Vijay and I

Wilhelm Wilder Will is a talented actor stuck on a New York City childrens TV show where he portrays Bad Luck Bunny a hapless green rabbit Feeling a failure he bears his fate with touching selfirony but grows sulky and petulant when he thinks that his wife daughter and all his friends have forgotten his 40th birthday In the confusion following a road accident all the world believes he is dead Instead of rectifying the situation he decides to fulfill a fantasy and attend his own funeral Here he will learn what everyone really thinks of him With the aid of his best friend Rad an Indian restaurantowner Will becomes Vijay Singh a handsome and gentlemanly Sikh complete with turban and beard Will confronts a unique problem everyone likes Vijay and most of all he likes Vijay more than he ever liked himself Sam Garbarski