Like most red blooded Americans I am a huge fan of Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally both as individual actors and as a couple. The duo are best known for their respective portrayals of Ron Swanson & Karen Walker but throughout the years they’ve become synonymous with #CoupleGoals and for good reason. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told is an oral history of their lives together and is probably best enjoyed in the audio-book format. I actually don’t know how this would work on paper, I’m sort of intrigued to seek it out, because the audio-book is essentially a podcast. The pair feeds off the other’s energy and they’re constantly talking over one another as they share the story of their lives. While sharing their love story they touch on their individual stories about growing up and finding their footing in Hollywood.
I had dutifully scanned the entire circle of the cast to see who I was going to have my fling with, because of course that’s what you do the first day of rehearsal, if you’re single. I’m sorry to say that my lord and master Nick Offerman did not make the first cut. He did not register on the fling-o-meter.
The pair met in 2000, right as Will and Grace and Megan’s career was beginning to take off, on the set of a play. Nick, who was wearing overalls and also helping build the set, was relatively unknown at the time and didn’t make much of a first impression on Megan. Despite a slow start they began an easy friendship that quickly turned romantic. Despite their age difference, Megan is twelve years older than Nick, as well as Megan initially being more well known and successful the pair were (are) well suited for one another. I have enjoyed their relationship in interviews and after reading this am fiercely protective of them remaining a united pair.
It is hard to say whether or not this is well written because the audio-book is so conversational it feels like they’re simply following an outline and not necessarily reading the book verbatim. I’m sure they are it is just hard to tell for sure. Taking my personal feelings about the narrators out of my review I would say that the book itself is good but not great. Some of their jokes get a little old- especially the running joke about Nick still waiting to have sex with Megan that, when listening to the book in one sitting, becomes exhausting. Overall I think their narration elevated the source material and is most likely the most enjoyable way to experience this one.
