num_pages: 269
description:  At last the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance including stories portraits and the occasional puzzle all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for over a decade.The year: 2000. The setting: Los Angeles. A gorgeous virtuoso of an actress had agreed to star in a random play and a basement-dwelling scenic carpenter had said he would assay a supporting role in the selfsame pageant. At the first rehearsal she surveyed her fellow cast members as one does determining if any of the men might qualify to provide her with a satisfying fling. Her gaze fell upon the carpenter and like a bolt of lightning the thought struck her: No dice. Moving on.Yet unbeknownst to our protagonists Cupid had merely set down his bow and picked up a rocket launcher. Then fired a love rocket (not a euphemism). The players were Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman and the resulting romance once it ignited was . . . epic. Beyond epic. It resulted in a coupling that has endured to this day; a sizzling perpetual tryst that has captivated the world with its kindness athleticism astonishingly low-brow humor and true (fire emoji) passion.How did they do it? They came from completely different families endured a significant age difference and were separated by the gulf of several social strata. Megan loved books and art history; Nick loved hammers. But much more than these seemingly unsurpassable obstacles were the values they held in common: respect decency the ability to mention genitalia in almost any context and an abiding obsession with the songs of Tom Waits.Eighteen years later they're still very much in love and have finally decided to reveal the philosophical mountains they have conquered the lessons they've learned and the myriad jigsaw puzzles they've completed in a book. Featuring anecdotes hijinks interviews photos and a veritable grab bag of tomfoolery this is not only the intoxicating book that Mullally's and Offerman's fans have been waiting for it might just hold the solution to the greatest threat facing our modern world: the single life.
language: English
title: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
publisher: Dutton