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Summary: Funnier than Fiction
Review: I could not put it down. Tears rolled down my eyes and my neighbors banged on the walls in response to the belly laughs. Life is truly funnier than fiction in the real world life of The White House Funny Man. Now we know what happened to that funny guy from 6th period English Class!!!!!
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Summary: Katz Brings the Funny
Review: "Clinton and Me" is the book for you if you're looking for something funnier and less mean than the collected works of Al Franken.If you love politics and humor, Mark Katz's book is for you. He takes you on the wise-ass world tour, from the principal's office to the Dukakis campaign office to the Oval Office all in one fell highly entertaining swoop. Part political memoir, part Sedaris, part "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," but, most importantly, all funny.
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Summary: Couldn't get through it.
Review: Sometimes neurotic, Jewish humor is funny, (Larry David comes to mind) and sometimes it's not. "Clinton & Me" is an unfortunate case of the latter. I read all the positive reviews on here and was excited for the book to arrive, only to be disappointed with the product. I tried reading this book on four separate occasions, skipping and skimming around, and never got more than 30 pages at a time. Katz is largely boring with a bad habit of dropping names of the "famous" politicos he's come into contact with. He spends way, waay, waaay too much time discussing his very normal, un-noteworthy childhood (and by "too much time," I mean any time at all). Note to self: having an interesting job does not make one an interesting person.
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Summary: Best book from the Clinton White House
Review: Katz tells what has to be the best story to come out of those working within the Clinton White House.
He of course is not a major player in the administration but through his number of trips to work with various people in preparing speeches he is able to give an uncommon insight to the people who led this country.
Very good flow and entertainment. A definate must buy for anyone even if you were not a Clinton supporter.
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Summary: Best book I have read all year
Review: Although I am not a great Clinton fan, I am more of one now and a big fan of Mark Katz. If you have any interest in politics this is a MUST READ.
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Summary: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...and laughs
Review: If laughter is the best medicine, then Medicare providers should prescribe Mark Katz' book Clinton and Me. More so, after waking up with a political hangover from this last presidential cycle, this book is an important reminder that our democracy is less tragedy and more comedy. Mark Katz, of course, knows this since he earned his stripes as President Clinton's joke writer. This book will not only teach you about the joys of government service but will do so while laughing out loud. This is part memoir, part political history but two parts joke book. Clinton and Me is not irreverent but revealing. Mark Katz' wit demonstrates that our politics would be far less divisive and negative if we learned to take ourselves a little less seriously. One thing we should take seriously is Mark Katz' hysterical book Clinton and Me which is by far the best political read of the year.
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Summary: Very funny and interesting tome
Review: I picked this book up based on a brief review that said it was funny, and was a little hesitant to do so as neither politics nor Clinton interest me. But no matter, this book proved to be very funny despite my anticipated lack of interest. Mark Katz's stories of making it to the white house evoke Peter Sellers in 'Being There', albeit with much more intelligence than Peter Sellers. What makes this book even more interesting is how the author's family and friends (Fisher!) make repeat appearances, reminding you that he's just another person doing his job, and is as amazed at his good fortune as the reader is. I found myself laughing out loud while reading this book, as have others I've recommended it to. It's also piqued my interest in some of the other books concerning Clinton's presidency, so I guess that's saying quite a bit as well. Consider me a fan.
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Summary: Couldn't get through it.
Review: Sometimes neurotic, Jewish humor is funny, (Larry David comes to mind) and sometimes it's not. "Clinton & Me" is an unfortunate case of the latter. I read all the positive reviews on here and was excited for the book to arrive, only to be disappointed with the product. I tried reading this book on four separate occasions, skipping and skimming around, and never got more than 30 pages at a time. Katz is largely boring with a bad habit of dropping names of the "famous" politicos he's come into contact with. He spends way, waay, waaay too much time discussing his very normal, un-noteworthy childhood (and by "too much time," I mean any time at all). Note to self: having an interesting job does not make one an interesting person.
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Summary: Fun Times For All
Review: I read a lot of political memoirs and it has been my experience that the press secretaries and the speech writers always are the most entertaining. Not much of an original idea given that these people are employed because of their skills with language, but I have never been one to shy away from pointing out the painfully obvious. I think the two most important things you should know about this book is that the author is a confirmed fan of Bill Clinton and he was not involved in any of the really interesting political or foreign affairs issues during the Clinton Presidency. The author basically spiced up or completely wrote humor speeches. The book is not all about the authors interactions with President Clinton. He spends a good deal of time detailing out his life before his White House days and his work with Dukakis, Madeline Albright, and Al Gore. But the real interesting details are when the author covers the speech writing process and how ideas were turned into jokes that the President would use. He also presented some rather sly insights into Clinton the man. I also found the details of his rise to fame and his going from unknown nobody to the hot new speech writer. Who would have thought that this would be a business where you could freelance for the President and CEO's in joke writing. If there was anything disappointing about the book for me it was that the dust jacket tried to make the book out to be a laugh on every page. Unfortunately I did not find this level of humor, but the book more then made up for this lack of non stop humor with interesting insight and stories about the Clinton White House. The author even found a way to interject a humor rivalry with Al Franken that was a nice side story. Overall the book was interesting, easy to read and funny at times. I found it very enjoyable and refreshingly non partisan. If you are a fan of the Clinton Administration this could almost be considered a must read given the tone of the book.
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Summary: Making Clinton Fun
Review: In "Clinton and Me," Mark Katz effectively and amusingly captures his days in, around, and near presidential politics. The book is no blind homage to Clinton, Gore, Albright, and the rest, but a clever, slightly removed, insider's view of days we have almost forgotten. Katz' writing is funny, self-deprecating, insightful, and heartrending. The Democratic Party is fortunate to have him, and the Republicans will not find an equal.
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