Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined [Abridged] [Audible Audio Edition]

by Drew Carey (Author, Narrator)

Editorial Reviews

We all know Drew Carey from his award-winning stand-up career and his hit TV show, but do we really know Drew Carey the person? In his first book, the bawdy and irreverent Dirty Jokes and Beer, find out about all the many sides to this misunderstood Hollywood star, including:

The Health Conscious Drew: "They say that exercise and proper diet are the keys to a longer, healthier life. Oh well...Watch for my next book, How I Died While Jogging."

Drew the Lover: "I read the Forum letters in Penthouse, thinking that I could learn from them. I remember thinking sometimes, when I was having sex, 'Lets see now. How did Surprised in Cincinnati do it?'...If a Playboy Playmate said in her questionnaire that she liked a guy in tight pants, I would go out and buy some tight pants. If she said she liked well-endowed men with big muscles and hairy chests, I would cry."

And Drew's formula that took him from a lonely teenager to a successful mega-star: "Avoid cheap cologne and cheesy bikini underwear. Don't expect sex on the first date, and never pay more than 20 dollars for a lap dance."

All this, plus a section that Drew calls "kind of Drew Carey in the Fourth Dimension [but] still close enough to the real Drew to scare me".

Product Details

• Audible Audio Edition
• Listening Length: 2 hours and 41 minutes
• Program Type: Audiobook
• Version: Abridged
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Audible.com Release Date: February 8, 2008
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0013TOWY2
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carey Rocks, December 4, 2000

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This review is from: Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined (Paperback)

Dirty Jokes & Beer is the first book by Drew Carey, star of his own self-titled TV show. What makes the show so funny is Mr. Carey's ability to poke fun at himself and the humorous look at every day life. This book is written in the same style except it doesn't suffer from the restrictions of network TV. If you are scared off by vulgar language and sexual situations, then this book isn't for you. Mr. Carey goes into tales of his life with a self-deprecating style and keen eye. His account of his trip to Mardi Gras is hysterical and his chapter on the ability, due to his TV success, to buy a house and accoutrements is priceless. The three short stories that make up the end of the book are extremely funny as well. One minor setback is the chapter of big dick jokes. A few of them are very funny, but he drags it out for too long and they get a little tedious. Overall, this is an extremely enjoyable read and just like his show, laugh out loud funny.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Very Funny Book!, March 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined (Hardcover)

When I first began to read this book I was very shocked at the jokes and the language that he used (picturing the Drew seen on televison) but then I realized that this is the way that most guys think. I never put this book down. He put an honest a hardworking effort into this book and it came out great. I just couldn't stop laughing. I had no clue that it would be like this and I loved it because it surprised me. I especially like the jokes that he put in front of every chapter and his stories that wrap up the book. In conclusion I would like to say that you must look at the title. If you don't like books containing foul language and dirty jokes well you might as well push the back button on your browser but ..... if you love dirty jokes and you wanna have a good laugh I recommend that you read Dirty Jokes and Beer : Stories of the Unrefined by Drew Carey.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In its own way, a masterpiece., September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: DIRTY JOKES AND BEER: STORIES OF THE UNREFINED (Mass Market Paperback)

I just finished reading a translation of the Nina Berberova novel The Book of Happiness (published by New Directions). Normally, of course, I read only socially/morally uplifting and intellectually challenging books, but from time to time Mr. Hyde wants to come out of the closet and flash somebody. Sometimes I can hold off this attack with a bit of froth, like a mystery novel; at other times, only what I call (for want of a better title) Crud Books will do. I just picked up a great one: Drew Carey's Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined. Criteria for judging great crud books include vulgarity, filth, and humor almost any adult would be ashamed to admit they like. My favorite chapter includes 101 mostly hilarious jokes about genital elephantisis, to use a euphemism. Carey's prose is good enough. He also prefaces almost every chapter with a very funny dirty joke.

After a good amount of this kind of carrying-on, however, comes a very strange part indeed: the stories of the unrefined. It seems Carey wanted to write a book of short stories. The consensus from his friends and business associates who read these stories, however, was "dark," and Carey can't sell dark, only funny. So they get slipped in after Carey has given the customers what they expect - a real professional. The stories are dark indeed (and also funny), and if they are based, even remotely, on what actually happened to him (they sound like they do), I can understand why he tried to commit suicide twice.

The stories are mostly about down-and-outs and marginal characters in Cleveland (West Side equivalents of R. Crumb and Harvey Pekar), so that part was fairly interesting to me, since I grew up in Cleveland as a somewhat marginal figure. They weren't bad at all, as stories, if not up to Wings of the Dove. But Carey surprised me. They didn't have to be good at all.

Carey writes probably pretty close to the way he talks and he talks about things almost every adult male talks about. He didn't write it for prudes, male or female, liberal or conservative. It's up-front, funny (for those who can see the humor), and take-it-or-leave-it.