Comedian, actor and podcaster Tom Segura can now add published author to his resume as his first book, “I’d Like To Play Alone, Please,” hit stores June 14.
Though he’s been busy in recent years, selling-out comedy shows across the country, releasing four Netflix comedy specials, hosting and producing two popular podcasts — “Your Mom’s House” with his wife, comedian Christina P., and “Two Bears, One Cave” alongside his best friend and fellow comic Bert Kreischer — the pause on touring during the pandemic gave him time to reflect on his life. So he began to write about his misadventures, thoughts on parenting, and all the celebrities he’s sat next to on airplanes.
He didn’t have to mull over the title too long, either. “I’d like to play alone, please” was the first full sentence his eldest son, Ellis, ever spoke to him. Segura recalls the moment vividly. There was little Ellis, surrounded by toys, coloring on a piece of paper with a crayon.
