You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You! [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]

by Al Franken (Author, Narrator)

Product Details

• Audible Audio Edition
• Listening Length: 49 minutes
• Program Type: Audiobook
• Version: Unabridged
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio
• Audible.com Release Date: July 14, 2000
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00005454U
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Editorial Reviews

You're going to take a healing journey, and it's going to be great! Unless it's a disaster...
From Stuart Smalley come guided visualizations that will take you to a safe and healing place...except for a few wrong turns along the way. (Stuart made a solemn vow not to edit anything he recorded because he is a perfectionist - that's his problem, but he's owning the problem, and that's okay - and he realized that if he started editing the tape he would never finish it.) So even if some of the parts aren't exactly what Stuart wanted (because human beings aren't perfect, and that's okay), sit back and take a journey down the River of Life and into the Dysfunctional Forest - a dark and scary place where you'll meet Grandiose Bear, Overcommitted Opossum, Sex-aholic Squirrel, and a beautiful little child...a child who looks a lot like you...
Plus, you'll hear Stuart's calming visualizations for such stressful times as traffic jams and holidays. So close your eyes. Relax. You're in good hands.

Stuart Smalley is a caring nurturer, a member of several 12-step programs, but not a licensed therapist.
Al Franken wants everyone to know that he really created Stuart and played him on Saturday Night Live, and that he wrote and performed this program.

Warning: Do not close eyes while driving a motor vehicle.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I laughed till I cried, and then I cried, June 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You! (Audio Cassette)

Being a member of a 12-Step Program and having endured many well meaning attempts at guided meditation, I thought I would "bust a gut" the first time I started listening to this tape. For all that I laughed, the ending is truly Adult Child work, and it moves me to tears every time I listen. In fact it is one of those "non conference approved" aids that I recommend to those I sponsor.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Hilarious!, May 13, 2002

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Margaret Plichta "rosieplichta" (Muskegon, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You! (Audio Cassette)

This cassette is so funny that I almost cried. I loaned it to a friend who listened to it while driving and had to pull over to laugh uncontrolably. It is very, very funny in that Al Franken/Stuart Smalley way. I would reccommend this for all those Stuart fans who need a fix. It is worth owning.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't quite work on audio, May 4, 2001

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You! (Audio Cassette)

Franken's "Stuart Smalley" is probably his most brilliant character, and the short bits on SNL are absolute classics. But somehow it falls flat on tape without the visuals and Francken's mugging.

Perhaps those who are more intimately familiar with the self-help culture will find it funnier. For me, it seemed somewhat lifeless.