The comedian and author of the best-selling Sniglets offers hilarious mock-advice on loneliness, being broke, dating, depression, and self-esteem, along with reflections on living marked by his trademark offbeat humor. Original.
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Hall, who won an Emmy Award as a writer for Late Night with David Letterman , delivers a bevy of crackpot advice for coping with life, love, and the elusive pursuit of success. He sees life as four car tires--love, mental and physical health, career, and spirituality--that should be in balance but rarely are. He invents a madcap existence from which his sharply barbed words of wisdom flow. Topics include a failed business ("The House of Index Cards"), a disastrous love affair, and the burden of coping with his Aunt Gretel (a resident at the Harriet Tubman Women's Shelter). Along the way, he intersperses his advice with a manic potpourri of tips, anecdotes, and quotes. This will primarily brighten bleak days for patrons of circulating library who enjoy the offbeat humor of Saturday Night Live (a show on which, incidentally, the author has performed).
- Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, N.J.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, N.J.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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I am bleak no longer!,
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This review is from: Self Help For the Bleak (Paperback)
Rich Hall is pure comic genius!! Now that it is out of print, I'm going to laminate every page of my copy. How I will resist the temptation to share this with my friends and risk not getting it back, I do not know, my friend.Hall provides a tongue-in-cheek approach to the self-help genre by theorizing that life rides on four tires: love, career, mental-physical, and spiritual. Packed with amusing insights and helpful "tips for the day" (e.g. if you like to speed, get a license plate with the word "void" on it, so that when you get a speeding ticket...), this book is guaranteed to make you laugh 'til you cry.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Finally! A book that banishes bleakness at its roots!,
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This review is from: Self Help For the Bleak (Paperback)
Rich Hall's book will get you rolling out of the rut on all four wheels. Hilarious daily advice.It might seem like a joke -- but laughter heals. Rich Hall rocks.
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Awesome book!,
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Absolutely hilarious book. Too bad it is out of print - really a great look into a twisted and funny mind!
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