When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

A hilarious, heartwarming, and surprising ode to growing up; getting older and wiser; and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard-knocks from Saturday Night Live’s beloved star.“Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn’t miss this for the world.”—Leslie Jones

Kenan Thompson is Saturday Night Live’s longest-ever-serving cast member and a star of such pioneering sketches as “Black Jeopardy” and hugely beloved thanks to a tidal wave of early 00’s nostalgia fans who grew up on All That, Good Burger, and Kenan & Kel on Nickelodeon.He’s also a dad (to two girls) in his mid-40s who lives in suburbia, whose universal, relatable, family-friendly humor has created unbelievable appeal and engagement from fans from middle America to coastal elites. Becoming a dad sucked the cool right out of him – and he's OK with that!When I Was Your Age is packed with hilarious yet poignant essays that are aimed to offer any reader valuable advice on parenthood, marriage, and living your truth. Kids, new parents, fellow fathers, budding comics, and aunties who want to pinch his cheeks, can all learn from his biggest mistakes and most triumphant victories. There’s something for everybody here!