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Oh, the Things I Know!: A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness Audiobook
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A Grammy® nominee. The bestselling author and Emmy®-winning television star guides graduates across the uncertain seas of post-academic life. Inspired, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny.
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"It was really funny. Some chapters are only funny when you read them aloud to someone else. That's a valid literary function: it makes reading an interactive experience. I'm also astonished at how much he got away with insulting his wife throughout this work."
— Christian (5 out of 5 stars)
Oh, the Things I Know! Listener Reviews
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" Silly, light and entertaining satire on celebrity advice and self-help books. "
— Paul, 2/11/2014 -
" It was his worst work to date, but still somewhat entertaining. I only have a limited selection from the library. "
— Simon, 2/5/2014 -
" he makes me laugh "
— Bonnie, 1/25/2014 -
" Al Franken is a funny guy. Which is good, because his advice isn't nearly as good as he pretends to think it is. "
— Phil, 1/16/2014 -
" Brutally honest, sarcastic, and funny. Another book of advice. "
— Anita, 12/31/2013 -
" This is not political. It IS funny! "
— Dodi, 12/25/2013 -
" An advice book not worth buying a recent college graduate. The funniest thing was a Buddy Hackett joke on page 143. Punchline: The balls will cover your eyes. "
— Boris, 12/22/2013 -
" Consistently funny stuff. :) "
— Daniel, 12/20/2013 -
" I love the guy's satire. It's the best. A few years ago I read Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and I've been a fan of this liberal humorist ever since. "
— Cindy, 12/20/2013 -
" I'm a fan of all Franken's books. This was the first I read. An easy and funny book. "
— Ari, 12/2/2013 -
" lame one. "
— Anjuli, 11/27/2013 -
" Hillarious, but get the audio book, its way funnier that way "
— Lizzie, 10/26/2013 -
" Ja, heel leuk. Niet helemaal objectief (!), maar geef hem maar eens ongelijk. "
— Edelhart, 10/14/2012 -
" Definitely light reading but Al Franken makes me laugh "
— Carolyn, 2/20/2012 -
" Franken does know many things, but mostly his send-up of other people's advice is just plain funny. "
— Kaethe, 11/24/2010 -
" This book is not nearly as political as most of Franken's. It's just a really funny parody of all those "life-lessons" kind of books that well-known public people always write. It's very sarcastic and hilarious. "
— Joe, 6/26/2010 -
" very short, kinda funny. "
— Alex, 10/5/2009 -
" A quick, fun read. I like Al Fraken's sense of humor and it translates nicely into a satire of self-help books. To be fair to the book, I would give it 3.5 stars because it is fairly funny book. "
— Jimmy, 9/28/2009 -
" entertaining. eh. "
— Al, 12/23/2007 -
" It was fiiiine. Basically all the usual advice we've heard before, with an Al Franken humorous delivery. While perfectly entertaining, not like I really took away anything new... "
— Marissa, 9/14/2007 -
" Funny send up of the self-help book genre (in the Stephen Covey or Spencer Johnson mold). Not as relevant as "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" or as biting as "Why Not Me?" but still classic Franken. "
— Rick, 7/17/2007 -
" It's a pretend self-help book. Funny, but nothing too amusing. "
— Chinook, 6/29/2007 -
" A mildly funny book of tongue-in-cheek advice. "
— Frederick, 4/21/2007 -
" This little book was kinda like a humorous advice book. My dad thought it was the funniest thing he's ever read. I didn't think it was that funny. It wasn't not funny, but Franken has done better. "
— fleegan, 2/16/2007 -
" Rescued this from the 99 cent bin at Hastings. I remember reading it way back - pretty dated (remember when Rush Limbaugh was relevent? Ken Lay? Dominick Dunne?)- still pretty funny if you like (Senator) Al. "
— Brian, 1/17/2006 -
" Not very funny, and fairly xenophobic--at least the first couple chapters, which was as far as I could stand. I have problems with the "I'm such a jerk, isn't it hilarious?" style of humor. "
— Polly, 10/7/2005 -
" I thought this was funny while reading it, but don't remember a thing. Maybe I just shouldn't write reviews if I don't remember the book at all. "
— Patrick, 3/16/2003
About Al Franken
Al Franken is the author of several #1 New York Times bestsellers and is a two-time spoken word Grammy Award winner. He graduated from Harvard College, and before running for office, spent thirty-seven years as a comedy writer, author, and radio talk-show host. He rose to prominence as one of the original Saturday Night Live writers in the 1970s and won five Emmy Awards for his work on SNL. He has taken part in seven USO tours, visiting our troops overseas in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. He was first elected to the United States Senate in 2008 and re-elected in 2014.