Alisa Karmel

Jun 11, 2024 | msn.com | Ian Karmel |Alisa Karmel

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Jun 11, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ian Karmel |Alisa Karmel

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."WHEN YOU'RE A big fat stand-up comedian, you quickly figure out that audiences want to hear you talk about how you’re a big fat stand-up comedian. They’ll laugh about other stuff, but they want the fat jokes. They’re at the circus; they want to see the elephants. I like dignity, but not half as much as I like attention, so I happily obliged. I built a ca­reer on fat jokes.

May 1, 2024 | powells.com | Ian Karmel |Alisa Karmel

by Release Date: 6/8/2024  Upcoming EventComedian Ian Karmel, with help from sister Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations of being fat and why it's so hard to talk about something so visible. Ian Karmel's weighed eight pounds and he’s weighed 420 pounds and right now he’s almost exactly in between the two, but T-Shirt Swim Club (Rodale) is not a weight loss book. It’s about being a fat person in a skinny world.

Sep 20, 2023 | bookshop.org | Ian Karmel |Alisa Karmel

(Author) (Author) FORMAT Hardcover$28.00$26.04(English) Pre-Order Ships Jun 11, 2024 Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Part memoir, part support group, comedian Ian Karmel with help from his sister Alisa, a clinical psychologist, opens up about the daily humiliations of being fat and traces the way that fat--gaining it, losing it, worrying about it, trying to hide it--dictates the way so many of us live. Ian and Alisa Karmel grew up fat. As kids,...