The comedian and television personality (Royal Canadian Air Farce and The Holmes Show) Jessica Holmes discusses her new memoir, I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life (McClelland & Stewart, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life by Jessica Holmes. (McClelland & Stewart, 2010) Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: I Love Your Laugh

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line. In Vancouver, this is THECOMMENTARY.CA.

The comedian, writer, and actress Jessica Holmes joins me now. She has just written a new book, I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life. It’s described as a hilarious memoir, with witty observations on her eclectic upbringing, as well as the sharing of personal experiences about being a wife, daughter-in-law, and mother. Jessica Holmes has been nominated for several Canadian Comedy awards, as well as a Gemini Award for her work on television. She starred in her own comedy special, Holmes Alone, and the Holmes Show for CTV and the Comedy Network, as well she was a fixture on CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce. The book is published by McClelland & Stewart, and the website for more is www.jessicaholmes.com. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, from here in Vancouver this day, Jessica Holmes; Good morning, Ms. Holmes.

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