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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Love it. Highly recommend to anyone that loves Sarah Silverman's comedy.
From peeing in her bed into her teens, to pissing off a coalition of Asian-Americans as an adult, Sarah Silverman has been making a mess forever. And she’s the first to admit it. This quality makes her relatable. She’s a lot of things, but “hoity-toity” is not one of them.
Her life is the perfect mix of Your Childhood (summer camps, crazy parents) and Distinctly Her (getting fired from SNL, getting into a semantic argument about “pee” versus “pee-pee” for the subtitle title of her book).
If you liked the autobiography/storytelling books by fellow lady comedians Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Mindy Kaling, you might want to scoop this up.
Her life is the perfect mix of Your Childhood (summer camps, crazy parents) and Distinctly Her (getting fired from SNL, getting into a semantic argument about “pee” versus “pee-pee” for the subtitle title of her book).
If you liked the autobiography/storytelling books by fellow lady comedians Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Mindy Kaling, you might want to scoop this up.
From Tina Fey's Bossypants right on to Sarah Silverman's The Bedwetter. Pretty hilarious. My favorite part was when Sarah compared her father's nipples and chest hair to Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night, complete with photograph to illustrate the point. :)
Really funny! I knew who Silverman was but hadn't really followed her comedy. I knew she was supposed to be gross and shocking. While the book had its share of juvenile humor, she manages to make you laugh with it and endears herself to you in the process. Also endearing is the story of her not-perfect-but-pretty-damn-good home life growing up. Would definitely recommend. I am now officially a fan.
If you liked Sarah Silverman before you read this, you're going to like her even more when you're done. The fart jokes, the sweet but kind of sad stories, the horrifically inappropriate stories and racism…all of it's "our Sarah." I love her, so I'm biased.
If you were on the fence or not a fan, this book will probably just entrench you more in your views and you won't like it. If you did NOT like The Great Schlep, I'm F8cking Matt Damon, The Sarah Silverman Program, etc. then you won't like this.
If you were on the fence or not a fan, this book will probably just entrench you more in your views and you won't like it. If you did NOT like The Great Schlep, I'm F8cking Matt Damon, The Sarah Silverman Program, etc. then you won't like this.
There were highs, there were lows. Overall, had to force myself to finish it
In this memoir comedian, Sarah Silverman discusses stories of her childhood and adolescence, including her struggles with bedwetting as a child and depression as a teenager. She also discusses her life in show business from her early days in stand up, her brief stint on Saturday Night Live, and her time writing and starring in The Sarah Silverman Program.
Like Silverman's stand up, there are things I like a lot and other things I find just a little too gross for my taste. I really enjoyed hearing about her childhood and struggle with depression as a teen. I appreciated her honesty. I also enjoyed learning about her career and the evolution of her comedy. I think Silverman is very intelligent and she has helped to diminish the myth that women are not funny. I'm just not as big a fan of fart jokes or jokes involving genitals as she is, but others might be. Despite the fact that I may not enjoy all of her comedy, I appreciate the fact that she is herself and doesn't change who she is to please others. She really knows the art of not giving a sh*t. Too often women are expected to change themselves to fit other's standards. Silverman does her thing.
My favorite part was her description of what she is looking for in a boyfriend, "I find dating exhausting and uninteresting, and I really would like to skip over the hours of conversation that you need to get up to speed on each other's lives, and the stories I've told a million times. I just want to get to the watching TV in bed. If you're on a date with me, you can be certain that this is what I'm evaluating you for - how good is it going to be, cuddling with you in bed watching Damages? I feel like I can relate to that a lot. Overall, this was worth the listen and I liked most of it.
Like Silverman's stand up, there are things I like a lot and other things I find just a little too gross for my taste. I really enjoyed hearing about her childhood and struggle with depression as a teen. I appreciated her honesty. I also enjoyed learning about her career and the evolution of her comedy. I think Silverman is very intelligent and she has helped to diminish the myth that women are not funny. I'm just not as big a fan of fart jokes or jokes involving genitals as she is, but others might be. Despite the fact that I may not enjoy all of her comedy, I appreciate the fact that she is herself and doesn't change who she is to please others. She really knows the art of not giving a sh*t. Too often women are expected to change themselves to fit other's standards. Silverman does her thing.
My favorite part was her description of what she is looking for in a boyfriend, "I find dating exhausting and uninteresting, and I really would like to skip over the hours of conversation that you need to get up to speed on each other's lives, and the stories I've told a million times. I just want to get to the watching TV in bed. If you're on a date with me, you can be certain that this is what I'm evaluating you for - how good is it going to be, cuddling with you in bed watching Damages? I feel like I can relate to that a lot. Overall, this was worth the listen and I liked most of it.
Honestly this was a lot better than what I was expecting.
I listened to this on audiobook, narrated by Sarah herself. The first section was uncomfortable and downright sad, and left me worried for the rest of the book. On the whole, it was less funny than I was expecting which actually was not a bad thing. She spends a lot of time deconstructing her gaffes at the MTV awards, and I'll admit I had no memory whatsoever of her hosting or saying anything, but apparently they were seminal moments in her life. Generally, she was quite self-aware, thoughtful, and thought provoking.
I love Sarah Silverman. A few things in here don’t hold up in 2019 but I loved spending a few hours with Sarah through this book.