New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
2007 Grammy® Nominee - Best Spoken Word AlbumFROM HIS HUGELY POPULAR HBO SHOW, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, COME MORE NEW RULES. NO ONE IS SAFE FROM MAHER'S SCATHING HUMOR IN THIS HILARIOUS COLLECTION. NEW RULE: Former drug addicts and alcoholics have to stop saying "I almost died." No. Cancer...
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2007 Grammy® Nominee - Best Spoken Word AlbumFROM HIS HUGELY POPULAR HBO SHOW, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, COME MORE NEW RULES. NO ONE IS SAFE FROM MAHER'S SCATHING HUMOR IN THIS HILARIOUS COLLECTION. NEW RULE: Former drug addicts and alcoholics have to stop saying "I almost died." No. Cancer survivors almost died. Mary Jo Buttafucco almost died. You almost had too good a time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594865053 (1594865051)
Publish date: September 5th 2006
Publisher: Rodale Books
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
American,
Anthologies,
Culture,
Politics,
Collections,
Pop Culture
But I remembered being more amused, and more enlightened, reading The New, New Rules. Or maybe I just am comparing this to seeing Maher live, which is an insanely fun treat! Either way, while, yes, this made some wonderful points, and I did laugh out loud a lot, there was something missing. N...
Meh. I agree with much of his politics and got a handful of chuckles out of it. This is pretty old so most of it is very much out of date - I thought this was the newer book when I borrowed it from the library. That'll teach me to pay closer attention. Very happy I borrowed it and didn't buy it. Mah...
Meh. I agree with much of his politics and got a handful of chuckles out of it. This is pretty old so most of it is very much out of date - I thought this was the newer book when I borrowed it from the library. That'll teach me to pay closer attention. Very happy I borrowed it and didn't buy it. Mah...
New Rules works as a segment on Maher's television show but not lumped into a book or audio format with nothing else. Constant "new rule" after "new rule" became tiresome and the tone of the book was rather bitter overall. So instead of being funny, as it is on TV, it was a mad rant from an angry gu...
I like Bill Maher. I like his humor and I like his politics. So I was looking forward to reading something by him. The humor in this book did not disappoint me but it had a problem a lot of these books by comedians has. It reads like excerpts from his stand-up routine. For that, it deserves at least...
10 years ago
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