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Summary: just to hear drew swear makes ths book worth it
Review: Basically, the beginning of this book is a riot. Drew tells his life the only way he could, in a raw way. He swears, talks about drinking and strippers, and other cool stuff like that. And for the first couple hundred pages, this book is worth it. The weekness of the book is when he tries to write funny stories. Problem is, they are not that funny. I couldn't even finish most of them. But over all, when he tells HIS story, good book. Buy it
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Summary: I laughed for months over this book!!!!
Review: This book is hilarious. Drew is a master at telling anecdotes. I was hooked into it with each chapter, especially the "Stories of the Unrefined." The jokes that began each chapter were really funny and the "101 Big Dick Jokes" were hysterical. This book is a great way to cheer up if you're feeling down. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: one of the funniest books i have ever read
Review: this book will make you laugh your a** off. The real lifestories make our everyday lives seem better. I definetly recomendthis book for everyone.
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Summary: Quick reading ~ A no-brainer
Review: This book moves right along as well as jumps around. The crude jokes were expected, even the snide comments. He is as his TV character is, rude, crude and socially unacceptable. I don't think I'd be inclined to read this book again or buy another he wrote or endorsed. I do enjoy the TV show but all I can say is it took me 2 hours to read the book, the show is only 30 minutes....
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Summary: Funny, funny, funny!
Review: I thought Drew's first book was the funniest I've ever read! If you like Drew's stand-up style then you'll love his written work! I laughed out loud, even in the middle of class! The true stories from Carey's thoughts and past are funny because they are things we can all relate to. The jokes at the beginning of each chapter are classics. I still laugh when I tell them to my friends. His short stories also left my sides aching. They loaded with humor and are actually pretty interesting for someone who never tried to be a true author. All-in-all his stories are a fun read. If you ask me, as long as people like to laugh, they'll fall for "Dirty Jokes and Beer"
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Summary: In its own way, a masterpiece.
Review: 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.
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Summary: So-So
Review: It has funny parts, but overall it is too vulgar and boring for my taste. If you're looking to buy a book from a known comedian - and you've read everything else - THEn give this a shot.
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Summary: I thought this book was the greatest book ever made!
Review: This book had alot words that make situations more relaxed in even thow the situations are bad. The jokes he use are the best jokes you will ever hear. I would recommend the chapter known as "101 Big Dick Jokes." I can't wait till his second book is released.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Drew Carey's audiotape, "Dirty Jokes and Beer" made me disenchanted with a guy who, his show lead me to believe, was a talented comedian. It is the adult version of a little boy telling "pee-pee" jokes. If this is truly what the real-life Drew Carey thinks is humor, it's a shame. The book is a disappointment.
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Summary: Drew was a Marine?
Review: Dirty jokes and beer is a lot funnier than the books my brother usually buys me for Christmas (Foucault's Pendulum, Everest). Drew is a regular guy. He drinks beer, takes chances and makes it. The short stories are disturbingly interesting. They get progressively better.
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