Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You: When You feel Like the World's Voted You Off (Paperback)

~ (Author), Brad Dickson (Author)
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"I have fond memories of working with Martha on the Bob Hope Show specials in the 80s and 90s. she's one of a kind!"

-- Bob Mills, comedy writer, lecturer, radio host (www.hope-wrtier.blogspot.com) --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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"Sharp, funny, satirical, and relevant. If there's such a thing as a winning book for 'losers,' this is it."

-- Doug Gamble, former writer for President Ronald Reagan and George Bush, now writes for various politicians and corporate executives

"These are very funny writers. Martha wrote for Bob Hope; Brad wrote for Jay Leno. No, if we could only get them to write for Carrot Top."

-- Jimmy Brogan, comedian, writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

"Martha and her witty pen amazed me even when we worked side by side those many years turning out wisecracks for Bob Hope."

-- Gene Perret, four-time Emmy award-winning writer for Bob Hope, the Carol Burnett Show, and numerous others

"I have fond memories of working with Martha on the Bob Hope Show specials in the 80s and 90s. she's one of a kind!"

-- Bob Mills, comedy writer, lecturer, radio host (www.hope-wrtier.blogspot.com)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Howard Books; Original edition (December 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582296596
• ISBN-13: 978-1582296593
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #441,604 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HIDEOUSLY FUNNY, May 22, 2007

By	Josh Stevens - See all my reviews

A real "diamond in the rough" this book is hilarious from start to finish, with a little bit of a lag in the middle.

I do a lot of reading but seldom feel strongly enough about a book one way or another, to feel compelled to pen a review. This is an exception. I picked up the book from some bin at the bookstore and saw that one of the authors wrote for a guy I've never been enamored of - Jay Leno, whose comedy seems cruel and simplstic to me. But the book CRACKLES with more of a Jon Stewart-esque type of satire. Sharp, pointed and generally on target it takes some of the best known self help books - "The Rules", "Maybe He's Just Not That Into You", "Why French Women Don't Get Fat", etc and rakes them over the coals.

I think I enjoyed this book so much bedcause I am sick and tired of paying good money for self help books that leave me disappointed. This is a genre that was RIPE for satire, and the authors deliver in spades. There's more good material here than in a month of watching television comedy shows.

It's good, clean-but-pointed humor and made me laugh repeatedly. There's also more than a touch of social commentary as the writers deftly point out that society places too much emphasis on the self improvement experts.

Last but not least, this book contains some hilarious, off-the-wall cartoons and drawings that would stand alone as comics in a major magazine.

32 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A joyful heart is good medicine!, March 19, 2007

By	Christian Book Previews.com "Christian Book P... - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Well, all I can say is don't read this on the bus on your way to work because people will think you're nuts when you begin guffawing and holding your sides. Are you sick and tired of self-help books which earn a lot of money for the author and do very little for you? Have you noticed the ludicrousness of life, including yourself? Do you find that in spite of all your imperfections (which everyone and their brother are happy to point out to you) you have fun? Or, on the other hand, are none of these how you feel but you'd like them to be? Then Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You is definitely for you.

Name it, it's in here - farce, slap-stick, drollery, jocosity, comedy, ridiculousness, wittiness, zaniness. Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You combines humor, cheerfulness, color, a biting brilliance, and a lot of laughter-engendered wisdom. And it is all drawn from self-help books, providing a festival of burlesque. Here is a sample from "10 Affirmations for the Procrastinator": (1) Just do it! Whenever; (5) I never put off until tomorrow what I can do four weeks from now; I no longer procrastinate on voting; (8) First thing in the morning, I'm going to mail in that absentee ballot to elect Gore/Lieberman (p. 96).

Okay, I have to admit it, this is a secular book. No Scripture in here. But, once in a while something sneaks in that sounds familiar. Besides being a noted media comedy writer, Martha Bolton writes for Focus on the Family's Brio magazine. Brad Dickson writes for Jay Leno, and other media comedy areas, as well as the Jewish World Review Web site.

[...]. Remember Proverbs 17.22, "A joyful heart is good medicine," and buy this book. - Donna Eggett, Christian Book [...]

18 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended, December 13, 2006

By	G. McKay (pittsburgh, pa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this book was a great answer to all those self help books out there. It's very funny, poking fun at the various gurus, but it also offers something on its own.

I'd recommend it, something I don't do very often.