Jim Piddock On Writing His New Book, Working With Dwayne Johnson, Future Projects & More

For decades, Jim Piddock has been a well-regarded actor and writer. 2022 has made him a well-regarded author, thanks to Caught With My Pants Down & Other Tales From A Life In Hollywood. The forthcoming memoir is a rare behind-the-scenes look into the Hollywood most people never see. Part memoir, part tell-all, the book has received high praise from a wide range of industry insiders, having gotten rave reviews from Russell Brand, Seth Meyers, Drew Carey, Jean Smart and Ian McShane alike.

Per what to expect from Caught With My Pants Down & Other Tales From A Life In Hollywood, readers will encounter a wide range of stories, including:
– Jim Piddock’s arrival in the U.S. with $100 to his name
– Interactions with the shark-infested waters of Hollywood agents and executives
– His meteoric rise from performing a one-man show in San Francisco with four people in the audience to starring in a long-running Broadway show just a few months later
– Filming all his and Fred Willard’s Best In Show scenes in a single day
– Being badly dissed by Larry David
– Exacting revenge on a famous playwright
– Breaking into the BBC offices in London
– Helping save Crystal Palace Football Club (now a top British Premier League team) from bankruptcy
– Creating the idea for the Tooth Fairy movie with his 11-year-old daughter
– Being inducted into a motorcycle gang as part of a documentary TV show he presented
– Having a kidney stone attack onstage

On March 4, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jim Piddock via Zoom, as embedded below. A funny, honest and thoughtful individual to interview, Caught With My Pants Down & Other Tales From A Life In Hollywood is far from the only thing Piddock has been working on since the COVID-19 pandemic began. More on Piddock, his book and other projects can be found here, here, here and here.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."