast member and a star of such pioneering sketches as “Black Jeopardy” and is hugely beloved thanks to a tidal wave of nostalgic fans who grew up on early 2000s classics All That, Good Burger, and Kenan & Kel on Nickelodeon.
He’s also a dad (to two girls) in his mid-40s living in suburbia, and whose universal, relatable, family-friendly humor has created unbelievable appeal and engagement from fans from middle America to coastal elites. Becoming a dad sucked the cool right out of him—and he's OK with that!
When I Was Your Age is packed with hilarious yet poignant essays that are aimed to offer any listener valuable advice on parenting, focusing on positivity, and having fun in life. Kids, new parents, fellow fathers, budding comics, and aunties who want to pinch his cheeks, can all learn from his biggest mistakes and most triumphant victories. There’s something for everybody here!
Review Notes:
Audio Book Publication Year: 2023
An installment in a Series? No
Narrator (s): Kenan Thompson
Kenan gives us an insight to his life. Despite having lived most of his life in the spotlight, he gives us a slightly closer look, while still managing to keep deeply private things… private. Kenan describes himself as a professional clown within and he couldn’t help but make you laugh throughout the book!
I loved this book. If you expected his goofiness to shine through even the most serious of moments, he delivers!
There’s nothing that I dislike about the book or its narration aside from it not being linear. That’s only a matter of personal preference.
Reading Recommendation? Yes!
Rating: 4 (It’s lit!)
Content Warnings? None
