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Summary: Funny peek behind the scenes of early 80s US comedy.
Review: Being a working comedian for about 7 years now, I might well be biased, but I found the book not just very funny, but also interesting because it so obviously draws on personal experience gathered by Maher in the time preceding the comedy boom - hey! it IS after all a "True Story", isn't it? And the book is actually also quite poignant in places.Looking for a healthy share of laughs and a pretty good story, too? You could spend your money a lot worse than this. Read this and liked it? Might want to try "The Gobbler" by Adrian Edmonson.
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Summary: a masterpiece of cynicism.
Review: bill is not a liberatarian at all
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Summary: Bill Maher; A man who knows comedy and can write about it!
Review: Bill Maher knew what he was talking about when he wrote this outrageously funny book! He captured the comedy scene with a scence of brilliant arrogence like no other comedian could. Read this book then read it again in a year then read it a year after that, its gets better with every read. You will feel like you've lived the comedy uprising, from the small numbers of hard working dedicated comidens to the funny guy in your group of friends who thinks he can get up on stage and make it big because you "say hes funny". I recomend this book to anyone who enjoys smart comedy and/or likes the comedy club scene and would like to understand what the "Host" for the evening is thinking.
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Summary: Bill Maher's "True Story" is a great novel
Review: I thought that Bill Maher's novel, "True Story" was very perceptive and gave a fascinating look at a group of characters. The world of comedy is fascinating, and he has some insights into human nature in general. I hope he writes more novels. I also thought that the focus on multiple characters instead of one central protaganist was very effective, and his style of writing was very entertaining, elegent, and literate. I especially enjoyed the excerpts of comedy acts that he worked into the narrative.
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Summary: Yuks at a glance...
Review: Mr. Maher, thanks for the yuks and the glance into your past, but word of advice: don't quit your night job.
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Summary: Don't read it if your not a comic.
Review: Rarely is the human condition rendered so comically and skillfully. Maher tapped into a scene few would have the gumption and uber-wit to tackle. Any reader will be grateful after gliding through the easily readable and highly entertaining True Story. You know Maher's been there (and beyond) and his perspective of the comic's life is truthful. Maher is known as "the intelligent comic," now I know him as a damn fine writer as well.
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Summary: Funniest book I've read since "Without Feathers."
Review: There is very little contemporary comedy in literary form. This ranks among the best (along with everything by Woody Allen and Daddy's Boy by Chris Elliott). A novel that combines both great jokes, great stories and even a story. You don't know how funny (and smart) Bill Maher truly is until you read this book
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Summary: Hard to Digest
Review: This book is a difficult read... It has an interesting premise, but the characters are so disinteresting and the plot so convoluted that turning pages becomes a chore.
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Summary: Hard to Digest
Review: This book is a difficult read... It has an interesting premise, but the characters are so disinteresting and the plot so convoluted that turning pages becomes a chore.
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