Reading a Lewis Black's book is almost like watching his stage act. The only real difference is that we see a little more of the poignancy behind what makes him tick. This book is a great view on Christmas and what it means to a Jew, and provides an excellent commentary on the holiday season that ev...
The comedian takes us through his life growing up in the sixties and seventies, with a generous sprinkling of sarcasm and heart-felt as well as humorous observations along the way.Black is an extremely political animal, with a left-leaning libertarian slant. Some of the material in this book is a re...
This one got a little strange at the end, but all in all it made a lot of sense to me. I enjoyed that it was read by the author. I will have to find his list of reasons why he does/doesn't believe in God. That was pretty funny.
I must admit I didn't like this book nearly as much as Nothing Sacred. For the most part I could still hear Lewis Black saying it through, which has not always been the case with books by other comedians. It's less a rumination on Christmas and more a rumination on where Lewis is in his life. Ch...
Funny but long-winded. Didn't seem to have a real point. I didn't think it was going to be his life story, but that's basically what it turned out to be. Starting a new book by him now.
I just thought this would be funnier. I think the Appendix about his USO tour was the best part, the rest was just ok. It was a book about what Lewis does on one givne Christmas, and I was thinking it would be short stories that happened to him at Christmas.
If you like Lewis Black, whether from his stand-up comedy or from his work at The Daily Show, then you will probably like this book. I did not rate it higher because it does slow a bit at the end. However, it is worth reading. Black combines humor with memoir and commentary to reflect on his relatio...
I find that reading a book written by a comedian is a hit and miss proposition. Sometimes the humor comes as much from the delivery as the material so it loses something in book form (see, for example Jon Stewart's Naked Pictures of Famous People). I didn't have that problem at all with this book....
The comedian takes us through his life growing up in the sixties and seventies, with a generous sprinkling of sarcasm and heart-felt as well as humorous observations along the way.Black is an extremely political animal, with a left-leaning libertarian slant. Some of the material in this book is a r...
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