- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Plume Books (Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0452284503
- ISBN-13: 978-0452284500
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.3 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,178,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Oh the fun you'll have while feeling totally demoralized!
3 May 2002
Format:Hardcover
Al Franken...you really need to give all the proceeds of this book to your wife...and maybe that will begin to make up for all the fun we're having at her expense! Franken, author of one of my most favorite titled books of all time, "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot", scores another winner with this little book.
With his sharp wit and conversational style (you can almost hear him speaking these words while you read them), he leads us through the too-often-times hellacious rollercoaster ride of life. He starts with college graduation and goes forward, till the bitter end of life and beyond. It's quite a journey through most of life's misadventures.
The title, is done in Dr. Seussian style and that style is repeated throughout the contents. Examples include chapters titled: "Oh, you shouldn't skip the introduction"; "Oh, the drugs you will take"; "Oh, the orgasms you will fake".
In the drug chapter, he advises people to use drugs responsibly, and that he would be a hypocrite to say not to use them at all, as he is high on drugs right now "prescription drugs, but drugs nonetheless". I can believe that one, but I can't believe his statement in "Oh pick a religion, any religion", that "he has absolutely no idea what he will write next". Franken knows what he wants to say and how to say it.
There's a whole lot of practical advice -- ok, maybe not so practical. Some examples include: every marriage has a "stomach-turning" phase you need to get yourself through. Or, how about, "try to view your stay in a nursing home as merely temporary, because in one way or another, it is". There's some advice for men: resist the temptation to cheat on your wife, and try instead to make sex with her reasonably diverting, by thinking about a younger, more attractive woman.
Along with his suffering wife, he gets some jabs in at Bill Gates, Kenneth Lay, Ann Quindlen and Maria Shriver to name a few. He shamelessly dedicates his book to that inspiration to us all, (especially to wannabe book-of-the-month club authors such as himself), Oprah.
All in all a funny book, almost worthy of five stars. "AL" (see the drug chapter) would probably want me to conclude this review by saying something like, oh well, if you can't be successful, just be happy. "AL" Franken does makes us feel happy, despite all of our shortcomings, or perhaps, because of them.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Oh why did I spend Yen on this "book"
21 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
Horrible. And I am a fan of Al Franken. This was nothing more than a stream of conciousness gone ary. Waste of paper, ink and my cash. Al come on, you have such amazing talents, this was not one of them
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I'm glad I borrowed this at the library
4 Aug 2002
Format:Hardcover
The title should be "Oh, the things you will read, but shouldn't have."
This book is in the same league as Steve Martin's "Pure Drivel." There were a few passages that provided some insite into the workings of Al Franken's pysche, however they went away quickly and we were left with stories of his Enron investment's and subsequent need for fund raising activities, such as authoring books.
If you love Al, borrow the book. If not, don't bother.
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