You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice (Vintage Original) [Paperback]

The Believer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2010 | Series: Vintage Original

A compendium of advice from the producers, writers, and actors of The Office, Saturday Night Live, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Knocked Up, Flight of the Conchords, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, Reno 911!, and The Hangover along with other people who should really never give advice.
 
In these pages Fred Armisen offers help telling your dad you’re a lesbian—give him the phone number and he’ll do it for you. Mindy Kaling provides guidance on ending things with your mistress—dude, you totally have to kill her. Rainn Wilson offers insight on contacting that girl you dreamed about last night—he has created all-purpose web portal for such interactions. Amy Sedaris identifies the best way to a man’s heart—bone saw through the chest cavity.
 
Aziz Ansari, Judd Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Samantha Bee, Michael Ian Black, Andy Borowitz, Michael Cera, Vernon Chatman, Rob Corddry, David Cross, Larry Doyle, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Zach Galifianakis, Janeane Garofalo, Daniel Handler, Todd Hanson, Tim Heidecker, Ed Helms, Buck Henry, Mindy Kaling, John Lee, Thomas Lennon, Al Madrigal, Aasif Mandvi, Marc Maron, Adam McKay, Eugene Mirman, Morgan Murphy, Bob Odenkirk, John Oliver, Patton Oswalt, Martha Plimpton, Harold Ramis, Amy Sedaris, Michael Showalter, Sarah Silverman, Paul F. Tompkins, Sarah Vowell, David Wain, Eric Wareheim, Rainn Wilson, Lizz Winstead

Editorial Reviews

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“Comedians have a reputation for being dark, bitter and angry. And that’s exactly why their advice . . . is so entertaining to read. . . . Good advice? No. Fun reading material? Yes.” —The Observer’s Very Short List
 
“An apt hipster bathroom book.” —Details 
 
“Funny-funny.”—The Onion’s A.V. Club
 
“For a swift, re-motivating kick to the rear, I’ve never read anything like the gems dished out [in] You’re a Horrible Person, But I Like You.” —Caitlin Donohue, San Francisco Bay Guardian
 
“A smart, fun addition to any literary enthusiast’s artfully cluttered bedside table.” —Marie Claire
 
“Dark, offensive and insulting. And really, really funny. By the end of David Cross’s introduction, you’ll be ROFL. And yes, that inane Internet lingo is righteously ridiculed in here.” —All Headline News

About the Author

About The Believer magazine:
 
The Believer is a monthly magazine devoted to providing an amiable yet rigorous forum for books and book criticism. The magazine extends the ever-shortening shelf life of new books, revives interest in books long overlooked, and stresses the interconnectivity of books to pop culture, politics, art, and music. The magazine includes essays on these topics, as well as lengthy interviews with philosophers, politicians, poets, and ninjas. We offer our readers an eclectic range of articles and interview subjects to underscore our belief that books are an interactive and vital medium.
 
About the Editor:
 
Eric Spitznagel is a contributing editor for The Believer magazine, where he co-created (along with Amy Sedaris) the Sedaratives column. He's also the author of six books and a frequent contributor to Playboy and Vanity Fair. He has one more testicle than Hitler, which he considers a moral victory.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Vintage; Original edition (April 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307475239
• ISBN-13: 978-0307475237
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Unfunny, October 6, 2010

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Stuart Dolnick "stoooo" (Appleton, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice (Vintage Original) (Paperback)

I'm so glad I got this from the library, because it's just not funny, despite it's having some of the funniest people alive on its list of contributors. As other reviewers have noted, spend one minute reading random entries and you'll see just how bad it is.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not so funny, May 31, 2010

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LarryO "Movie Guy" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice (Vintage Original) (Paperback)

I have a lot of respect for many of the people in this book and was surprised at how seldom I found it to be more than only slightly humorous. Maybe the set-up is flawed as someone else suggests, but whatever, I would highly recommend that you pick this up in a book store and read a few random pages before purchasing. Of course, at only $10 I don't feel too bad but still, I expected much more from it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some funny parts, July 9, 2011

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Valerie A. Baute (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice (Vintage Original) (Paperback)

I picked this one up from the library because I knew a lot of the authors, and they are all very funny people. It had promise to be a very hilarious read. This book had a few laugh out loud moments that I was sharing with my husband, but a lot of it just fell kinda flat. It was a quick read. I wasn't expecting it to be life-altering or anything, definitely knew it wasn't going to be true advice, but I did hope it would be a bit funnier than it was.