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When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By (Author) Kenan Thompson
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperPaperbacks
1st March 2026
2nd December 2025
United States
General
Non Fiction
Film, television, radio genres: Comedy and humour
Memoirs
Parenting: advice and issues
649.1
Paperback
240
Width 135mm, Height 203mm
454g
Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldnt miss this for the world.Leslie Jones
When I Was Your Ageis a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson isSaturday Night Liveslongest-ever-serving cast member and a star of such pioneering sketches as Black Jeopardy and is hugely beloved thanks to a tidal wave of nostalgic fans who grew up on early 2000s classicsAll That, Good Burger, andKenan & Kelon Nickelodeon.
Hes also a dad (to two girls) in his mid-40s living in suburbia, and whose universal, relatable, family-friendly humor has created unbelievable appeal and engagement from fans from middle America to coastal elites. Becoming a dad sucked the cool right out of him -- and he's OK with that!
When I Was Your Ageis packed with hilarious yet poignant essays that are aimed to offer any reader valuable advice on parenting, focusing on positivity, and having fun in life. Kids, new parents, fellow fathers, budding comics, and aunties who want to pinch his cheeks, can all learn from his biggest mistakes and most triumphant victories. Theres something for everybody here!
Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldnt miss this for the world! Leslie Jones
Kenan Thompson is Saturday Night Lives longest-ever-serving cast member, starring in such pioneering sketches as Black Jeopardy!, and is hugely beloved, thanks to a tidal wave of nostalgic fans who grew up on early 2000s classics All That, Good Burger, and Kenan & Kel on Nickelodeon.