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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
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.
After a brief flirtation with it, I ultimately stopped watching The Sarah Silverman Program because, while I like dick, fart and poop jokes, they’re not my favorite style of humor (I’m more a fan of the cynical/sarcastic/hating-people brand). But after finishing The Bedwetter, I did spend a good hour watching various clips of Silverman on YouTube, including The Great Schlep, I’m Fucking Matt Damon and Sell the Vatican, Feed the World. If you like those, you’ll like The Bedwetter. Also if you ever wet the bed, stated publicly that you’d like to adopt a mentally handicapped child with a terminal illness, stabbed Al Franken in the head with a pencil, or coerced your colleague into sprucing up his genitals with a fellow coworker’s hair accessories.
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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.
"Make it a treat!" I loved this book, probably because she is funny, and people who make me laugh are my best friends.
I've read books by a few funny people but this is one of the best. What you see is what you get, and what you get is a Jew telling you lots of stories about pee and sex. A special treat is that she transcribes voicemails her father leaves her. I hope to god those are actual voicemails left for her by her father. Look just listen to the audiobook (or read it) and when you get to that part you'll know what I'm talking about. It's great.
I listened to this on my iPod and it was probably more fun to hear Sarah Silverman read the book than it may have been if I had just read it.
Obviously not a literary masterpiece, but I'm a big Sarah Silverman fan and this was totally funny. She is so irreverent.