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In this refreshingly candid memoir, Kal Penn recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and guidance counselors and, instead of becoming a doctor or something practical, embarked on a surprising journey that has included acting, writing, working as a farmhand, teaching Ivy League University courses, and smoking fake weed with a fake President of the United States, before serving the country and advising a real one. You Can t Be Serious is a series of funny, consequential, awkward, and ridiculous stories from Kal s idiosyncratic life. It s about being the grandson of Gandhian freedom fighters, and the son of immigrant parents: people who came to this country with very little and went very far and whose vision of the American dream probably never included their son sliding off an oiled-up naked woman in a raunchy Ryan Reynolds movie or getting a phone call from Air Force One as Kal flew with the country s first Black president. With intelligence, humor, and charm on every page, Kal reflects on the most exasperating and rewarding moments from his journey so far.
