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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
Joshua Ferris, Jon Stewart
3.81 AVERAGE
215 reviews for:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
Joshua Ferris, Jon Stewart
3.81 AVERAGE
This was funny. Written to the aliens after we are gone, a history of humanity Jon Stewart style.
This book was fun and did make me laugh pretty often. Since I love "The Daily Show," I expected to like the book more than I did. Maybe it was Jon Stewart's delivery that was missing for me. A lot of the social commentary (via sarcastic humor) was dead-on, but several of the jokes were a bit crude for my taste. It was clearly written mainly by men, and they did have a lot of fun writing it! This is the kind of book that I like to read in bits and pieces over time; I wouldn't want to sit and try to read it straight through, b/c the style of humor gets a bit repetitive when you read a lot of it at once.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loved the audio-book! I was a bit skeptical when I saw Jon Stewart on the cover, because frankly his mass-appeal jokes in the Daily Show rarely appeals to me. But this was a breath of fresh air. It's like a more graceful side of the man, which I've never seen - and possibly rarely will due to the audience he's catering to in Television.
The sarcasm wasn't bitter and condescending but neutral and indifferent (in a good way). In fact, I wouldn't call it sarcasm. It's more like the playful semi-definitions that Douglas Adams uses in Hitchikers guide to the galaxy. Ok, maybe it's not that good - but it's still pretty darn good.
The only negative thing that I have say about this is that it's too short!
The sarcasm wasn't bitter and condescending but neutral and indifferent (in a good way). In fact, I wouldn't call it sarcasm. It's more like the playful semi-definitions that Douglas Adams uses in Hitchikers guide to the galaxy. Ok, maybe it's not that good - but it's still pretty darn good.
The only negative thing that I have say about this is that it's too short!
Hah! This is quite good. The whole thing is set up as a textbook or handbook on the human race for the benefit of aliens who might stumble across Earth (and presumably, the book) after we're gone. Too, too funny. I really like the Dorling Kindersley-like effect of using the heavily-illustrated reference book format. My favorite chapters were the ones on Society, Religion and Science -- very well done. And yes, I did have to work the crossword puzzle. Of course, I copied the page with the puzzle on it from the book I borrowed from the library so I wouldn't mess up the original -- I'm not an anarchist! (see p. 100)...
This witty satire covers many if not most topics, poking fun and *insert word here* all the way!
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My second foray into the world of audiobooks on CD was delightfully funny! Jon Stewart, Sigourney Weaver, and pretty much the entire cast of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" narrate the book, so if you like "The Daily Show," you'll probably like Earth: the audiobook. It's a tongue-in-cheek history of our planet & the human race told for the benefit of future alien visitors to Earth who arrive after we've killed ourselves off.
I thought they did an excellent job of adding sound effects and verbalizing the sidebars and other inserts, although nothing replaces a photo or diagram, so someday I will find a hard copy of the book and look through to see what visual items I missed.
My only real quibble with the audiobook was that occasionally Jon Stewart or one of the others spoke sotto vocce, and no matter how much I cranked up the volume on my car stereo (admittedly not as loud as boys with subwoofers who drive around annoying people), I could not always make out what they said. Ah well, the other 99.5% was hilarious!
For readers' advisors: "nonfiction" that reads like fiction??
I thought they did an excellent job of adding sound effects and verbalizing the sidebars and other inserts, although nothing replaces a photo or diagram, so someday I will find a hard copy of the book and look through to see what visual items I missed.
My only real quibble with the audiobook was that occasionally Jon Stewart or one of the others spoke sotto vocce, and no matter how much I cranked up the volume on my car stereo (admittedly not as loud as boys with subwoofers who drive around annoying people), I could not always make out what they said. Ah well, the other 99.5% was hilarious!
For readers' advisors: "nonfiction" that reads like fiction??
I occasionally chuckled while listening to this book, but the humor wasn't anywhere near as strong as America (The Book). The conceit of being written for aliens after we're all dead got tiresome a quarter of the way in. My wife, who I was listening to it with and who is a big Jon Stewart/Daily Show fan, gave up on it one (of only 3) hours in.
I was also surprised how much inaccurate information was in here, like the stupid 10% of brain's capacity nonsense.
I was also surprised how much inaccurate information was in here, like the stupid 10% of brain's capacity nonsense.
funny
informative
medium-paced
After truly enjoying their book America, I jumped at the chance to listen to this book. Ugh. Not worth it.
While there was one relatively funny chapter (Commerce) and a few laugh-out-loud moments (Thank you John Oliver!), the rest was just a tired meh. The satire was flat. The alien questions at the end of each chapter were suprisingly annoying. They should stick to political commentary and not try to branch out.
While there was one relatively funny chapter (Commerce) and a few laugh-out-loud moments (Thank you John Oliver!), the rest was just a tired meh. The satire was flat. The alien questions at the end of each chapter were suprisingly annoying. They should stick to political commentary and not try to branch out.