Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang [Hardcover]

Chelsea Handler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 9, 2010

Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Now, in this new collection of original essays, the #1 bestselling author of Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea delivers one laugh-out-loud moment after another as she sets her sights on the ridiculous side of childhood, adulthood, and daughterhood.

Family moments are fair game, whether it's writing a report on Reaganomics to earn a Cabbage Patch doll, or teaching her father social graces by ordering him to stay indoors. It's open season on her love life, from playing a prank on her boyfriend (using a ravioli, a fake autopsy, and the Santa Monica pier) to adopting a dog so she can snuggle with someone who doesn't talk. And everyone better duck for cover when her beach vacation turns into matchmaking gone wild. Outrageously funny and deliciously wicked, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang is good good good good!

Chelsea Handler on...

- Being unpopular: "My parents couldn't have been more unreasonable when it came to fads or clothes that weren't purchased at a pharmacy."

- Living with her boyfriend: "He's similar to a large toddler, the only difference being he doesn't cry when he wakes up."

- Appreciating her brother: "He's a certified public accountant, and I have a real life."

- Arm-wrestling a maid of honor: "It wasn't her strength that intimidated me. It was the starry way her eyes focused on me, like Mike Tyson getting ready to feed."

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Comedienne, talk show host and daring author Handler (Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea) indulges her fans with a new compilation of shockingly direct essays, from which she emerges as a scheming farceur with an expansive range of practical jokes and winning sarcasm, pulled off beautifully against (and with help from) her closest friends and family (including her boyfriend, the CEO of the E! television network that employs her). Handler spins a deliriously sticky web of running jokes while suckering the gullible, again and again, with made-up stories of her transgendered friend, a ludicrous movie deal, and her infamous personal pilot. Never shy, Handler finds room for even more irreverent honesty regarding sex-including her earliest encounters with male genitalia and with "the feeling"-and also lets readers in on her family life, including a family dinner that ends with her missing brother found intoxicated, naked, and celebrating on a dock in the early morning hours. Whether Handler is plotting to get her father committed or convincing her dog never to "shadoobie" in her presence, her essays are packed with enough laugh-out-loud moments to rival a first-rate stand-up act. B&W photos.

Review

Her cheeky candor is one of the things that makes her unique: She's a hot blonde with a filthy mouth. (Philadelphia Inquirer )

Chelsea Handler writes like Judy Blume, if Judy Blume were into vodka, Ecstasy, and sleeping with midgets and nineteen-year-olds. (Jennifer Weiner )

Where have I been all of Chelsea Handler's life? I had no idea how funny, how brilliant she is. She is too clever for words." (New York Post Liz Smith )

Chelsea Handler is a terrific comedian and a hilarious writer. (Jay Leno )

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition (March 9, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446552445
• ISBN-13: 978-0446552448
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (250 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Humor

More About the Author

Chelsea Handler is an accomplished stand-up comic and actress, as well as the bestselling author of My Horizontal Life. She is the star of her own late-night show on E!, Chelsea Lately; was one of the stars of Girls Behaving Badly; has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman; and has starred in her own half-hour Comedy Central special. Chelsea makes regular appearances in comedy clubs across America and lives in Los Angeles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

106 of 117 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Least favorite Chelsea Handler book., April 23, 2010

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Sara S. Rines (at the beach, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (Hardcover)

I was very disappointed in the newest book by Chelsea Handler. I read "Are you there Vodka? It's me, Chelsea" and could not stop recommending it to anyone I knew enjoyed a laugh. Funniest book ever. "My Horizontal Life" was pretty funny as well, but this book made me cringe. The first chapter made me nauseated. The rest of the book consisted of emails between the writer and her siblings that weren't even amusing, just plain boring. The few stories that were thrown in had little humor, or point. It seemed she wrote it in a hurry, and didn't bother to check if her stories were up to par. Even the editor seemed lax--I found multiple errors throughout the book. It is a Chelsea Handler book, so that earned two stars right there, and there were a few moments that made me almost chuckle, earning another star. On the whole it was a very lazy attempt to get money out of existing fans. Mission accomplished, by 18 dollars is gone.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Quick, Fun Read!, April 1, 2010

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tmb110 "tmb110" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (Hardcover)

Chelsea Handler is hilarious. This is the type of book to read at the end of a long work day when you just need a laugh and a guilty pleasure.

In this, her third book, she added pictures of herself when she was little, family photos, and photos that went along with each story she was telling. It gave the reader a small insight into who these people are. I also really like her show so when she mentioned some of her roundtable guests in the book, I knew who she meant and loved having an "inside" story to some of them. As other people have posted, there were parts that made me laugh out loud.

I have recommended the book to friends and would highly recommend this to anyone who gets Chelsea's humor or just wants to have a great laugh.

49 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chelsea's best book!, March 11, 2010

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L. Clements - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang (Hardcover)

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang is Chelsea Handler's best book to date. And, if it is indeed her last book, then she's going out with a...bang bang. The best part of the book is that you feel like you are being let in on the joke and can feel good about yourself because she's not making fun of what an idiot YOU are - it's just everyone else, from fat-titted fathers to live-in boyfriends. Fans of Chelsea Lately will particularly like Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, as it's sort of a behind-the-scenes/candid version of the show with the appearance of familiar characters (Brad Wollack isn't nearly as annoying in print!). It did make me want to lay in bed and eat cheeseburger Lean Pockets while watching Sex & the City... so if you're prone to that sort of lunacy, beware. But damn it if I don't love that hot mess of a woman even more than I already did. Good job, girl.