Danny Wallace

… if you bought a copy of my new book, Awkward Situations for Men, this week! I properly, properly appreciate it.

The reaction has been great, and I’m very grateful – and I’m pleased, too, to say the book went in at number three in the Sunday Times Bestsellers List and is still there five weeks on… which means I can now make pompous faces and wear a monocle.

I am doing both now.

Reviews include Heat (“Delightfully funny”), The Daily Record (“Comedy genius”) and Private Eye (“The success of ASFM is assured… evidence of a sharp imagination… winningly surreal… progressive, original and enlightening”), though I may have edited that last bit slightly.

Thanks so much for your support.

DWx

Well, I’m back from LA, where we shot the pilot for Awkward Situations For Men.

It. Was. Amazing. And I’m very, very proud of it, and think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever been involved in (although one lady, during audience testing, thought I was “a bit short”).

I’m happy to say that ABC like it too, though they’d like a couple of tweaks (one of which is very exciting), so they’re investing in a whole new episode of Awkward Situations For Men, which we’ll shoot in the next little while.

I have to say I’m very pleased about this. It’s ruthless out there, but excitingly so, and to be sneaking through with our little show is a thrill. ABC have been lovely, and the cast and crew outstanding.

And I’ve found out I can sort of act. But only sort of.

And that I’m a bit short. At 6′2″.

More soon…

Well, you can have one!

Right now, Amazon.co.uk are offering a free, limited-edition t-shirt if you pre-order Awkward Situations for Men!

I am wearing mine as you read this.

Not really.

I’m wearing a top hat and a little silver waistcoat.

So I’m back from LA, where I not only had the greatest salad of my life (a spicy one!), but also had had a brilliant time meeting actors for the sitcom… and I’m delighted to say, after a thorough shakedown of the entire country, here’s our lovely cast so far…

Mr Tony Hale (Arrested Development) plays my best friend… Ms. Laura Prepon (That 70s Show) takes on the toughest role of her life by playing my wife… and Mr Matt Letscher (Eli Stone) plays an odd man named Bob who likes smoothies.

And… directing is Andy Ackerman, a kind and gentle man, who directed 90 episodes of Seinfeld, as well as shows like Frasier and Cheers. I’m properly thrilled. Though now the pressure is on…

Well, here’s a strange thing.

I’ve been popping back and forth to LA for a while now, and the results are in.

Courtesy of Warner Bros and Heyday Films, I’ve managed to get a sitcom pilot greenlit for the excellent ABC network in the States, based on my next book, AWKWARD SITUATIONS FOR MEN.

People who follow my stuff might know of my column in ShortList magazine, and the book – and therefore the show – is based on those…

I’m thrilled and a little intimidated, but the team I’m working with is really excellent, and we’re in talks with some other very exciting people who’ve been involved in some of my favourite stuff ever. So we’ll see. I’ll give it a good go, for Britain!

More info here…