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Crap at the Environment [Paperback]

Mark Watson (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: 17 April 2008
What the environmental movement really needs is a hard-travelling, blissfully ignorant comedian with no credibility whatsoever to talk on serious issues. No seriously.

On the principle of 'go on, do it, I will' non-expert Mark Watson set up a blog announcing his intentions to halve his carbon footprint in a year. Within 24 hours, 500 had joined him. This is the story of the year that followed, when one environmental novice, green you could say in all senses of the word, tried to save the planet.

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (17 April 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340962550
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340962558
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,428,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Expect to hear plenty more about him'

(Observer )

'Packed with brilliant observations and sharp one-liners'

 

(The Times on A Light-hearted Look at Murder )

'Intelligent, humane and desperately funny'

(Independent on Sunday )

'Eloquence and wit . . . an absolute gem'

(Metro )

'Woody Allen and William Boyd have had a bastard love-child and his name is Mark Watson'


 

(Stephen Fry )

'Watson operates on more octane than the average car, but his observations are charming as well as funny'

(Sunday Times on CRAP AT THE ENVIRONMENT )

'Unfailingly funny'

(Sunday Age )

'A sharp comic mind wielded to devastatingly hilarious effect'

(Adelaide Advertiser )

'A delight'

(New Zealand Herald )

About the Author

A former Cambridge Footlighter, Mark Watson first made an impact on the comedy circuit in 2002 when he won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic competition and was a runner-up in 'So You Think You're Funny?' He has become known for his Edinburgh shows (2005's 50 Years Before Death And The Awful Prospect Of Eternity was nominated for the Perrier) and his gruelling shows that last more than 24 hours. Perrier's successor, the if.comeddies, awarded the panel award for best capturing the spirit of the fringe, in 2007. Watson won the Chortle award winner for innovation in 2005, when he was also nominated for best breakthrough act, and was nominated for best compere in 2007. He is also a novelist, with his debut Bullet Points, published in 2003; has written for TV and in 2007 landed his first radio series, Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Do I really have to give up Cheese? 6 Aug 2008
By Mr. Andrew R. Hamilton
Format:Paperback
Mark Watson might be preaching to the converted as far as I am concerned, being as I am already a green writer and campaigner. That aside I would have no trouble giving this book to my less than green friends or relatives.

Even I learnt a thing or two from this book, well to put it another way I was re-told a thing or two I had conveniently forgotten. Such as methane being 25 times more damaging than co2, making me drastically consider my cheese intake.

The book might not be as high energy as some of Watson's stand up but it is a bloody book. It is however funny, light hearted and has the feel of chatting in the park rather than being preached at.

If you are green and your mates are crap buy it for them but make sure that you read it first.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read!! 8 Oct 2011
By JB
Format:Paperback
I'd read a few reviews saying that the book wasn't all that great, but, bought it on the fact that, I find Mark Watson amusing, & figured his book would be too. Yes, in a nutshell, it's basically his 12month quest to stop being crap at the environment, but, it's an eye-opener too. It's an interesting read, & people should read this book - if more out of interest than anything.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars But rather good at writing funny things in a book 6 April 2009
By Kid Ad
Format:Paperback
I've enjoyed Mark Watson's Radio 4 appearances over the last few years, and I'm always glad to see him pop up on the odd TV panel show, so I think it's fair enough to pin my colours to the mast at the offset and say that I opened the book as a fan. Thankfully, I also closed the book as a fan, and possibly even a bigger one.

Mark Watson's aim is that over the course of a year he'll learn more about the environment and mend his polluting ways. It's all set up rather nicely to be one of those themed comedy journals that have become so popular. You know the type; say yes to lots of people with the same name as you while travelling around with a fridge on your back. Many examples now seem to start with a zany premise that barely manages to raise the merest hint of a smile, and then flog it tirelessly while going nowhere. This book starts with a rather studious idea, but builds an interesting tale around it. On the comedy front it's a winner hands down. Watson is an undeniably likable fellow to follow around for a few hundred pages, and he frequently manages to be laugh out loud funny. It loses its way a little towards the end, but that is easily forgivable as it never becomes a chore.

The environmental points weave into the humorous tale of the author's green journey seamlessly. Such a stern message could easily jar against the tales of 24-hour comedy shows and railway adventures, but they never get too serious to become preachy, and, to my mind, didn't go too far to the other extreme and end up as flippant either. That said, it's not transformed me into an environmentalist either, but that was rather unlikely. However, I not only enjoyed the read, but I now think of it when someone offers me a plastic bag, so it must have worked on some level.
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