Every day I write the book

"Girl Gone Wild: the Janeane Garofalo Story," is a biography of Janeane Garofalo by Chris Martin to be published by Stunted Growth Books in September, 2008.

Have you had a close encounter of any kind with Janeane Garofalo? Send your anecdotes, antidotes, remembrances, reminisces, blah, blah, blah to be included in the book and the web site to:

Chris Martin, P.O. Box 11242, Richmond, VA 23230

or email them to book @ janeane.info. If your submission is included, you'll get a free copy of the book.

To reserve your copy in advance and to receive a lifetime -- lifetime of the book, that is -- of free new editions as the book is revised, send $25 in cash, money order, or check to the above address.

Chris Martin is also author of the forthcoming "Asshole: an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs."

Janeane was born September 28, 1964 in New Jersey. This probably accounts for her acrid sensibilities.

She got into comedy after her family moved to Houston, where she started showing up at the nationally- reknowned Comedy Workshop. She finally braved the stage as a senior at Providence College in Rhode Island. Upon graduation, relocated to Boston, she took any opportunity to appear at the mike. Later, at the advice of Dennis Miller's brother, she moved out to LA to pursue comedy more seriously. She first met Ben Stiller in 1990 in a Hollywood deli, over a bagel. Following multiple appearances on Miller's short-lived talk show , Stiller brought her in as a featured player on The Ben Stiller Show.

A guest appearance by Gary Shandling led to a a recurring role on The Larry Sanders Show as Paula, the show talent-booker. Following the Stiller Show's cancellation in 1993, she was tapped to bring some fresh, female talent to the comedically ailing Saturday Night Live. SNL failed to showcase her abilities, and she moved on after one season.

She rarely talks about her experiences with SNL, but we are assured they weren't pleasant. SNL's loss was film's gain, as these days, her career in movies is skyrocketing. Starting the Stiller-directed Reality Bites in 1994, she has been seen in Bye Bye Love, Cold Blooded, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, The Matchmaker, Copland, and in a cameo as a grunged-out waitress in Stiller's second directorial effort, The Cable Guy. More recently, she appeared in the Ben Stiller-led biopic Permanent Midnight as his character's agent. In summer 1999, she reteamed with Stiller in Mystery Men, in which she stars as a superhero called "The Bowler."

-- The Ben Stiller Show Web Memorial

Story of A Girl

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

How many days in a year
She woke up with hope but she only found tears?
I can be so insincere
Making the promises never for real
As long as she stands there waiting
Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes
How many days disappear?
You look in the mirror so how do you choose?

And the clothes that you wear
Look swell the next day
Your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say

This is the story of a girl
And while she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

How many lovers would stay?
Just to put up with this shit day after day
How did we wind up this way?
Watching our mouths for the words that we say
As long as we stand here waiting
Wearing the clothes on the soles of our shoes
How do we get there today?
When we're walking too far for the price of her shoes

And the clothes that you wear
Look swell the next day
Your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles

And the clothes that you wear
Look swell the next day
Your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her

This is the story of a girl
Her pretty face she hid from the world
And while she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
When she smiles!

-- Three Doors Down