Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness

A cradle-to-grave guide for living, it takes young grads from their first job ("Oh, Are You Going to Hate Your First Job!") through their twenties and thirties ("Oh, the person of Your Dreams vs. More advanced than Robert Fulghum, more fit than Maria Shriver's husband, Oh, the Things I Know! is Franken's commencement address for the 21st century. Now Al Franken turns the world of earnest, inspirational self-help books on its head. the Person You Can Actually Attract!"), into marriage and parenthood ("Oh, Just Looking at Your Spouse Will Make Your Skin Crawl!"), and all the way up to senior citizenship ("Oh, the Nursing Home You'll Wind Up In!"). A Grammy® nominee. Inspired, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny. Why travel life's highway all by your lonesome when you can bring Al Franken along?. He's taken on political satire and skewered self-help. The bestselling author and Emmy®-winning television star guides graduates across the uncertain seas of post-academic life. What does a mega success like Al Franken have to say to ordinary people? "There's no point in getting adv

Amazon Customer said I'd buy any and all of his books!. I like Franken's work so much that I bought others too! He makes me laugh out loud, but he also makes you think about what's really going on in our government.. Pointpilot said Five Stars. Just what I wanted, Fast Delivery for my vacation reading. Thanks. Oh, the people with no sense of humor you will encounter Belissima I can't believe people didn't find this funny. My hubby and I read it out loud and laugh out loud. My girlfriends and I read it out loud and laugh out loud. I guess there's no accounting for taste. One of my favorite books by him. Oh the people with no sense of humor you will encounter.

From Library Journal Fans of Franken's brilliant political satire (Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot) will be disappointed with his latest book. In this audio the author offers guidance, of a sort, through many of life's travails. . Most libraries would be better served with any of Franken's other works.Theresa Connors, Arkansas Tech Univ., RussellvilleCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Oh, the Things I Know, while humorous in places, does not live up to the biting acerbity of Franken's po