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Summary: Howard Stern is a strange man....
Review: Funny, vulgar and completly honest, this is the anti-PC manifesto. Often pointless, usually amusing but always straight-foward, Stern does a good job in exposing himself even more. Don't be worried about the quality of the writing--I am wary about writing that is written by people who don't write--but apparantly, Stern had some help, so the words are always smooth and never distracting, while still being the breezy and irreverent Howard Stern. Read this if you are not easily offended, and if you are, read "Private Parts" anyway--you will probably love to hate it. If you are looking for something introsepective, Stern can be on occasion, and if you want a lesson to be learned, well, look hard but question this: why do we insist that everyone adopt the same definition of immorality?
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: I found this book soon after I saw Howard on a TV magazine show, and two years before Howard Stern came on the air in Portland, Oregon. This book "hooked" me and made me a Howard Stern fan long before most in my state even had any idea who he was: lesbians, strippers, a troubled childhood, over-active imagination, drug hallucinations, celebrity bashing, who could ask for anything more in a book? Howard has a great way of knowing what the public is ashamed of being fascinated with, and then shoving that shame down our throats until the taboo has become pedestrian! Howard has said that the point of his morning radio show is to open up and reveal his psyche and true "gut-reactions" to whatever is being discussed, and PRIVATE PARTS stays true to that risky objective. Howard's opinions aren't always pretty, but at least you know they're honest - and when they aren't honest, at least you know he's joking (his self-proclaimed status as "King of all Media" is really just a joke). I felt like chicken little, running around with this wonderful book and proclaiming the genius of this man to my friends, family and co-workers, predicting that when he got to Oregon he would own the airwaves and everyone would understand what I was talking about. In reality, who cares? No one, Howard has realized. And something tells me he is a little hurt by that fact. Out of that hurt comes great comedy.
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Summary: HOWARD!
Review: I listen to this man every morning. I think he's so hilarious. And this book proves he's one of the greatest comic minds ever. The chapter about his struggle to get into radio is so interesting and funny. Get this book today!
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Summary: Good book
Review: I watch and listen to Howard Stern. I can not say that I like, agree with or condone any of his actions or beliefs..but I like to watch him. I think that is the reason why, Howard Stern is totally different than I am, and I loved to get riled up and then laugh at some of his antics on the televison and radio. I bought the book thinking it would be something I couldnt finish, but I did enjoy it. It was pretty well written.
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Summary: Private Parts
Review: If you love Howard, you'll love Private Parts. The book is just as hilarious as Howard himself. I couldn't stop laughing. It's a quick read, too. Life gets too serious sometimes and it's great that we have Howard to remind us of the humor we should have in our daily lives.
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Summary: ABSOLUTE SCREAM...YOU'LL LAUGH YOUR BUNS OFF!
Review: Stern is brilliantly irreverent. He is not afraid to tell the truth--he will say things that most of us wouldn't dream of saying aloud. He is the Voice of the Silent Majority, the Man of the Common People. Not only can he say the most outrageous things, but he has the quick wit and brilliance to defend himself from the slings and arrows of those who dare to challenge him. My favorite is his trashing of egotistical, conceited celebrities. He is not awed or intimidated by the rich and famous. He is quick to expose their hypocrisy and their lies, and I just love that about him. Yet what's great is that Stern doesn't hesitate to make fun of himself as well. If you can get pass his vulgar, graphic language and the scatological humor, you'll realize Stern is a brilliant satiricist and incredibly funny. As a credit to Stern's humor, my husband lost his father and was depressed for many months, rarely smiling. The only thing that made him laugh was Howard's book. I would to him aloud chapters of "Private Parts", and he'd laugh his head off. His favorite chapter was "Yes I am Fartman", a painfully explicit, but very funny dissertation on Stern's excessive flatulence. Buy this book and Stern's "Miss America"--both are great reads.
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Summary: Good Stuff
Review: I am and have been a fan of Howard Stern for years now, but this book brought me closer to the show and the way he thinks. From the exterior the book seems crass, and it is. But what Private PArts(PP) also contains is a touching and funny story of a loser who made it to the top. His often turbulent boyhood to his trials of being a married man. Aside from a biograghy, PP also touches on Howard's opinions on almost everything. Some of the material even offended me, but I know that he is just like almost everyone, except he says it. An in-your-face book that will have you laughing from start to finish.
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Summary: Good, for what it is
Review: You know, I've been a fan since the summer between 6th and 7th grade, right before Stern left 66 WnnnnnnnnnnnnBC and went on to K-Rock. I consider him and the crew, "friends," and my 4 yrs at UCONN were great except the huge void in my morning radio habits. anyway, it sometimes makes me cringe to read fellow listeners' comments. Most give all-too-easy ammunition for Stern detractors to point out how stupid his loyal listeners are. Stern is brilliant at what he does on the radio, and those of us who have been listening learned nothing new in the book. but, it didnt matter at all. Good Entertainment is entertaining no matter how you slice it. F Jackie and the Horse Tooth Jackass.
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Summary: Hard Done By? Hardly!
Review: This book (or story, or autobiography, or self salute, or whatever it is) should be relegated to the outhouse for exactly what it's worth, wiping up afterwards. Stern's ghostwriter has put together a compilation of experiences which are meant to show the reading public that Stern had to overcome adversity and obstacles of opinion to get to where he is now. Stern's contribution to the world is nothing less than miniscule. There is no tragedy or hardship in his story, the only tragedy is that book buyers are duped into spending hard earned money on material that does not deliver and is solely intended to make him a fast buck. Shame on Stern. As with his mundane radio show that regurgitates the same fart jokes and showcases idiots who laugh incessantly at nothing, this book falls far short of contributing anything to the understanding of this man, let alone the literary world. He's a smart guy with a stupid expectation of the rest of the world. King of all media? King of the outhouse, more likely.
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Summary: One of the Most Sensational Autobiographies in Recent Histor
Review: Howard Stern's Private Parts is a hilarious and immensely entertaining look into the early years of this controversial American icon. The same brand of self-deprecating humor that brought him to the top is continued in this narrative of Stern's childhood and adolescence. When reading this book, one comes to understand how the torment that Howard experienced as a child has shaped him into the radical sensationalist that he is today (whether the radical sensationalist that he is on the air accurately reflects his personality, is a discussion for another time and place. For that topic, I would suggest Howard Stern: King of All Media; by Paul D. Colford). Some of the funniest moments in the book come when Stern describes the disparagement his mother inflicted on him (No!No!No!), and the hatred Stern's father had for his job (and his family, or at least it would seem from the way Stern describes him). This book is a must read for any Howard Stern fan; and even for those who do not consider themselves fans, if you enjoyed the movie, I would strongly suggest reading the book.
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