Daddy's Boy

{{Short description|Book by Chris Elliott}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father

| author = Chris Elliott

| published = 1989 (Dell Publishing)

| image = Daddy's Boy.jpg

| caption = First edition

| pages = 142 (US hardback)

| isbn = 0-385-29730-0

| dewey= 818/.5402 19

| congress= PN6162 .E47 1989

| oclc= 19264804

| followed_by = The Shroud of the Thwacker

}}

Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father is a 1989 book written by American author Chris Elliott and published by the Dell Publishing in the United States.

Plot

The book is a parody celebrity memoir, fictionalizing the author's childhood experiences as the son of comedian Bob Elliott.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/14/garden/oh-the-horror-of-it-celebrity-son-tells-all.html |work=New York Times |date=14 June 1989 |first=Glenn |last=Collins |title=Oh, the Horror of It! Celebrity Son Tells All |accessdate=26 April 2009}} The chapters alternate between father and son, with Chris telling his story of growing up with a famous father in one chapter and Bob rebutting it in the next.

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