anecdote

"I used to like telling anecdotes and he also liked that sort of thing. The last thing he ever said to me, two weeks ago, was, 'don't lose your sense of humour'."

There are dozens of anecdotes about humbling first jobs and dealing with rejection.

The narrative of his father begins with an anecdote about a disastrous outing to see a film.

Perhaps his anecdotes about doing improv at Second City are a brilliant diversion, but probably not.

He doesn’t shy away from recounting breakups, makeups and legal and personal battles between the friends and bandmates, but there is a patina of sadness over these anecdotes, rather than bitterness or blame-laying.