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Wil Anderson Wil Anderson i(A101621 works by)
Born: Established: 1974 Sale, Sale area, Central Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon I Am NOT Fine, Thanks Wil Anderson , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2022 25093200 2022 single work autobiography

'Good sense, good jokes, and good WIL- a book about enduring turbulent times with humour, community and just a dash of Apple Cider Vinegar.

'How are you?'

'How am I? How am I? How do you think I am? I know in the Before Times the tradition was to reply, 'I'm fine, thanks.' Then you would ask how they were, and they would reply, 'I'm fine, thanks.' And then we would all get on with our lives. But I can't play my part in that pantomime anymore. I cannot say, 'I am fine, thanks,' because-spoilers-I am not fine, thanks.

'What do you get when a housebound comedian is left with no option but to make comedy using only a rampant washing machine, a lot of Vaseline (it's for the pipes-no not that pipe), a roast chook and an unused exercise bike to keep him company? You get I Am NOT Fine, Thanks.

'From prime ministers who don't hold a hose to billionaires who think they're astronauts to people who think lizards are ruling the country and that thermometers are wiping your memory, it's abundantly clear that the world is going to hell.

'In I Am NOT Fine, Thanks Wil Anderson uses his iconic dry humour to soothe the sting of the last few years-laughter is the best medicine, after all (or is it apple cider vinegar?). Part memoir, part manifesto and all comedy, this is a book that will both make your every frustration feel heard and show you that there is plenty to hope for.' (Publication summary)
 

1 The Getting of Wisdom : Lessons Learnt from Life : Wil Anderson Wil Anderson , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 15 October 2011; (p. 46)
1 Wil Anderson, Comedian Wil Anderson , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 December 2009; (p. 3, 12)
1 1 y separately published work icon Friendly Fire Wil Anderson , North Sydney : Ebury , 2009 Z1656292 2009 selected work column humour
1 1 y separately published work icon Survival of the Dumbest Wil Anderson , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2006 Z1344387 2006 selected work column humour
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