Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 8pm

**Judd Apatow in conversation with Marc Maron
discussing his book, “Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures.”**

*This event is taped with an audience on October 30.*

VIRTUAL EVENT TICKETS (**US Orders Only**)
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET
$60 Virtual Admission + signed book (**includes shipping to US addresses only**). Includes access to watch the event on November 6 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days..

**An intimate, rollicking highly-visual memoir of a comedic genius that offers a rare glimpse into the creative life and inner workings of legendary director producer Judd Apatow through never-before-seen photos, letters and behind-the-scenes stories.**

**Judd Apatow** wrote and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (co-written with Steve Carell), Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40; he directed Trainwreck; and his producing credits include Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Mann.

In his 16 year run as a podcaster, **Marc Maron** has interviewed everyone from President Barack Obama to Keith Richards to Robin Williams on WTF with Marc Maron. His latest stand-up special, Panicked, will be released in August on HBO. As an actor, Maron has logged numerous credits, including the upcoming indie film In Memoriam; Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Bruce Springsteen biopic from 20th Century Studios and reprises his role in the animated feature, The Bad Guys 2. In addition to his hit stand-up comedy specials, additional film/tv credits include: Glow, Maron, To Leslie, The Order, Stick, Joker, Respect and Spencer Confidential.

“Judd Apatow has put together an amazing scrapbook of his life and career. The best part? There’s a lot of pictures. And the stuff that isn’t pictures? You don’t even have to look at! Now if you do read the words, you’ll be delighted. But again, personally, I didn’t. Apatowww! You the best!!!”—**Adam Sandler**

In the mid-eighties, a young, self-professed comedy nerd from Syosset, Long Island, named Judd Apatow took to the stage to perform his first standup routine—and survived. Over the coming decades, Apatow would translate his obsession for comedy into one of the most successful careers in Hollywood, through genre-defining films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Bridesmaids, and This Is 40 and iconic series such as Girls and Freaks & Geeks. Through his solo work as well as his collaborations with fellow comedians Steve Carrell, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, and countless others, Apatow reshaped the landscape of American comedy.

In this revelatory scrapbook memoir, Apatow has pulled hundreds of personal photographs, letters, scripts, drafts, and paired them with never-before-told stories to create a unique-in-format, deeply-personal-in-tone account of a storied career. Spanning decades, Comedy Nerd takes us on Apatow’s lifelong journey of fandom, creativity, and obsession: from the exacting, relentless work that goes into cracking people up; surprising stories about our favorite comedians; and insights into how Apatow has managed to push the limits of his craft in an ever-evolving cultural landscape. It is a candid, joyful, and fascinating portrait of an artist and storyteller who has spent decades making us laugh.