Foreword by Jerry Seinfeld --

Introduction: The hair --

Part 1: Got any meat?. If you want funny --

Kessler --

Part 2: Oh mama!. The backstory --

Love --

The summer of '69 --

Next --

Drafted --

The road show --

The burgermeister --

Part 3: I'm out there!. Higher intelligence --

Zapped --

The ha-ha returns --

Fridays --

The real Don Johnson --

The truth --

Stella! --

Part 4: Giddyup!. The shortest first season in the history of television --

The ah-ha --

The K-man cometh --

The hipster doofus --

And the Emmy goes to --

The celebrity --

Cosmo --

Finding home --

It's go time --

Have a good show --

Part 5: You gotta listen to the little man. The flop --

Whirling --

Not funny --

Heart-work --

The light --

Acknowledgments.