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In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy
A couple years back, I was at the Phoenix airport bar. It was empty except for one heavy-set, gray bearded, grizzled guy who looked like he just rode his donkey into town after a long day of panning for silver in them thar hills. He ordered a Jack Daniels straight up, and that's when I overheard the young guy with the earring behind the bar asking him if he had ID. At first the old sea captain just laughed. But the guy with the twinkle in his ear asked again. At this point it became apparent that he was serious. Dan Haggerty's dad fired back, "You've got to be kidding me, son." The bartender replied, "New policy. Everyone has to show their ID." Then I watched Burl Ives reluctantly reach into his dungarees and pull out his military identification card from World War II. It's a sad and eerie harbinger of our times that the Oprah-watching, crystal-rubbing, Whole Foods-shopping moms and their whipped attorney husbands have taken the ability to reason away from the poor schlub who makes the Bloody Marys. What we used to settle with common sense or a fist, we now settle with hand sanitizer and lawyers.
Adam Carolla has had enough of this insanity and he's here to help us get our collective balls back.
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy is Adam's comedic gospel of modern America. He rips into the absurdity of the culture that demonized the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, turned the nation's bathrooms into a lawless free-for-all of urine and fecal matter, and put its citizens at the mercy of a bunch of minimum wagers with axes to grind. Peppered between complaints, Carolla shares candid anecdotes from his day-to-day life as well as his past—Sunday football at Jimmy Kimmel's house, his attempts to raise his kids in a society that he mostly disagrees with, his big showbiz break, and much, much more. Brilliantly showcasing Adam's spot-on sense of humor, this book cements his status as a cultural commentator/comedian/complainer extraordinaire.
Adam Carolla has had enough of this insanity and he's here to help us get our collective balls back.
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy is Adam's comedic gospel of modern America. He rips into the absurdity of the culture that demonized the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, turned the nation's bathrooms into a lawless free-for-all of urine and fecal matter, and put its citizens at the mercy of a bunch of minimum wagers with axes to grind. Peppered between complaints, Carolla shares candid anecdotes from his day-to-day life as well as his past—Sunday football at Jimmy Kimmel's house, his attempts to raise his kids in a society that he mostly disagrees with, his big showbiz break, and much, much more. Brilliantly showcasing Adam's spot-on sense of humor, this book cements his status as a cultural commentator/comedian/complainer extraordinaire.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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Adam Carolla
21 books264 followersAdam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He is currently the host of The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast.
Carolla is also known as being the co-host of the radio show Loveline from 1995 to 2005 (and its television incarnation on MTV from 1996 to 2000), as the co-host of the television program The Man Show (1999–2004), and as the co-creator and performer on the television program Crank Yankers (2002–2007).
Carolla has been featured in television shows, talk radio shows, films (appearing in both independent films and those of the major film studios), internet media, podcasts, and other media outlets.
Carolla is also known as being the co-host of the radio show Loveline from 1995 to 2005 (and its television incarnation on MTV from 1996 to 2000), as the co-host of the television program The Man Show (1999–2004), and as the co-creator and performer on the television program Crank Yankers (2002–2007).
Carolla has been featured in television shows, talk radio shows, films (appearing in both independent films and those of the major film studios), internet media, podcasts, and other media outlets.
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December 1, 2025
Some of Adam Carolla’s anecdotes are pretty amusing. For instance, the way he used to unplug the fuel line from his truck, so when it gets stolen the thief can barely drive a block before grinding to a halt.
It's too bad the rest of the book reads like the ravings of someone frustrated by more complex fuel delivery systems and the emasculation of everything from cars to peanut butter.
To hear Adam Carolla tell it, he is a real man, while the rest of the world is populated by women, whose sex is a fearsome condition normally afflicting only half the human race, now spreading to the other half. Male women, female women: pussies, the lot of em.
I listened to the audiobook read by the author so I heard the rage. It had extras of him losing his mind over trivial bullshit, I assume while flailing on the floor, tears flowing down his face: “Why are there so many gays? So many women? So much socialism! Why can’t people just unplug their fuel lines, the way I used to do?”
Maybe you gathered from the title that the whole thing’s a bit mysoginistic. But hey, let’s look past that for a moment and see if his frustration has any basis in reality.
No, it doesn’t.
Adam Carolla’s ability to be wrong is almost Herculean, if Hercules were famous for being really wrong instead of really strong.
Completely random example, and a sore subject of his tirades: people who don’t own televisions. He hates these smug bastards.
Let's explore that for a moment.
See, I thought paying telecom companies $1800 a year to deliver garbage content, of which 30% is advertisements, was a bad thing.
In case you’re curious, reading accounts for an average of $118 per household per year. An average young person spends less than 10 minutes reading per weekend, and we're currently raising the most illiterate generation of the last half century. That’s not even the worst of it. College students today feel less empathy and are more selfish and self-centered than ever before.
But sure, Carolla, let’s bemoan those who don’t own televisions, the pricks. Let's whine about the real problems in Amurica, right, bro?
It's too bad the rest of the book reads like the ravings of someone frustrated by more complex fuel delivery systems and the emasculation of everything from cars to peanut butter.
To hear Adam Carolla tell it, he is a real man, while the rest of the world is populated by women, whose sex is a fearsome condition normally afflicting only half the human race, now spreading to the other half. Male women, female women: pussies, the lot of em.
I listened to the audiobook read by the author so I heard the rage. It had extras of him losing his mind over trivial bullshit, I assume while flailing on the floor, tears flowing down his face: “Why are there so many gays? So many women? So much socialism! Why can’t people just unplug their fuel lines, the way I used to do?”
Maybe you gathered from the title that the whole thing’s a bit mysoginistic. But hey, let’s look past that for a moment and see if his frustration has any basis in reality.
No, it doesn’t.
Adam Carolla’s ability to be wrong is almost Herculean, if Hercules were famous for being really wrong instead of really strong.
Completely random example, and a sore subject of his tirades: people who don’t own televisions. He hates these smug bastards.
Let's explore that for a moment.
See, I thought paying telecom companies $1800 a year to deliver garbage content, of which 30% is advertisements, was a bad thing.
In case you’re curious, reading accounts for an average of $118 per household per year. An average young person spends less than 10 minutes reading per weekend, and we're currently raising the most illiterate generation of the last half century. That’s not even the worst of it. College students today feel less empathy and are more selfish and self-centered than ever before.
But sure, Carolla, let’s bemoan those who don’t own televisions, the pricks. Let's whine about the real problems in Amurica, right, bro?
January 12, 2012
I am a long time if not irregular Carolla listener. I have been entertained by his podcast so thought I would give the book a try. It starts out with an inspiring autobiography where Carolla outlines his rise from construction worker to a successful comedian. Carolla's story is quite inspiring and it raises the quite valid argument that success is not about being in the right place at the right time but through diligence and hard work.
However, following this, Carolla basically goes into a number of rants with the prevailing theme that the gender gap is narrowing and men and society in general is getting soft Though the rants are funny and many of them demonstrate intelligence, many are misinformed and controversial for the sake of being so. Controversy does sell after all.
For example, Carolla expressed frustration at how many Americans feel a sense of entitlement from the government. Be that for a welfare cheque or free lunch for their children. That is fair enough. He then goes on to suggest that rather than one vote per person, the government should be based on one vote per $10,000 in taxes paid. His logic is that people who are not putting anything into the system get to use its resources for free and should not be entitled to a say since they are not paying for those resources. Carolla may be forgetting that there was a time in America's past where only landowners had the right to vote. He fails to recognize that a government is not just there to administer highways but also enacts policies to which we are all subject. For example, if I am poor and don't get a vote, would my son have been exempt from the various military drafts in the past? I doubt it.
Another example occurs when Carolla discusses gender roles. He argues that a mother and a father provide very different things for a child and a child goes to Mom or Dad for different things. Fair enough. However, he demonstrates his misinformed opinion when he states that men are naturally smarter than women because men tend toward the technical fields. While the women are in their soft jobs, Corolla points out that it is men who are running the two billion dollar satellites. While we have women in front of the camera, its men who are behind the scenes, running the cameras, mixing the music, basically doing the real work. He completely misses the fact that there had traditionally been and still are barriers for women to going into fields such as engineering and the sciences. That is only now beginning to change and slowly at that but it is not a reflection of the aptitude of women, only the expectations of a society.
I get that the book was supposed to be funny. But Adam also tried for witty and intelligent. On that, I feel that he failed miserably. He made some good points, he just missed many more.
However, following this, Carolla basically goes into a number of rants with the prevailing theme that the gender gap is narrowing and men and society in general is getting soft Though the rants are funny and many of them demonstrate intelligence, many are misinformed and controversial for the sake of being so. Controversy does sell after all.
For example, Carolla expressed frustration at how many Americans feel a sense of entitlement from the government. Be that for a welfare cheque or free lunch for their children. That is fair enough. He then goes on to suggest that rather than one vote per person, the government should be based on one vote per $10,000 in taxes paid. His logic is that people who are not putting anything into the system get to use its resources for free and should not be entitled to a say since they are not paying for those resources. Carolla may be forgetting that there was a time in America's past where only landowners had the right to vote. He fails to recognize that a government is not just there to administer highways but also enacts policies to which we are all subject. For example, if I am poor and don't get a vote, would my son have been exempt from the various military drafts in the past? I doubt it.
Another example occurs when Carolla discusses gender roles. He argues that a mother and a father provide very different things for a child and a child goes to Mom or Dad for different things. Fair enough. However, he demonstrates his misinformed opinion when he states that men are naturally smarter than women because men tend toward the technical fields. While the women are in their soft jobs, Corolla points out that it is men who are running the two billion dollar satellites. While we have women in front of the camera, its men who are behind the scenes, running the cameras, mixing the music, basically doing the real work. He completely misses the fact that there had traditionally been and still are barriers for women to going into fields such as engineering and the sciences. That is only now beginning to change and slowly at that but it is not a reflection of the aptitude of women, only the expectations of a society.
I get that the book was supposed to be funny. But Adam also tried for witty and intelligent. On that, I feel that he failed miserably. He made some good points, he just missed many more.
January 26, 2011
Of course, I picked up this book because it sounded offensive. “In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks”? Good. Change I can look forward to. But surprisingly, Adam’s book is not a giant thumbs up to genderization; it’s a typed-up comedy routine. Aside from a few “joke book” collections in the third grade, this was my first experience with a string of stand-up jokes and no intelligible plot. Some of his jokes got a smile (nary a lol), but for the most part, I felt “meh” about this tender tribute to being a white man in America.
Unfortunately, Adam Carolla and I do not populate the same planet. The blonde 20-somethings of Adam’s life might not know who Mel Brooks is, but the blonde-20-somethings of my life have “Spaceballs” memorized. His “woman” jokes primarily cover hoop earrings and stripper names, giving him the scope of a boob loving five-year-old. But misogyny is only a teensy part of a book that revels in political incorrectness and wallows in the “just kidding!” rebuttal. Dirty jokes can be a knee-slapping hoedown if they’re funny. Here, I just felt like I spent a couple of hours being complained at by a hater on a blind date.
A lot of people, women even, like this book. If you enjoy his radio work and his show and what else have you, your face will be stuck permanently in “hee-haw” position after reading it. But for we stone-faced awful people, the biggest crime here is not Adam’s frankness and devious hatred of Stuff; the book is just not funny. This from a girl who doubles over in laugh-pain watching the Pumpkin Dance on Youtube.
If you know and like Adam Carolla, go for it. If you’re in the mood for some spiteful commentary on things like airports, ketchup packets, girls who have tattoos, pizza, doctors, racism, date rape, minimum wage, the paparazzi, the war against terrorism, religion, bumper stickers, vegetarians, and etc.; then you will enjoy this free-for-all whinefest. If not, avoid, avoid.
-EZ Read Staffer Jenifer
Unfortunately, Adam Carolla and I do not populate the same planet. The blonde 20-somethings of Adam’s life might not know who Mel Brooks is, but the blonde-20-somethings of my life have “Spaceballs” memorized. His “woman” jokes primarily cover hoop earrings and stripper names, giving him the scope of a boob loving five-year-old. But misogyny is only a teensy part of a book that revels in political incorrectness and wallows in the “just kidding!” rebuttal. Dirty jokes can be a knee-slapping hoedown if they’re funny. Here, I just felt like I spent a couple of hours being complained at by a hater on a blind date.
A lot of people, women even, like this book. If you enjoy his radio work and his show and what else have you, your face will be stuck permanently in “hee-haw” position after reading it. But for we stone-faced awful people, the biggest crime here is not Adam’s frankness and devious hatred of Stuff; the book is just not funny. This from a girl who doubles over in laugh-pain watching the Pumpkin Dance on Youtube.
If you know and like Adam Carolla, go for it. If you’re in the mood for some spiteful commentary on things like airports, ketchup packets, girls who have tattoos, pizza, doctors, racism, date rape, minimum wage, the paparazzi, the war against terrorism, religion, bumper stickers, vegetarians, and etc.; then you will enjoy this free-for-all whinefest. If not, avoid, avoid.
-EZ Read Staffer Jenifer
May 20, 2012
Adam Carolla has always been rather "hit or miss" with me. Sometimes he's pretty funny, other times, not so much. In this book, we get the pleasure of watching someone who came up from poverty demonstrate that he's completely oblivious to the conditions of poverty, and the desperate choices people have to make in those kinds of situations. Watch as he pisses all over the idea of welfare, and derides people who won't take jobs due to fear of losing that welfare (When you're on welfare, wages earned are subtracted from benefits, and in some states, if you exceed a certain amount of wages, you're cut off altogether. When you factor in the cost of transportation and child care, some recipients can find themselves in a position where they're working, but bringing in less than if they had just stayed on welfare. I'd like to see welfare recipients do some type of work in return for the benefits, but not like this.), rails against the trillions we shell out for hot lunches for kids (I agree with him that parents who can't feed their children shouldn't have children, but if we took those kids away from said parents, I think his head would explode at the actual number, and the sheer cost of such an action. And then, we'd just drop these kids onto an already overtaxed social services system to be warehoused in group homes? Yeah, that'll work.), and rages at the idea that he pays a lot of taxes because he's a millionaire (Way to largely ignore the corporate behemoths who exploit loopholes and thus pay nothing, or next to it.). I literally got about halfway through this book, and deleted it. I'm fine with comedians having different political views than me (PJ O'Rourke has had some pretty funny moments despite being conservative, but there's also not many conservative comedians), but Adam's differing views are the tragic result of an almost willful ignorance, and ignorance is never funny.
January 28, 2014
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Adam Carolla’s most epic rant about the pussification of America.
First things first – Carolla is an equal opportunity offender. That being said, if you didn’t like him on morning or late night radio or cable television or don’t like his current podcast, you aren’t going to like this book. There’s plenty of otherfish in the sea books on the shelf, so spare yourself the eye twitching fit of rage Carolla’s views could possibly induce.
I happen to kind of love Ace (I assume if we ever met we’d be super tight and he’d want me to call him by his nickname). Even though I am equipped with an innie rather than an outie in the plumbing department, I was a faithful viewer of “The Man Show” (I probably ate my male twin in the womb or something and still have his testosterone cycling through my body) and always thought Ace was the talent. Wait, would that make Kimmel the pretty face? I might need to rethink that . . .
Although a couple of his submissions are already a little outdated and I definitely didn’t agree with all of his viewpoints, the majority of the book was entertaining and I even had some true LOLz. Added bonus: If you find yourself to be having a bit of an “oh my good God why don’t my pants fit anymore????” moment and want something to take your mind off of how much you HATE exercising, this might be a good choice. You might even find that you are able to take your pitiful 3.3 mph treadmill speed to a dead sprint when Carolla’s opinions piss you off ; )
Adam Carolla’s most epic rant about the pussification of America.
First things first – Carolla is an equal opportunity offender. That being said, if you didn’t like him on morning or late night radio or cable television or don’t like his current podcast, you aren’t going to like this book. There’s plenty of other
I happen to kind of love Ace (I assume if we ever met we’d be super tight and he’d want me to call him by his nickname). Even though I am equipped with an innie rather than an outie in the plumbing department, I was a faithful viewer of “The Man Show” (I probably ate my male twin in the womb or something and still have his testosterone cycling through my body) and always thought Ace was the talent. Wait, would that make Kimmel the pretty face? I might need to rethink that . . .
Although a couple of his submissions are already a little outdated and I definitely didn’t agree with all of his viewpoints, the majority of the book was entertaining and I even had some true LOLz. Added bonus: If you find yourself to be having a bit of an “oh my good God why don’t my pants fit anymore????” moment and want something to take your mind off of how much you HATE exercising, this might be a good choice. You might even find that you are able to take your pitiful 3.3 mph treadmill speed to a dead sprint when Carolla’s opinions piss you off ; )
April 27, 2013
On one hand, I can pay this book one of the best compliments you can pay a comedy book: While reading before bed, I kept waking up the person next to me because I was laughing.
On the other hand, I might like Adam Carolla slightly less after reading this. For a book that, based on the title, is supposed to be manly or whatever, he sure comes off as a whiner. I know his frustration and outrage with the stupidity of the world makes up a large portion of his humor, but there's something so unpleasant about his constant negativity combined with his gleeful know-it-all-ness that it gets hard to stand for an entire book. And while there were many parts that made me laugh, this also has some really weak material in a few spots. Some of the really straight forward observational humor mixed in here and there seemed so dated, I was waiting for a 1986 stand-up comic with Seinfeld hair to pop up and say "What is the deal with cell phones?" From memory, the chapters about food and sports were probably the worst offenders. They were probably just tacked on there to pad this thing up to a legit book length, so it makes sense that they contain some of the least funny stuff.
This probably has more new content than his second book, Not Taco Bell Material, which is more of straight autobiography containing many stories he's already told on the radio. Regardless of that, I preferred NTBM as it seemed more honest and Carolla showed a little vulnerability that made me sympathize with him more. It also told a more satisfying story, while this was more like a bunch of magazine articles stuck together.
On the other hand, I might like Adam Carolla slightly less after reading this. For a book that, based on the title, is supposed to be manly or whatever, he sure comes off as a whiner. I know his frustration and outrage with the stupidity of the world makes up a large portion of his humor, but there's something so unpleasant about his constant negativity combined with his gleeful know-it-all-ness that it gets hard to stand for an entire book. And while there were many parts that made me laugh, this also has some really weak material in a few spots. Some of the really straight forward observational humor mixed in here and there seemed so dated, I was waiting for a 1986 stand-up comic with Seinfeld hair to pop up and say "What is the deal with cell phones?" From memory, the chapters about food and sports were probably the worst offenders. They were probably just tacked on there to pad this thing up to a legit book length, so it makes sense that they contain some of the least funny stuff.
This probably has more new content than his second book, Not Taco Bell Material, which is more of straight autobiography containing many stories he's already told on the radio. Regardless of that, I preferred NTBM as it seemed more honest and Carolla showed a little vulnerability that made me sympathize with him more. It also told a more satisfying story, while this was more like a bunch of magazine articles stuck together.
October 11, 2020
4.5 Stars for In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks (audiobook) by Adam Carolla read by the author. This is probably the best book written by someone who is illiterate. Illiteracy is just one of the struggles Adam has had to overcome. He’s a great example of what had work and perseverance can get you.
October 31, 2018
If you are a fan of the podcast, or his other work in general, and want a near transcription of most of his material then this book might be for you. If you are anything less than a casual fan you won't find much of anything new between the covers and will probably be bored with many of the sections, skimming ahead often as I did.
I purchased the book for a variety of reasons. I was a die-hard fan of the original Man Show back in the day and I liked some of Carolla's stand-up material but primarily I never visited the sponsors of his podcast and felt obligated to give back to him as a semi-devoted listener of his (temporarily?) free podcast. I considered it my thank you by way of my wallet.
What I expected from the book was some sharp, biting humor tinged with his trademark chauvinism and machismo. Though the occassional chuckle is to be had within the pages really what the book amounted to was a weak rehash of his podcast material with very little new material at all.
If you are even the least bit familiar with Carolla you know that nothing's safe. He lashes out at practically everything and everyone he comes into contact with in his daily life. This can, predictably, result in some questionable choices in topic from a comedic standpoint. He's making fun of people who work in fast-food chicken places? Um. Okay. Mexicans, meter maids, restaurants, and of course the fairer sex are ripe targets and get plenty of attention in his spittle-flying rants. Some you can agree with -- at least partially, some you don't. I particularly liked the section on portraying men as slobbering idiots in commercials ALL. THE. TIME. What tweaks your sympathy very little is his bitching about paying a lot in taxes because of his millionaire tax bracket, troubles with his nanny, first class travel not living up to his standards, and his fancy cars getting towed. Get bent, Adam.
Carolla's delivery of the material, shocking in a breath-catching, "did he really just say that" kind of way on his podcast, comes off as whiny, racist, smug, arrogant, and completely off-putting on the printed page. Hey, c'mon, I can take a joke like the rest of you and it really takes a lot to get my to raise an eyebrow but there are times in this book where even I thought he not only crossed the line of good taste but double-backed to piss on the line, hock a loogie, and lower his pants to drop a Cleveland steamer on it.
He is not half as clever or original as he thinks he is and his opinions, no matter how hard he drives them or how confident he is that he's right, just don't seem to matter in most cases. No you aren't clever, no this isn't original, and -- most damning -- you aren't being very funny or amusing in your juvenile delivery.
Despite the section headings there is little rhyme or reason to the ranting. He finds something to rail on and spends a few paragraphs dallying on the topic, though frequently interrupts himself to go off on meaningless tangents before making it all the way through.
So here's your money, Adam. Let's call it even. Hopefully your cut of the book's profits won't kick you up into the next tax bracket and launch an updated series of rants on that front. If you want to include negative reviewers of this book in your sequel that might be interesting though.
I purchased the book for a variety of reasons. I was a die-hard fan of the original Man Show back in the day and I liked some of Carolla's stand-up material but primarily I never visited the sponsors of his podcast and felt obligated to give back to him as a semi-devoted listener of his (temporarily?) free podcast. I considered it my thank you by way of my wallet.
What I expected from the book was some sharp, biting humor tinged with his trademark chauvinism and machismo. Though the occassional chuckle is to be had within the pages really what the book amounted to was a weak rehash of his podcast material with very little new material at all.
If you are even the least bit familiar with Carolla you know that nothing's safe. He lashes out at practically everything and everyone he comes into contact with in his daily life. This can, predictably, result in some questionable choices in topic from a comedic standpoint. He's making fun of people who work in fast-food chicken places? Um. Okay. Mexicans, meter maids, restaurants, and of course the fairer sex are ripe targets and get plenty of attention in his spittle-flying rants. Some you can agree with -- at least partially, some you don't. I particularly liked the section on portraying men as slobbering idiots in commercials ALL. THE. TIME. What tweaks your sympathy very little is his bitching about paying a lot in taxes because of his millionaire tax bracket, troubles with his nanny, first class travel not living up to his standards, and his fancy cars getting towed. Get bent, Adam.
Carolla's delivery of the material, shocking in a breath-catching, "did he really just say that" kind of way on his podcast, comes off as whiny, racist, smug, arrogant, and completely off-putting on the printed page. Hey, c'mon, I can take a joke like the rest of you and it really takes a lot to get my to raise an eyebrow but there are times in this book where even I thought he not only crossed the line of good taste but double-backed to piss on the line, hock a loogie, and lower his pants to drop a Cleveland steamer on it.
He is not half as clever or original as he thinks he is and his opinions, no matter how hard he drives them or how confident he is that he's right, just don't seem to matter in most cases. No you aren't clever, no this isn't original, and -- most damning -- you aren't being very funny or amusing in your juvenile delivery.
Despite the section headings there is little rhyme or reason to the ranting. He finds something to rail on and spends a few paragraphs dallying on the topic, though frequently interrupts himself to go off on meaningless tangents before making it all the way through.
So here's your money, Adam. Let's call it even. Hopefully your cut of the book's profits won't kick you up into the next tax bracket and launch an updated series of rants on that front. If you want to include negative reviewers of this book in your sequel that might be interesting though.
November 17, 2019
I almost quit reading this about 1/4 of the way through because so much of it was also in Not Taco Bell Material. I'm glad I hung on because he did get to new material that I really liked. I don't agree with him completely of course, but a surprising amount considering he's from CA, one of the most pussified states in the US. He agrees & it provides great material.
For instance, there's a lot less racism than most people think. They don't realize that 90% of perceived racism & sexism can be put down to people just being assholes, especially those minimum wage bureaucrats with a tiny bit of power. Actually, any bureaucrat & their tiny bit of power. They're supposed to be public servants performing customer service. Instead, they act like Nazis who want to make everyone's life as miserable as theirs must be. This has nothing to do with your race or sex. It happens to white guys, too.
He doesn't like the Red/Blue divide. Both sides have some good & bad policies. There's plenty more like this. He's irreverent (an atheist) & funny, but he didn't beat on religion in this book much, if at all. He did beat on most everything else including pizza toppings. Great fun.
It's best to listen to this book because he's a bit of an improv comedian, so there's extra material that isn't in the paper edition of the book & he narrates it. It's great to have his voice riffing on this.
For instance, there's a lot less racism than most people think. They don't realize that 90% of perceived racism & sexism can be put down to people just being assholes, especially those minimum wage bureaucrats with a tiny bit of power. Actually, any bureaucrat & their tiny bit of power. They're supposed to be public servants performing customer service. Instead, they act like Nazis who want to make everyone's life as miserable as theirs must be. This has nothing to do with your race or sex. It happens to white guys, too.
He doesn't like the Red/Blue divide. Both sides have some good & bad policies. There's plenty more like this. He's irreverent (an atheist) & funny, but he didn't beat on religion in this book much, if at all. He did beat on most everything else including pizza toppings. Great fun.
It's best to listen to this book because he's a bit of an improv comedian, so there's extra material that isn't in the paper edition of the book & he narrates it. It's great to have his voice riffing on this.
May 1, 2011
So, I only made it about 46% of the way through this book before put it down in disgust. I have never had a particular issue with Adam Carolla. In fact, I thought he was fairly hilarious, in his own crass way. I even enjoyed the first few chapters of this book. I laughed and cringed a few times.
The smiles went out the window when he started proclaiming male superiority over women as though discussing the weather, or something equally benign. I often find things funny that many find offensive - I'm twisted, for sure. But this was ridiculous. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Ever.
The smiles went out the window when he started proclaiming male superiority over women as though discussing the weather, or something equally benign. I often find things funny that many find offensive - I'm twisted, for sure. But this was ridiculous. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Ever.
February 7, 2021
Short version of my review of "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks:...And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy":
Longer version:
Adam Carolla's never been one of my most favorite comedians, but he's got a bit of that Archie Bunker-common-man, accidentally-insightful perspective that I find amusing. I listened to this audio-version hoping to hear him rant on the uber-metro men of today, you know, guys who wax their chests, legs and arms, pubes, pluck their eyebrows and use more make-up and exfoliants than some women did thirty years ago.
What I found was a mix of unfocused essays and rants. Adam admits he can't read very well, so he goes on riffs rather than reading directly from his book.
The first third of the audio is Adam's life-story, beginning with his lower-class family upbringing in California where they lived off welfare. As a child, he slept on a cot in a room where the washing machine and electric meter were located. He was bullied in school for his height and got into physical fights to defend himself. Carolla worked low-paying jobs for years before finding his calling in comedy. Unfortunately for me, that biographical section just went on and on and meandered.
Nevertheless, I can totally relate to Adam. Even though I'm a woman of Hispanic heritage from Long Island, I, too, was piss-poor growing up and it sucked. At one point there were thirteen people living in our three-bedroom/ one-bathroom house, and the garage and basement were converted into living spaces for non-nuclear family members. My mom worked cleaning houses but didn't make much money, so we lived on government assistance. There is nothing more than embarrassing being a ten-year-old child translating for your mom at the welfare office while filling out complicated forms because your mother can't read very well. Living on handouts was demoralizing. I remember many Christmases where we didn't even have a tree and the church was kind enough to donate toys and food (usually items like musty-smelling boxes of Yahtzee and Mork & Mindy board games, and more cans of creamed corn than we could ever eat, but hey, we appreciated what we got!).
The happiest day in my life (up until that time) was when I was 12 and got my first job earning $2 an hour working during the Halloween season at a costume store. I dressed up as Gumby and waved to the passersby on the street, advertising for the store. Once, I almost got beaten up by a high school junior who ragged on my costume and called me foul names. She was much bigger and older than I was, but I got right into her face and refused to back down. Her friends had to drag her away before it got physical. So I can totally identify with Adam and his hard-luck youth, even though his story-telling abilities need work.
Eventually, Carolla goes on semi-populist political rants that zig-zag all over the place, from left to right. (I don't consider populism as synonymous with conservative. Ariana Huffington, Bill O'Reilly, and John Stewart are all self-styled populists, so they come in all political flavors.) Other than that, I will avoid talking about Carolla's political opinions as I made myself a promise to never discuss religion or politics on Goodreads. My beliefs also zig-zag all over the place. Sometimes I agree with him, sometimes I don't. I appreciate his passion, but he's a little uninformed about the facts and history of certain issues, so even if we share opinions, I wince at his total lack of self-awareness.
There's a section where Carolla rants on how the world is filled with "assholes" and uses an example of a mean neighbor who'd call the town on him for not trimming his hedges. Adam then goes on to say he's had troubles with every single neighbor he's ever had. Not saying that Adam's wrong about his neighbors being jerks, but there seems to be a common denominator in all of his problems that he's blissfully unaware of (himself!)
Then there's his diatribe on how the all-80's satellite radio station plays "crap" like 1-hit-wonders from A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats and Dead or Alive, or cheesy songs like Depeche Mode's "People Are People." OK, as a hard-core DM fan I have to agree that "People Are People" has to be one of the suckiest DM hits, but Carolla's livid outrage that the 80's stations should be playing obscure 80's bands is silly. Dude, turn to stations like Classic Rewind, Classic Vinyl, The Spectrum, and First Wave. Because when people think of mainstream 80's hits, they're thinking of Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Hall and Oates, etc., not alternative bands like Elvis Costello or The Pretenders.
I do appreciate his common-sense advice, like encouraging men to get bright wallets. Carolla spray-painted his black wallet a bright red and has had it for years. Just like Adam, my husband would always lose his wallet in the car or house. We decorate with a lot of dark colors, so we could never find his black wallets (and black remote controls). As a gift, he got a wallet with a bright orange racing stripe on it and had it for years until it wore out. Now he has a silver-gray one he's had for five years. I took Adam's advice and "bedazzled" my remotes with bright sparkles and now they're much easier to find!
Then there are Adam's suggestions for sloths like me on how to save a few seconds of our lives, like setting the microwave to 55 or 66 seconds instead of 60 seconds or 1 minute. I was nodding, yup, yup, yup, until I realized modern microwaves come with all kinds of express keys, like minute buttons. But still, that advice comes in handy when you have to microwave tea for 90 seconds, just press 88. Those are two seconds you can use to get the sugar! :)
This book was so-so, but it made me laugh a few times and other times roll my eyes. It reminded me of my 73-year-old father-in-law's meandering tirades about the same stuff he's been complaining about for some 20 years, just more coherent.
3 stars
Longer version:
Adam Carolla's never been one of my most favorite comedians, but he's got a bit of that Archie Bunker-common-man, accidentally-insightful perspective that I find amusing. I listened to this audio-version hoping to hear him rant on the uber-metro men of today, you know, guys who wax their chests, legs and arms, pubes, pluck their eyebrows and use more make-up and exfoliants than some women did thirty years ago.
What I found was a mix of unfocused essays and rants. Adam admits he can't read very well, so he goes on riffs rather than reading directly from his book.
The first third of the audio is Adam's life-story, beginning with his lower-class family upbringing in California where they lived off welfare. As a child, he slept on a cot in a room where the washing machine and electric meter were located. He was bullied in school for his height and got into physical fights to defend himself. Carolla worked low-paying jobs for years before finding his calling in comedy. Unfortunately for me, that biographical section just went on and on and meandered.
Nevertheless, I can totally relate to Adam. Even though I'm a woman of Hispanic heritage from Long Island, I, too, was piss-poor growing up and it sucked. At one point there were thirteen people living in our three-bedroom/ one-bathroom house, and the garage and basement were converted into living spaces for non-nuclear family members. My mom worked cleaning houses but didn't make much money, so we lived on government assistance. There is nothing more than embarrassing being a ten-year-old child translating for your mom at the welfare office while filling out complicated forms because your mother can't read very well. Living on handouts was demoralizing. I remember many Christmases where we didn't even have a tree and the church was kind enough to donate toys and food (usually items like musty-smelling boxes of Yahtzee and Mork & Mindy board games, and more cans of creamed corn than we could ever eat, but hey, we appreciated what we got!).
The happiest day in my life (up until that time) was when I was 12 and got my first job earning $2 an hour working during the Halloween season at a costume store. I dressed up as Gumby and waved to the passersby on the street, advertising for the store. Once, I almost got beaten up by a high school junior who ragged on my costume and called me foul names. She was much bigger and older than I was, but I got right into her face and refused to back down. Her friends had to drag her away before it got physical. So I can totally identify with Adam and his hard-luck youth, even though his story-telling abilities need work.
Eventually, Carolla goes on semi-populist political rants that zig-zag all over the place, from left to right. (I don't consider populism as synonymous with conservative. Ariana Huffington, Bill O'Reilly, and John Stewart are all self-styled populists, so they come in all political flavors.) Other than that, I will avoid talking about Carolla's political opinions as I made myself a promise to never discuss religion or politics on Goodreads. My beliefs also zig-zag all over the place. Sometimes I agree with him, sometimes I don't. I appreciate his passion, but he's a little uninformed about the facts and history of certain issues, so even if we share opinions, I wince at his total lack of self-awareness.
There's a section where Carolla rants on how the world is filled with "assholes" and uses an example of a mean neighbor who'd call the town on him for not trimming his hedges. Adam then goes on to say he's had troubles with every single neighbor he's ever had. Not saying that Adam's wrong about his neighbors being jerks, but there seems to be a common denominator in all of his problems that he's blissfully unaware of (himself!)
Then there's his diatribe on how the all-80's satellite radio station plays "crap" like 1-hit-wonders from A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats and Dead or Alive, or cheesy songs like Depeche Mode's "People Are People." OK, as a hard-core DM fan I have to agree that "People Are People" has to be one of the suckiest DM hits, but Carolla's livid outrage that the 80's stations should be playing obscure 80's bands is silly. Dude, turn to stations like Classic Rewind, Classic Vinyl, The Spectrum, and First Wave. Because when people think of mainstream 80's hits, they're thinking of Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Hall and Oates, etc., not alternative bands like Elvis Costello or The Pretenders.
I do appreciate his common-sense advice, like encouraging men to get bright wallets. Carolla spray-painted his black wallet a bright red and has had it for years. Just like Adam, my husband would always lose his wallet in the car or house. We decorate with a lot of dark colors, so we could never find his black wallets (and black remote controls). As a gift, he got a wallet with a bright orange racing stripe on it and had it for years until it wore out. Now he has a silver-gray one he's had for five years. I took Adam's advice and "bedazzled" my remotes with bright sparkles and now they're much easier to find!
Then there are Adam's suggestions for sloths like me on how to save a few seconds of our lives, like setting the microwave to 55 or 66 seconds instead of 60 seconds or 1 minute. I was nodding, yup, yup, yup, until I realized modern microwaves come with all kinds of express keys, like minute buttons. But still, that advice comes in handy when you have to microwave tea for 90 seconds, just press 88. Those are two seconds you can use to get the sugar! :)
This book was so-so, but it made me laugh a few times and other times roll my eyes. It reminded me of my 73-year-old father-in-law's meandering tirades about the same stuff he's been complaining about for some 20 years, just more coherent.
3 stars
January 23, 2013
From my point of view, this book was utterly dreadful. I expected misogynistic comments and wouldn't have minded so much. I kind of think women are manlier than men these days. I don't mind the swearing at all, not being American, and the style, though dreadful, makes the stuff easy to read.
What I do mind is the collection of dumb tirades. Carolla is homophobic, racist, distasteful or maybe just irredeemably stupid.
Take the example of the rant about peanut allergies. A simple enough google search would have taught this "author" if you can call him that, that it is the excess of hygiene or rather the lack of bacteria in childhood which creates allergies.
This explains why it's a rich world issue. The starving populations of africa already have the antibodies. On the other hand millions of American children (peanuts and their derivatives are at the top of the allergy list despite whatever BS Carolla spouts in there) have lived in such an asepticized environment that the mere presence of peanut triggers oedemas.
It is enough for an allergic person (works on adults as well as kids) to touch someone's hand when that someone made a pb&j sandwich two hours before AND washed their hands. That will sometimes be enough. The first oedema is not nice. The second is a matter of life and death and you have to be rushed off to the hospital ASAP. If you're unlucky enough to have a third, unless you're already hospitalised at the time, you're dead. As simple as that.
Ignorance coupled with hubris is more of a plague than "gayness" ever will be.u
What I do mind is the collection of dumb tirades. Carolla is homophobic, racist, distasteful or maybe just irredeemably stupid.
Take the example of the rant about peanut allergies. A simple enough google search would have taught this "author" if you can call him that, that it is the excess of hygiene or rather the lack of bacteria in childhood which creates allergies.
This explains why it's a rich world issue. The starving populations of africa already have the antibodies. On the other hand millions of American children (peanuts and their derivatives are at the top of the allergy list despite whatever BS Carolla spouts in there) have lived in such an asepticized environment that the mere presence of peanut triggers oedemas.
It is enough for an allergic person (works on adults as well as kids) to touch someone's hand when that someone made a pb&j sandwich two hours before AND washed their hands. That will sometimes be enough. The first oedema is not nice. The second is a matter of life and death and you have to be rushed off to the hospital ASAP. If you're unlucky enough to have a third, unless you're already hospitalised at the time, you're dead. As simple as that.
Ignorance coupled with hubris is more of a plague than "gayness" ever will be.u
March 15, 2011
It's Adam Carolla. You love him or you hate him, but thanks to his podcast, his radio show, and especially Loveline, if you're in your 20's/30's chances are you know him and his comedy.
And I love him! In this book his commentary rages from subjects like eliminating peanuts from public schools, to pomegranate iced tea, to the current state of politics in this country. I didn't always agree with him, especially since he still seems to hate women and in one chapter he took it to the bleeding heart liberals (i.e., me) pretty hard, but he made me laugh with nearly every line.
You also get some Carolla backstory, which is hilarious of course, but also gives great insight into how a man who could literally barely read when he graduated high school has such scathing and ACCURATE insights into so many varied topics.
Illiterate though he may be, help from a great editor and years of learning big words from Dr. Drew turned Adam Carolla into a the kind of author whose books I will be the first to read from here on out.
Recommended for:
*People who like to laugh
*People that hate stupidity
*People that hate pomegranate iced tea
And I love him! In this book his commentary rages from subjects like eliminating peanuts from public schools, to pomegranate iced tea, to the current state of politics in this country. I didn't always agree with him, especially since he still seems to hate women and in one chapter he took it to the bleeding heart liberals (i.e., me) pretty hard, but he made me laugh with nearly every line.
You also get some Carolla backstory, which is hilarious of course, but also gives great insight into how a man who could literally barely read when he graduated high school has such scathing and ACCURATE insights into so many varied topics.
Illiterate though he may be, help from a great editor and years of learning big words from Dr. Drew turned Adam Carolla into a the kind of author whose books I will be the first to read from here on out.
Recommended for:
*People who like to laugh
*People that hate stupidity
*People that hate pomegranate iced tea
March 7, 2016
Adam Carolla tries too hard being racist, misogynistic, homophobic all while making me sick by being a narcissistic asshole on top of it. I don't know where he gets off talking about stupid poor people when he is illiterate.
I loved Adam Carolla on Loveline and even watched The Man Show from time to time but his live comedy does not translate over well to the printed word. This book was horrible and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
I feel strange giving this book such a poor review when overall everyone else seems to enjoy it. Maybe I am more of a prude than I thought I was, or maybe this is a book aimed towards men and I just missed that memo.
I would not rate the book a zero had I been given the opportunity because it did make me laugh aloud precisely three times, and it deserves at least a little credit for that. I skipped about a quarter of the book though to be honest, it just wasn't worth the time reading it.
Adam Carolla lacks intellect and wit, but he sure doesn't seem to think that.
I loved Adam Carolla on Loveline and even watched The Man Show from time to time but his live comedy does not translate over well to the printed word. This book was horrible and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
I feel strange giving this book such a poor review when overall everyone else seems to enjoy it. Maybe I am more of a prude than I thought I was, or maybe this is a book aimed towards men and I just missed that memo.
I would not rate the book a zero had I been given the opportunity because it did make me laugh aloud precisely three times, and it deserves at least a little credit for that. I skipped about a quarter of the book though to be honest, it just wasn't worth the time reading it.
Adam Carolla lacks intellect and wit, but he sure doesn't seem to think that.
November 14, 2010
Adam Carolla is my guilty pleasure.
I think that he is hilarious.
If I were to blub his book it only seems appropriate to say something like, "I laughed, I cried, I spit up on the children."
I am not his typical demographic, at least I assume it is younger and male, but I was reading his little bits aloud they were so darned funny. Certainly if you have been a follower of his you have heard some of this material, but it is still smart and funny.
Envisioning him pulling all this together with Mike and what shape it might have been delivered to the publisher is funny to contemplate. You can imagine how it was when he started to work in it with Lynette whose idea the book was BTW.
Ever wonder why the airlines don't have a "sleep channel" among their music selections? Adam has. He loves to rant and rave but he is smart and sassy too, a great combo. I really don't recall laughing so much out loud for a long while.
I am a big fan of David Sedaris but Adam is equally as funny ---you can hear his voice as you read the book much like Sedaris.
This is a collection of his life observances and rants. Remember when reading this book that one of his claims to fame is that he's never read a book. Read it and laugh, don't look for a Pulitzer candidate here but it is a fun read even if you don't agree with his ideas many of which I do not. He is not afraid to tell his readers how he feels including his atheism and that is brave in our polarized country. Yes I am a huge fan of his brash humor and common sense outlook on life.
I think that he is hilarious.
If I were to blub his book it only seems appropriate to say something like, "I laughed, I cried, I spit up on the children."
I am not his typical demographic, at least I assume it is younger and male, but I was reading his little bits aloud they were so darned funny. Certainly if you have been a follower of his you have heard some of this material, but it is still smart and funny.
Envisioning him pulling all this together with Mike and what shape it might have been delivered to the publisher is funny to contemplate. You can imagine how it was when he started to work in it with Lynette whose idea the book was BTW.
Ever wonder why the airlines don't have a "sleep channel" among their music selections? Adam has. He loves to rant and rave but he is smart and sassy too, a great combo. I really don't recall laughing so much out loud for a long while.
I am a big fan of David Sedaris but Adam is equally as funny ---you can hear his voice as you read the book much like Sedaris.
This is a collection of his life observances and rants. Remember when reading this book that one of his claims to fame is that he's never read a book. Read it and laugh, don't look for a Pulitzer candidate here but it is a fun read even if you don't agree with his ideas many of which I do not. He is not afraid to tell his readers how he feels including his atheism and that is brave in our polarized country. Yes I am a huge fan of his brash humor and common sense outlook on life.
August 10, 2016
Edit: I finished it. THANK YOU ADAM CAROLLA. For writing the only book interesting enough that I have been able to finish it- in the last like seriously 5 months or something. So my final assesment below (which is mostly quotes, but that's the true sign of me liking something, when in leui of explaining it,I just quote it) remains. The LOL/page ratio remained consistent throughout. Adam Carolla is insightful and pissed in a unique and hilarious way. He is also REALLY good at analogies, seriously impressed that he is able to spew such comparisons off the cuff (as I've heard him do on Loveline). He covers everything from politics to toasters, and he does so in a manner that is mostly fluid. That said, 90% of the material (and this is a conservative estimate) was stuff I had already heard, from Carolla. Almost verbatim, just in audible rant form. It's like every one of his opinions/ideas compiled.
So far I am 54 pages in and I have LOLd 6 times. That is an average of one LOL per 9 pages, which is damn good. Most books, even funny ones, do not actually provoke laughter from me.
I've heard many of these rants before, as I listened to Loveline when Adam was co-hosting, but they are still amusing. I think it's safe to say that if you enjoy Adam's ranting/complaining style and offensive albeit honest view on life- you'll enjoy the book. Some other reviewers seem to think that some of the funny is lost when told in text form, and I can kind of see that. Whoever helped Carolla write this book (sorry man, I think you are hilarious but even you'd admit you are not exactly a master wordsmith so I suspect you had plenty of help) went a little overboard sometimes with the narration style in regards to monikers. Ie, in telling a story about a woman working at Disneyland refusing his daughter entry into a ride, he refers to her as "the diesel dyke in the khaki slacks", "Rosie O'Donell's husky doppelganger" and "Ranger C-word". I'm not even offended by any of those slanderous nicknames, I just think he needed to pick one and stick with it. It's like someone cramming too many jokes into one paragraph- overkill. Probably works better as part of a spoken joke. Anyway, really, this book is not for the easily offended, or just regular-type offended. I'm serious. Carolla is offensive, because he says offensive things and it's not like Sarah Silverman says offensive things, he often isn't kidding. Here's a few excerpts that made me LOL, but they might hurt your feelings (but if they do, calm down, it's just ADAM CAROLLA):
"My son I worry about. I'm pretty sure he's gonna be gay. At this point I'm just hoping he's not a bottom. Sorry to sound closed-minded and uptight, but let's face it, no dad wants his son to be gay. Not only do you get no grandkids, but I'm sure high school is no picnic for a fifteen-year-old gay boy. On the other hand, maybe I'm just viewing this through the bifocals of an old heterosexual dude. The way things are going, my son will probably get his ass kicked for not being gay. 'Carolla thinks he's too good to suck cock. Come on boys, lets get him.' " . Offensive, yeah, probably. Presumptuous in that he assumes his view is shared by ALL dads. But somehow self-aware. Typical Carolla.
(In this one Carolla is complaining that on flights you are told that "tampering with, disabling, or destroying the lavatory smoke detector is against FAA regulations" and that this warning is unnecessarily redundant):
"Was there an incident that necessitated this run-on sentence about the smoke detector? Was there a case...where a guy went into the first-class head, lit up a butt, and took an ax handle to the smoke detector and his case had to be thrown out of federal court because his dream team argued 'The stewardess only said "tampering with" when, in fact, my client disabled and destroyed the smoke detector, and thus no jury in the land can convict him'?" Just silly little observations that make me LOL. That one wasn't even offensive :).
Alright damn how is this review so long already, ridiculous. Anyway, it just dawned on me that Carolla kind of reads like a less intellectual George Carlin. Take that however you want.
So far I am 54 pages in and I have LOLd 6 times. That is an average of one LOL per 9 pages, which is damn good. Most books, even funny ones, do not actually provoke laughter from me.
I've heard many of these rants before, as I listened to Loveline when Adam was co-hosting, but they are still amusing. I think it's safe to say that if you enjoy Adam's ranting/complaining style and offensive albeit honest view on life- you'll enjoy the book. Some other reviewers seem to think that some of the funny is lost when told in text form, and I can kind of see that. Whoever helped Carolla write this book (sorry man, I think you are hilarious but even you'd admit you are not exactly a master wordsmith so I suspect you had plenty of help) went a little overboard sometimes with the narration style in regards to monikers. Ie, in telling a story about a woman working at Disneyland refusing his daughter entry into a ride, he refers to her as "the diesel dyke in the khaki slacks", "Rosie O'Donell's husky doppelganger" and "Ranger C-word". I'm not even offended by any of those slanderous nicknames, I just think he needed to pick one and stick with it. It's like someone cramming too many jokes into one paragraph- overkill. Probably works better as part of a spoken joke. Anyway, really, this book is not for the easily offended, or just regular-type offended. I'm serious. Carolla is offensive, because he says offensive things and it's not like Sarah Silverman says offensive things, he often isn't kidding. Here's a few excerpts that made me LOL, but they might hurt your feelings (but if they do, calm down, it's just ADAM CAROLLA):
"My son I worry about. I'm pretty sure he's gonna be gay. At this point I'm just hoping he's not a bottom. Sorry to sound closed-minded and uptight, but let's face it, no dad wants his son to be gay. Not only do you get no grandkids, but I'm sure high school is no picnic for a fifteen-year-old gay boy. On the other hand, maybe I'm just viewing this through the bifocals of an old heterosexual dude. The way things are going, my son will probably get his ass kicked for not being gay. 'Carolla thinks he's too good to suck cock. Come on boys, lets get him.' " . Offensive, yeah, probably. Presumptuous in that he assumes his view is shared by ALL dads. But somehow self-aware. Typical Carolla.
(In this one Carolla is complaining that on flights you are told that "tampering with, disabling, or destroying the lavatory smoke detector is against FAA regulations" and that this warning is unnecessarily redundant):
"Was there an incident that necessitated this run-on sentence about the smoke detector? Was there a case...where a guy went into the first-class head, lit up a butt, and took an ax handle to the smoke detector and his case had to be thrown out of federal court because his dream team argued 'The stewardess only said "tampering with" when, in fact, my client disabled and destroyed the smoke detector, and thus no jury in the land can convict him'?" Just silly little observations that make me LOL. That one wasn't even offensive :).
Alright damn how is this review so long already, ridiculous. Anyway, it just dawned on me that Carolla kind of reads like a less intellectual George Carlin. Take that however you want.
January 21, 2012
I have enjoyed Adam on "The Man Show", on the radio program "Loveline" and on "The Adam Carolla Project." He says the things one shouldn't say, nor probably think. He's abrasive, sometimes makes me cringe, but often makes me laugh. But more importantly, whether he is totally serious or believes the things he says or not, he makes me think and consider the world.
All that said, I never had any intention of reading this book. I figured that it was ghost-written and would be the "same old thing" he's known for. But then my wife got it and loved it. I often couldn't hear my own thoughts over her fits of laughter...followed by her reading to me excerpts.
So when she was done, it was my turn. I was truly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The book reminds me of Andy Rooney's early books, a little Archie Bunker and George Carlin thrown in. And I was surprised to put the book down and find that I agree with about 95% of what he says. He's not quite so crazy after all.
He makes observations on the crazy things in life, like why do sports shoes come with shoelaces long enough to lash a ship's anchor while dress shoes have laces so short you cannot tie a proper knot with them.
But overall I'd say the theme is that people are whiners. We don't take care of ourselves. We expect things to be done "for" us. And if anything goes wrong, we must assign blame and venom towards someone or something.
I heartily recommend this book. There's bad language and some points of view that might be offensive. But I really think that most of the time he's using shock to make the point that each person is responsible for themselves. If you're unhappy, make a change. Bad things happen, adjust course and move on. And for each time you've been wronged assume that you've probably been the one raining on someone else's parade.
All that said, I never had any intention of reading this book. I figured that it was ghost-written and would be the "same old thing" he's known for. But then my wife got it and loved it. I often couldn't hear my own thoughts over her fits of laughter...followed by her reading to me excerpts.
So when she was done, it was my turn. I was truly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The book reminds me of Andy Rooney's early books, a little Archie Bunker and George Carlin thrown in. And I was surprised to put the book down and find that I agree with about 95% of what he says. He's not quite so crazy after all.
He makes observations on the crazy things in life, like why do sports shoes come with shoelaces long enough to lash a ship's anchor while dress shoes have laces so short you cannot tie a proper knot with them.
But overall I'd say the theme is that people are whiners. We don't take care of ourselves. We expect things to be done "for" us. And if anything goes wrong, we must assign blame and venom towards someone or something.
I heartily recommend this book. There's bad language and some points of view that might be offensive. But I really think that most of the time he's using shock to make the point that each person is responsible for themselves. If you're unhappy, make a change. Bad things happen, adjust course and move on. And for each time you've been wronged assume that you've probably been the one raining on someone else's parade.
December 29, 2011
If you were offended, shame on you. You knew it was going to be an irreverent sh!tstorm of political incorrectness when you read the title. And if you're not easily offended, you'll find Carolla's smear campaign of life hilarious. I was braced for something much more offensive. It was, sure. But I was going into it expecting something like "women get in the kitchen and men go bowling." It wasn't entirely that, either.
He gives a brief overview of his past, which is a nice set up to his parade of criticism. Carolla does a nice job of summarizing his difficult upbringing before getting on with the jokes.
He provides the reader with a full range of reactions. I laughed out loud several times, cringed and winced, and rolled my eyes. What is best about Carolla's book is the shear bravado of bashing everything and everyone. He holds nothing back, kissing no a$$ that should probably be kissed. While this probably explains why we don't see or hear more of him on TV or radio, it's this unabashed irreverence that makes him hilarious.
He has an opinion of everything that holds no prisoners and some of them were, yes, very good. (I'm packing a can of fix-a-flat in every car, thank you, Adam.) And while he digs into the tedium of daily life -- from toilet paper to heating the bathroom floor before you wake up -- everything is tinged with captivating humor.
He frequently steps over the line, prefacing his politically incorrect rants with "this is where people think I'm racist/sexist/whateverist, but..." And while the reader won't agree with all his ideology, you might still find it funny.
He gives a brief overview of his past, which is a nice set up to his parade of criticism. Carolla does a nice job of summarizing his difficult upbringing before getting on with the jokes.
He provides the reader with a full range of reactions. I laughed out loud several times, cringed and winced, and rolled my eyes. What is best about Carolla's book is the shear bravado of bashing everything and everyone. He holds nothing back, kissing no a$$ that should probably be kissed. While this probably explains why we don't see or hear more of him on TV or radio, it's this unabashed irreverence that makes him hilarious.
He has an opinion of everything that holds no prisoners and some of them were, yes, very good. (I'm packing a can of fix-a-flat in every car, thank you, Adam.) And while he digs into the tedium of daily life -- from toilet paper to heating the bathroom floor before you wake up -- everything is tinged with captivating humor.
He frequently steps over the line, prefacing his politically incorrect rants with "this is where people think I'm racist/sexist/whateverist, but..." And while the reader won't agree with all his ideology, you might still find it funny.
January 12, 2011
I read about this book in a magazine and I was looking for something completely different to, sort of, "cleanse my book-on-CD listening palate," and this certainly fit the bill. When the book begain, I was thoroughly delighted with Adam Carolla's description of his childhood and how he worked his way up from nothing into the comedy business. He really is hilarious, and I love his observations about the quirks of modern life. The language was "salty," but nothing too extreme. I found him to be like a rough version of Jerry Seinfeld, and some of his digressions made me laugh out loud in my car. Hearing it all in his voice was part of the charm.
But then, the book took a turn--once Adam finished the life story part of his book, he began ranting on different things that offended him. The problem was that he started becoming offensive himself. The language became raunchy, and his diatribes became insulting and sometimes downright mean. Some of it was still very funny, but much of it started sounding just plain ugly. When he started using epithets about specific individuals and hurling insults directly at the reader/listener, I couldn't take it anymore. This is a really funny man who is just too over-the-top to take in large doses. I know many people might not agree with me, but if he toned down his cursing and crudity, his comedy would be much more palatable.
But then, the book took a turn--once Adam finished the life story part of his book, he began ranting on different things that offended him. The problem was that he started becoming offensive himself. The language became raunchy, and his diatribes became insulting and sometimes downright mean. Some of it was still very funny, but much of it started sounding just plain ugly. When he started using epithets about specific individuals and hurling insults directly at the reader/listener, I couldn't take it anymore. This is a really funny man who is just too over-the-top to take in large doses. I know many people might not agree with me, but if he toned down his cursing and crudity, his comedy would be much more palatable.
March 4, 2012
This has to be one of the funniest books I've read in a very long time. I was laughing at loud through most of the book. In fact, at one point, I made the mistake of reading it on a crowded subway and, in my attempts to stifle my laughter, I only ended up drawing more attention to myself with my held-in laughter causing my face to turn red, my shoulders to shake, and tears and sweat to roll down my face. Faced with the dilemma of continuing to cause a scene versus reading something else instead, I still couldn't stop reading.
Granted, it was not a cover-to-cover laugh factory—there were a few pages here and there where the humor was dialed down slightly in favor of some serious frustration or just getting a point across. But, those pages were few and far between and it remained one of the books with the highest funny-to-serious ratios.
Some of it may seem on the surface to be offensive to some people, but Adam still does it all with good humor that no one can really take serious offense to any of it, and can't help but just laugh page after page.
This is a must-read for everyone I know (and don't know).
Granted, it was not a cover-to-cover laugh factory—there were a few pages here and there where the humor was dialed down slightly in favor of some serious frustration or just getting a point across. But, those pages were few and far between and it remained one of the books with the highest funny-to-serious ratios.
Some of it may seem on the surface to be offensive to some people, but Adam still does it all with good humor that no one can really take serious offense to any of it, and can't help but just laugh page after page.
This is a must-read for everyone I know (and don't know).
April 25, 2017
I will start this review with a family secret for getting first dibs on library books: My wife and I subscribe to Wowbrary, a free email service that sends notifications of new popular books that the library has added that week. Anything that looks interesting we immediately put on hold, and once it has been "processed" (a week to put a plastic cover and a "new" sticker on a book?) it is set aside for us to pick up. As a bonus, we get to read a library book with no boogers or mysterious stains on it. It's nice to be the one who puts the boogers on a book for a change.
So my wife was up at 5am as usual and put it on hold for me after reading the Wowbrary update. She knows I'm a big fan of the Aceman from Loveline to his podcast. But to be perfectly honest I think I would have liked this book less if I had actually paid for it.
The main thing observant readers will take away from this book is the realization that delivery and medium are very important for humor. I heard Adam doing riffs from this book on Dennis Miller's show. It was really hilarious, and I couldn't wait for the book to come out. But when I read these same bits in book form they weren't nearly as funny.
The same comedy that is so perfect over radio (and podcasts) doesn't really translate well to book form. A lot of the bits ended just as they should have been warming up. There was a funny set up about men and women being different until about the 70s when the differences started to blur -- men grew their hair long, women stopped shaving their armpits, that sort of thing -- then it was over after a paragraph.
In a book that's the point where I would expect an idea to get stretched and thoroughly worked out, not ended. But in radio that's when you would cut to commercial. Adam did this brilliantly in Loveline when he would sketch out these wild but bitingly truthful premises between calls, but in a book just when it gets going there is another subheading and a new gag.
So although the content is brilliant and will be familiar to his many fans, I wanted more of it or maybe less of it but more developed.
The persona will also be familiar to fans too, a hardworking, no-B.S. blue collar guy from a lower middle class background who also applies the same work ethic to his comedy. It works because it allows him to be in the upper class but not of it. He hilariously tells the story of the very expensive helmet that a doctor prescribes for his kid. He feels he has no choice but to go along with it but also knows he's getting ripped off. Adam puts his foot down at hiring someone to train his dog to avoid rattlesnakes, and of course his dog gets bit by a rattlesnake. It's a perspective that I find very illuminating, like someone deep undercover in the rich person's world sending back reports to his handler.
Things get a little weirder when he declares America to be a "minimum wage gilded cage," basically a minimum security prison guarded by fat guys in windbreakers who make minimum wage. Anyone who's been hassled by a parking lot attendant, security guard, or the TSA knows exactly what he is talking about. A lot of interesting observations about class, status, and meritocracy in America come tumbling out but, unfortunately, not coherently. This is the kind of stuff I am very interested in, and I would love to have a genius mind like Adam's think it through a little more and explain it to me.
To sum it up, this book is to comedy what the Fake Book is to jazz. I still recommend reading it, but I think it could have been a whole lot better.
So my wife was up at 5am as usual and put it on hold for me after reading the Wowbrary update. She knows I'm a big fan of the Aceman from Loveline to his podcast. But to be perfectly honest I think I would have liked this book less if I had actually paid for it.
The main thing observant readers will take away from this book is the realization that delivery and medium are very important for humor. I heard Adam doing riffs from this book on Dennis Miller's show. It was really hilarious, and I couldn't wait for the book to come out. But when I read these same bits in book form they weren't nearly as funny.
The same comedy that is so perfect over radio (and podcasts) doesn't really translate well to book form. A lot of the bits ended just as they should have been warming up. There was a funny set up about men and women being different until about the 70s when the differences started to blur -- men grew their hair long, women stopped shaving their armpits, that sort of thing -- then it was over after a paragraph.
In a book that's the point where I would expect an idea to get stretched and thoroughly worked out, not ended. But in radio that's when you would cut to commercial. Adam did this brilliantly in Loveline when he would sketch out these wild but bitingly truthful premises between calls, but in a book just when it gets going there is another subheading and a new gag.
So although the content is brilliant and will be familiar to his many fans, I wanted more of it or maybe less of it but more developed.
The persona will also be familiar to fans too, a hardworking, no-B.S. blue collar guy from a lower middle class background who also applies the same work ethic to his comedy. It works because it allows him to be in the upper class but not of it. He hilariously tells the story of the very expensive helmet that a doctor prescribes for his kid. He feels he has no choice but to go along with it but also knows he's getting ripped off. Adam puts his foot down at hiring someone to train his dog to avoid rattlesnakes, and of course his dog gets bit by a rattlesnake. It's a perspective that I find very illuminating, like someone deep undercover in the rich person's world sending back reports to his handler.
Things get a little weirder when he declares America to be a "minimum wage gilded cage," basically a minimum security prison guarded by fat guys in windbreakers who make minimum wage. Anyone who's been hassled by a parking lot attendant, security guard, or the TSA knows exactly what he is talking about. A lot of interesting observations about class, status, and meritocracy in America come tumbling out but, unfortunately, not coherently. This is the kind of stuff I am very interested in, and I would love to have a genius mind like Adam's think it through a little more and explain it to me.
To sum it up, this book is to comedy what the Fake Book is to jazz. I still recommend reading it, but I think it could have been a whole lot better.
May 22, 2014
A 3.5 rounded up to a 4-star
OK, I love Adam Carolla. I do. It's cliche, but I do. Whether I agree with him on certain rants or not, I can always appreciate someone who speaks honestly--no matter how trivial or insignificant it may be. Grant it, there is a thin line between rant and bitching and in this book, Adam treads closely. But, that's what this book was meant to be about. Not life changing, just an honest person's point-of-view on things. I finished this book early this morning and don't remember most of the rants he discussed, but nevertheless, the book entertained me the whole way through. I rant on things, and also quickly forget about the very same rants that he discusses in this book, and I too believe in fifty years we'll all be chicks. Men threading their eyebrows, men not mowing their lawns or "trying" to even attempt to fix their own equipment and vehicles. We have "pussififed" almost everything and want everything handed to us—it's quite gross. I can't walk into a Starbucks without feeling dumb not knowing what the fuck their sizes are called. I feel dumb when I just want a medium coffee. Nothing else. Now that is some bullshit. I applaud Adam for writing a book like this, because really, our society that we currently live in embarrasses me as I'm sure it does Adam. Hence the reason he wrote this book and picked such a title. Btw, that is the best title ever, don't you agree? Sexist as hell, but right on the money. Will this book change society and help us pull our head's out of our ass? Not a chance in hell even though I wish it would. But I'm obviously glad I read this book and I hope it can help me pull my head out of my ass a little and realize I am fucking ok for trying to fix my own things and keeping the eyebrows at the current length they are.
OK, I love Adam Carolla. I do. It's cliche, but I do. Whether I agree with him on certain rants or not, I can always appreciate someone who speaks honestly--no matter how trivial or insignificant it may be. Grant it, there is a thin line between rant and bitching and in this book, Adam treads closely. But, that's what this book was meant to be about. Not life changing, just an honest person's point-of-view on things. I finished this book early this morning and don't remember most of the rants he discussed, but nevertheless, the book entertained me the whole way through. I rant on things, and also quickly forget about the very same rants that he discusses in this book, and I too believe in fifty years we'll all be chicks. Men threading their eyebrows, men not mowing their lawns or "trying" to even attempt to fix their own equipment and vehicles. We have "pussififed" almost everything and want everything handed to us—it's quite gross. I can't walk into a Starbucks without feeling dumb not knowing what the fuck their sizes are called. I feel dumb when I just want a medium coffee. Nothing else. Now that is some bullshit. I applaud Adam for writing a book like this, because really, our society that we currently live in embarrasses me as I'm sure it does Adam. Hence the reason he wrote this book and picked such a title. Btw, that is the best title ever, don't you agree? Sexist as hell, but right on the money. Will this book change society and help us pull our head's out of our ass? Not a chance in hell even though I wish it would. But I'm obviously glad I read this book and I hope it can help me pull my head out of my ass a little and realize I am fucking ok for trying to fix my own things and keeping the eyebrows at the current length they are.
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November 4, 2022I've always liked Adam Carolla. I liked the Man Show, i liked him as a foil to Dr. Drew, I like him as a Stern guest.
The audio had a clever conceit, he wasn't going to read it word for word but just riff on the themes in the book. I liked this idea.
But this audiobook was not only really unfunny, it was pretty misogynist, homophobic and dancing with being racist. Also, Glenn Beckian in the right wing ranting.
And I'm really hard to offend. While listening to this, I watched the most recent Ricky Gervais special. He states no joke topic is off limits, but you cant tell the pedophilia joke to the pedophile, or the racist joke to the Klan member. In other words, part of the humor of the offensive joke is sharing in the offense. I feel that Carolla is doing just the opposite.
I'll probably still enjoy him as a Stern guest, but hes proved himself a better sidekick than a star.
The audio had a clever conceit, he wasn't going to read it word for word but just riff on the themes in the book. I liked this idea.
But this audiobook was not only really unfunny, it was pretty misogynist, homophobic and dancing with being racist. Also, Glenn Beckian in the right wing ranting.
And I'm really hard to offend. While listening to this, I watched the most recent Ricky Gervais special. He states no joke topic is off limits, but you cant tell the pedophilia joke to the pedophile, or the racist joke to the Klan member. In other words, part of the humor of the offensive joke is sharing in the offense. I feel that Carolla is doing just the opposite.
I'll probably still enjoy him as a Stern guest, but hes proved himself a better sidekick than a star.
July 28, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. It was both funny and honest. I know not everyone will agree with Adam Carolla's opinions, but I agreed with most of what he discussed in the book. I also think the world has gotten soft and could toughen up a bit. It was a really entertaining book. I've been a fan of Adam Carolla since I started listening to Love Line in high school, and this book just made me an even bigger fan.
August 30, 2019
Adam Carolla is just unspeakably awesome. I was only familiar with him from older work like The Man Show, but now I'm probably going to seek out his podcast and other more recent items. He combines a very sharp wit, sense of comic timing and delightful anger.
2019: Lily continues to love Adam Corolla. We had a blast listening to this together.
2019: Lily continues to love Adam Corolla. We had a blast listening to this together.
December 4, 2017
Consistently hilarious and mostly true.
December 1, 2010
Adam Carolla is the funniest man in America. This is a view I have held for some time and this book has done nothing to refute my stance. In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks is essentially a book of Carolla's rants (or "jags") that are always hilarious and often insightful. Brutally honest, he addresses taboo topics such as racism and gender difference with a directness and clarity of thought that makes offensive statements somehow less offensive. I don't know how he does it. I felt the same way about his radio show: he would say at least one thing per show that could easily have been replayed on CNN and led to an Imus-like fire storm. Yet it never happened. This leads me to only one conclusion: no one listens to radio anymore. Or perhaps it's that, unlike Imus, Carolla's statements come from a comedian instead of a misanthropic shock jock. Who knows. (Wow, unsure where that tangent came from. Clearly the bold blend I drank this morning (Midnight Magic) is having an effect on my focus. So f-ing bold. Much like that parenthesis-inside-parenthesis move I just pulled.)
In that 95% of the material in this book came from Carolla's radio show or podcast, I have heard it before, but that did not stop me from laughing out loud (if only there was an acronym for that act) throughout the book. My favorite part, though, was the sense that I was reuniting with an old friend...who is unaware that I exist. While I was rotating around the country, I tended to get stuck with epic commutes or other extended periods of solitude. Thankfully, I discovered Carolla's nasally drone early and his 4 hours/day of radio kept me company. I am pretty sure I listened to every single second of Carolla-related broadcast (including...sigh...his Dancing with the Stars appearance) from 2007-2009. Recently, in that my life has apparently become less pathetic, I have had less and less opportunity to listen. To be honest, the withdrawal was giving me the shakes. Thankfully, this book gave me the fix I need to get me through the New Year.
I have one complaint. I read this book entirely on an airplane and I do not think it is a piece of literature well suited to that purpose. For one thing, laughing hysterically at a book is a great way to invite judgment in public places. That, however, is a problem with which I'm prepared to deal. What I was not prepared for were the looks I got for reading a book with the "Man Show guy" on the cover. You had to put your picture on this thing, Carolla? Everyone I sat next to on the plane probably thought I was laughing at my own flatulence or the thought of girls jumping on trampolines...and they might have been right, but you couldn't have just let me enjoy that discretely? Uncool.
Overall, it's a hilarious (though often crass -- Carolla is an expert at working blue) and quick read. I'd also recommend his podcast and movie, The Hammer.
Mahalo.
In that 95% of the material in this book came from Carolla's radio show or podcast, I have heard it before, but that did not stop me from laughing out loud (if only there was an acronym for that act) throughout the book. My favorite part, though, was the sense that I was reuniting with an old friend...who is unaware that I exist. While I was rotating around the country, I tended to get stuck with epic commutes or other extended periods of solitude. Thankfully, I discovered Carolla's nasally drone early and his 4 hours/day of radio kept me company. I am pretty sure I listened to every single second of Carolla-related broadcast (including...sigh...his Dancing with the Stars appearance) from 2007-2009. Recently, in that my life has apparently become less pathetic, I have had less and less opportunity to listen. To be honest, the withdrawal was giving me the shakes. Thankfully, this book gave me the fix I need to get me through the New Year.
I have one complaint. I read this book entirely on an airplane and I do not think it is a piece of literature well suited to that purpose. For one thing, laughing hysterically at a book is a great way to invite judgment in public places. That, however, is a problem with which I'm prepared to deal. What I was not prepared for were the looks I got for reading a book with the "Man Show guy" on the cover. You had to put your picture on this thing, Carolla? Everyone I sat next to on the plane probably thought I was laughing at my own flatulence or the thought of girls jumping on trampolines...and they might have been right, but you couldn't have just let me enjoy that discretely? Uncool.
Overall, it's a hilarious (though often crass -- Carolla is an expert at working blue) and quick read. I'd also recommend his podcast and movie, The Hammer.
Mahalo.
February 3, 2012
I love Adam Carolla so of course I loved his book. If you only know Adam from his days doing "The Man Show" and have written him off as just another low-brow, misogynist d-bag... you owe it to yourself to give him another look. He has a great 'rags-to-riches' story and can be quite inspiring from time to time. If nothing else, he has a fairly unique take on life and you can't help but love his authenticity. Think of him as sort of a poor man's social commentator with a lightning fast wit and a great sense of humor. I didn't particularly care for him at first either but - the more I listened to him - the more I came to appreciate his one-of-a-kind wit and genius. (Obviously, I mostly know Adam from his Podcast and this book is just a more crystallized version of the subjects that he frequently talks about on his show.)
March 25, 2012
Technically I give this one three and a half stars. I really admire Carolla for writing three books even though he can't read. I also think its kinda sweet that he lets his wife do dictation, that's pretty trusting, I mean she could edit anything, not like he could read it (yes I totally just made an illiterate joke, but he would appreciate it nonetheless).
Overall there are a few good chuckles in this book, a little ranting, some good ideas, some horrible ideas. But I found it to be one of the more enjoyable comedy books I've read this year. And I would probably read something else he wrote. This book also made me realize anew things about myself, like I don't really hate things, I generally like 80% of stuff in general. I can name all the things I hate without running out of fingers, but I know lots of people hate lots of things, I'm just not one of those people.
Overall there are a few good chuckles in this book, a little ranting, some good ideas, some horrible ideas. But I found it to be one of the more enjoyable comedy books I've read this year. And I would probably read something else he wrote. This book also made me realize anew things about myself, like I don't really hate things, I generally like 80% of stuff in general. I can name all the things I hate without running out of fingers, but I know lots of people hate lots of things, I'm just not one of those people.
December 11, 2018
"Being a pussy is a life sentence"
This is a real contender for the best humor book I have ever listened to.
In world where one misstep, one tweet 8 years old, that is deemed politically incorrect or insensitive can effectively ruin a career you have to give it to Carolla. He is unapologetic. He isn't afraid to have and communicate opinions that are clearly don't fit into a the PC, safe space, no one left offended environment that we have some to live in. That takes some cojones.
Plus the unscripted and often rant based structure really lends itself well to Carolla's sense of humor. But genuinely isn't for the easily offended... be prepared for strong stances on things like peanut butter in schools, labor and immigration, taxes, ketchup packets, vegetarians, etc
Read it. Or don't. You'll either love it or hate it.
This is a real contender for the best humor book I have ever listened to.
In world where one misstep, one tweet 8 years old, that is deemed politically incorrect or insensitive can effectively ruin a career you have to give it to Carolla. He is unapologetic. He isn't afraid to have and communicate opinions that are clearly don't fit into a the PC, safe space, no one left offended environment that we have some to live in. That takes some cojones.
Plus the unscripted and often rant based structure really lends itself well to Carolla's sense of humor. But genuinely isn't for the easily offended... be prepared for strong stances on things like peanut butter in schools, labor and immigration, taxes, ketchup packets, vegetarians, etc
Read it. Or don't. You'll either love it or hate it.
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