Got Him Pegged

I recently skimmed through Simon Pegg's Nerd Do Well, the story of how he got to be who he is. Pegg was born in England in 1970 and created the British sitcom Spaced.  He's since made films of his own, such as the horror parody Shaun Of The Dead, and appeared in major Hollywood productions, including the recent Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series.

For anyone expecting much discussion of these projects, look elsewhere.  The vast majority of the book is about his childhood--the people he knew, the shows he put on, the pop culture he loved (zombie movies, Woody Allen, above all, Star Wars).

While some of it is fun--and some of it reminds me of what it was like to go crazy for certain things in childhood--I admit a memoir of growing up in Gloucester in the 70s isn't really what I was looking for.