FOLLOW THAT CAR! A Cabbie's Guide to Conquering Fears, Achieving Dreams, and Finding a Public Restroom

Aspiring comedian Jimmy Failla decides to take on a stint as a New York City taxi driver to earn money for the upcoming birth of his child and, ostensibly, to learn something about life from the strange cast of characters that parades through his cab. Failla is irreverent and brash in his narration, dropping crude one-liners and giving the sense of a real New York cabbie. His crazy stories and resultant life lessons are interspersed with sound effects--from honking horns to jazzy music-- which are meant to evoke the noise and fast pace of New York City but end up being a distraction because of their sheer frequency. S.E.G. [Published: AUGUST 2014]