Ed Helms is best known for playing Andy Bernard in The Office and Stu in The Hangover trilogy. But the comedic actor is also the politically engaged, banjo-playing, podcast-hosting, TV series–producing author of a new book titled, <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ed-helms/snafu/9781538769478/">SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups</a>. 
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