Jane Breskin Zalben
Earth to Andrew O. Blechman
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(Curtis Brown Digital July 22, 2012)
Andrew Blechman dreams of being a comedian. Lucky for him, Lou Pearlstein, a former vaudevillian and once an opening act for Henny Youngman, makes him an offer too good to be true. In exchange for tutoring Mr. Pearlstein in Hebrew so he finally can become a Bar Mitzvah, Mr. Pearlstein will teach Andrew his 101 best jokes. Andrew likes spending time with the former vaudevillian, but when he overhears him ask Andrew’s grandmother out on a date, Andrew wonders would he want Mr. Pearlstein for a grandfather... what if they get married? But Mr. Pearlstein proves himself to be the best kind of friend when Andrew's intended prank of the year threatens to turn into a catastrophe.