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freinhar's review
5.0
Greg Gutfeld is hilarious and this book is spot on. Even if you don't agree with his Republican political leanings, there's still more than enough joy to be had just by his acerbic takes on every annoying thing that annoying people do.
nlfuller77's review
Was a gift. Read in my free time on my honeymoon. Was fine but the humor got repetitive quickly
iguana_mama's review
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Posted at Shelf Inflicted
I don’t watch much TV, unless it’s a series that I can get hooked on or a movie. I generally stay away from talk shows, reality shows, comedies, and news/opinion shows. So I’ve never heard of Greg Gutfeld.
I’m so glad I came across Mike's review and gave him a chance.
His essays are proof positive that the left does not have a monopoly on intelligence, humor, or sarcasm.
Just last week, I was going to pull into a parking spot at Market Basket when this woman comes flying out from in between cars and beats me to the spot while fixing me with a nasty glare. Her shabby car was festooned with bumper stickers. After her appalling behavior, this was the one that stood out the most:
I don’t watch much TV, unless it’s a series that I can get hooked on or a movie. I generally stay away from talk shows, reality shows, comedies, and news/opinion shows. So I’ve never heard of Greg Gutfeld.
I’m so glad I came across Mike's review and gave him a chance.
His essays are proof positive that the left does not have a monopoly on intelligence, humor, or sarcasm.
Just last week, I was going to pull into a parking spot at Market Basket when this woman comes flying out from in between cars and beats me to the spot while fixing me with a nasty glare. Her shabby car was festooned with bumper stickers. After her appalling behavior, this was the one that stood out the most:
If she were truly tolerant, she would have let the old woman with the bad foot (and better car) take the spot closer to the entrance.
I’m sure Greg Gutfeld would have a good laugh over that one. I know I did. This is the kind of artificial tolerance that he talks about.
Though I tend to think these essays would be more appealing to those who lean to the right on the political spectrum, independent thinkers who don’t blindly accept one worldview and those who tolerate others with different views may get something out of it too.
I laughed even while he was dissing one of my favorite bands:
“The idea of tolerance – a seemingly innocuous concept – has now become something else entirely: a way to bludgeon people into shutting up, piping down, and apologizing, when the attacked are often the ones who hold the key to common sense. They speak an unspeakable truth, and they get clobbered by the Truncheon of Tolerance. Tolerance has turned normal people into sheep/parrot hybrids, followers in word and deed – bloating and squawking at everyone in a psychological torment not experienced since Dave Matthews picked up a guitar.”
He covers immigration, climate change, birth control, religion, feminism, media bias, Occupy Wall Street, celebrities, second-hand smoke, parades, etc.
Some of my favorites were:
- My Big Fat Gay Muslim Bar
- A Really Bad Day at the Office
- To Obama, Borders Was Nothing But a Bookstore
- A Pack of Lies
- Stalin Grads
While I don’t agree with everything he says, reading these essays was fun, refreshing, thought-provoking, and a perfect way to spend time on the beach.
One of these days I’ll check out his show.
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