Mr. Goldberg examines the political themes of the Haggadah, at one point recounting the moral ambiguities of holding a Seder in an Israeli army prison camp that held members of Hamas and Fatah.
"You can't enter anger into this thing," said Knight, who at one point recounted how through his own mistake as a youngster he had learned the proper way to address adults.
This entertaining memoir, strewn with exclamation points, recounts his search, as he flings himself at famous and influential people to further his careers as a bookstore clerk, a song composer, a publicist, a photographers' agent, and, finally, a respected music and dance critic.
Later, Beck got choked up at several points recounting 9/11, and he brought on some of the first responders who had apparently not been at the anniversary memorial on Sunday.
Mike Leigh is the most obvious reference point; Aherne recounts being blown away the first time she saw Abigail's Party.
At one point he recounts meeting Alastair Campbell and discovering he quite likes the man, despite hating his politics.
At one point, he recounts, a smuggler told him to immediately take off his turban, in order to be less visible inside their car.
At one point, Patoski recounts, Nelson "blew up" at his lawyer for presenting him with a proposal for an estate plan.
In another version (which seems to sprawl well beyond the 12-minute point), she recounts a not-altogether-interesting childhood anecdote.
At one point, he recounts his initial, completely unexpected response to an early passage in "Sailing Alone Around the World": "I stumbled on this run of language, bearing its load so easily, and the emotional burden it discharges so cunningly.
