Warmup Guy, The

"Bob Perlow is the best warmup guy in the business. In the field where most guys last thirteen weeks before being fired or moving on to another program, Bob was with me for almost my entire run of The Tonight Show.…Besides, I couldn’t fire him—;he knew all the secrets!”
—;Jay Leno

"You’re going to like Bob Perlow. It is impossible not to like him. He tells a great tale, spins a great joke, and will get under your skin before you know he’s there.”
—Jason Alexander

A comedy show where no one is laughing is anything but funny, so from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, stand-up comedian Robert Perlow made it his mission to keep the energy flowing on television sets. Perlow perfected his routine as a warmup guy on the sets of some of television’s most popular shows, including Friends, Will & Grace, Growing Pains, Cheers, Full House, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. From an improv class with Robin Williams to a heated encounter with Tim Allen, Perlow saw it all. He uses his trademark humor to reveal personal recollections from both behind and in front of the camera in this hilarious tell-all book.