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American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories Of Our New National Treasures (2010)

by Willie Geist(Favorite Author)

2.85 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1401323944 (ISBN13: 9781401323943)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Hachette Books

review 1: I hate having to give this book such a low rating, because I really like Willie Geist. In fact, I will admit to having a bit of a crush on his very tall self. Some of his premises were really very funny, and everyone he wrote about totally deserves the ridicule, but much of the cleverness was lost in so much profanity and crudeness. It was overdone, in my opinion. I gave it an extra star, however, for the list of people he wished he could have included at the end.
review 2: It pains me to give this book two stars. I'm so sorry Willie. Maybe you should just stick to being adorable on Morning Joe, because dry humor very rarely translate well in book form.I think with comedy writers tend to over think it and they think every sentences has to be a hilarious line.... more Which isn't the case. And this satire turned out to be a little too ridiculous (I couldn't even get through the chapter about Tiger Wood's sex addiction).Not to say there wasn't some truly funny parts, you just had to dig and look past the affectedly vulgar tone. I also might not have enjoyed it as much considering all the jokes were rather time sensitive, and I don't care anymore about half of the people that are made fun of.Sorry Willie. less

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