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Amanda
Amanda Phoenix, AZ, United States Member Since 2010

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  • The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World's Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations

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    As an avid traveler, this book appealed to me as an opportunity to get a another person's point of view on some places I've never been. After reading the book however, I think anyone with a good sense of humor and curiosity would really enjoy this book.

    Between being narrated by the author himself, and the auto-biographical nature of the subject, it's an extremely personal account of this smart, funny man's experiences. I found his insights clever and the experiences with the different individuals in each place were very true to the experience every traveler has when meeting up with people by chance on the road.

    He paints a vivid picture of each spot he goes to; Iran (to ski!), the US (famous assassination locations and 9/11 sites) , the Ukraine (Chernobyl), North Korea (State organized tour) and Lebanon (his childhood home).

    In each location, something strange, shocking, or unique happens; from being stuck in the elevator from hell and his insanely difficult way of extracting himself from it, to being on the same tour to Chernobyl as a man that has a very bizarre reaction to the site, to heading home to Lebanon only to find he may have attended private school with Osama Bin Laden. Every stop of this fantastic tour had it's own twists and turns, and I loved them all.

    I was sorry when it was over, and hope for another book by the author soon.

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    Ever since he can remember, Dom Joly has been fascinated by travel to odd places. In part this stems from a childhood spent in war-torn Lebanon, where instead of swapping marbles in the schoolyard, he had a shrapnel collection -- the schoolboy currency of Beirut. These early experiences left Dom with a profound loathing for the sanitized experiences of the modern-day travel industry and a taste for the darkest of places.

    Amanda says: "Funny and Insightful - Not just for Travelers!"
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  • Girl Walks into a Bar...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
    Girl Walks into a Bar...: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

    "I laughed, I cried..."

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    What did you love best about Girl Walks into a Bar...?

    Just all of Rachel's awkward moments, from being offered nothing but lesbian roles, to accidentally ending up on a date with a gay guy.


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Girl Walks into a Bar...?

    The email from her baby's uncle-to-be. I was crying on the subway.


    Which scene was your favorite?

    I was pretty amused by all the metaphysical stuff. For example, when she went to see a channeler who becomes Kendra, the vaguely Indian-sounding spirit guide.


    Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

    Yes, it was very engaging.


    Any additional comments?

    I have to admit, I was initially more interested in the show biz/SNL part, which is really only the first, say, 15% of the book. But it was so entertaining and such a sweet story that I got sucked into the rest of it.

  • Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
    Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

    "Surprisingly Boring"

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    Would you try another book from Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller and/or Christopher Burns and Eric Conger ?

    I would probably stay away from these authors. The narration was ok.


    Would you ever listen to anything by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller again?

    Probably not.


    Did the narration match the pace of the story?

    The narration was weird. There were like 6 different narrators, alternating the quotes by the actors and writers. It was weird to have someone else do the voice of an actor you know, but fine. At times, I felt the narration was over-acted, but I got used to it.


    If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Live from New York?

    The book is basically just a series of quotes that tell the story. That's fine, but I think it could have moved faster if they summarized more and used fewer quotes. The early years were especially boring to me, but maybe that's because I don't remember them.


    Any additional comments?

    I'm a big fan of SNL and I'm glad I know more about the history of the show now. It was just a little tedious at times.

  • Seriously...I'm Kidding
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    "Love Ellen, but this was a bit boring"

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    Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

    Considering I was just commuting anyway, sure. It kept me company. If it were to take me away from anything productive, I would say not.


    What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

    I liked the tiny insights I got into Ellen's home life with Portia. The least interesting aspect were the completely random tangents.


    Have you listened to any of Ellen DeGeneres’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    I have not.


    Could you see Seriously...I'm Kidding being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

    Well let's just stick to Ellen's talk show.


    Any additional comments?

    Maybe I just don't get

  • You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom
    You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom

    "Great if you love sitcoms"

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    If you could sum up You're Lucky You're Funny in three words, what would they be?

    Educational, humorous, engaging


    What was one of the most memorable moments of You're Lucky You're Funny?

    I liked the audio of his various speeches (Emmy's, Hofstra...)


    Have you listened to any of Phil Rosenthal’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    I have not.


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    The making of the last great traditional family sitcom.


    Any additional comments?

    I've never been a huge fan of Everybody Loves Raymond, I've always just thought it was a cute show and watched it sometimes in syndication. However, I love sitcoms in general (although I'm over the multi-camera format now, as is most of America I think). This book was just great if you're curious about how you get to make a sitcom. His early life was interesting enough but I really got into it when he started getting into the Raymond years. I might listen to it again at some point.

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  • Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)

    "Actually, not for fans of Sedaris a..."

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    This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

    I *really* wanted to like this book. Maybe diehard devotees of Jenny Lawson's blog might like it more than I. I thought some of her essays were great, but couldn't stand an entire book of her. It was just... too forced.


    Has Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) turned you off from other books in this genre?

    No.


    Would you be willing to try another one of Jenny Lawson’s performances?

    Probably not.


    If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)?

    I would have trimmed a lot from the book as a whole. Jenny is witty and touching, but her sarcasm and schtick wore thin on me after the first half of the book. Her journey of self-awareness feels contrived and forced--- as if her editor told her that she had to summarize what she learned and how she grew from each anecdote. Her essay about miscarriage and living with chronic illness was really powerful and moving. Her father is fascinating, as is her upbringing. I would have liked to hear more about her parents.

    And whoever told her to SING the chapter titles should be fired. That was just cringe-inducing.


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    For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor.

    Linda says: "Every Negative Reviewer is Just Jealous!"

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    In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks...: And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy
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    Jill Conner Browne, royal boss of Mississippi's own Sweet Potato Queens, introduced them to the world in the hilarious best seller The Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love. Fortunately for us, that was not the final chapter in the Queens' saga. The Sweet Potato Queens still have plenty to say and valuable wisdom to impart about how they went from being Cute Girls to Fabulous Women.

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    In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children - everything from cousins ("celebrities for little kids") to toddlers’ communication skills ("they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news"), to the eating habits of four-year-olds ("there is no difference between a four-year-old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor").

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    Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true. At last, Tina Fey's story can be told....

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    For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor.

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    David Sedaris' collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. With every clever turn of a phrase, Sedaris brings a view and a voice like no other to every unforgettable encounter. You can also listen to Sedaris in an interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air.

    T. Chambless says: "Sedaris is great!"
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    Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch. She was hilarious! So what happened to her? After a misbegotten part as Jenna on the pilot of 30 Rock, Dratch was only getting offered roles as "Lesbians. Secretaries. Sometimes secretaries who are lesbians." Her career at a low point, Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog- sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose?

    Jeanine says: "Could not stop listening"
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    Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved comedian who dreamed of a simple life: a wife, a home, a sitcom to call his own. But instead he woke up one day to find himself fired from his radio job, surrounded by feral cats, and emotionally and financially annihilated by a divorce from a woman he thought he loved. He tried to heal his broken heart through whatever means he could find - minor-league hoarding, Viagra addiction, accidental racial profiling, cat fancying, flying airplanes with his mind - but nothing seemed to work. It was only when he was stripped down to nothing that he found his way back.

    Patricia Humbert says: "Attempting Normal, Not Acheiving Normal"
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    "I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the words I've put together for you in this book. I think you'll find I've left no stone unturned, no door unopened, no window unbroken, no rug unvacuumed, no ivories untickled. What I'm saying is, let us begin, shall we?" (Ellen DeGeneres)

    Julie says: "Not so much."
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    In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives, a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today.

    Steve says: "Sedaris is the gay Mark Twain."
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  • Sh-t My Dad Says
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    Sh-t My Dad Says

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    • Narrated By Sean Schemmel
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    After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, 28-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his 73-year-old dad. Sam Halpern, who is “like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair,” has never minced words, and when Justin moved back home, he began to record all the ridiculous things his dad said to him.

    Michael says: "Really Funny! Should Be Up for an Audie Award"
  • How to Be a Woman
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    How to Be a Woman

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    Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and questions: Why are they supposed to get Brazilians? Why do bras hurt? Why the incessant talk about babies? And do men secretly hate them? Caitlin Moran interweaves provocative observations on women's lives with laugh-out-loud funny scenes from her own, from adolescence to her development as a writer, wife, and mother.

    L. Calder says: "Hysterical manual for the 21st century woman"
  • Not Taco Bell Material
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    Not Taco Bell Material

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    Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his slacker friends to the hypocrisy of Hollywood. He tackled rants in his first book, and now he tells his best stories and debuts some never-before-heard tales as well. Adam Carolla started broke and blue collar and has now been on the Hollywood scene for over 15 years. Yet he never lost his underdog demeanor.

    Ron says: "Must have for any Adam Carolla Fan!"
  • Dad or Alive: Confessions of an Unexpected Stay-at-Home Dad
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    Dad or Alive: Confessions of an Unexpected Stay-at-Home Dad

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 57 mins)
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    When Adrian Kulp first learned that he was about to become a father, he was essentially a teenage boy trapped in the body of a 32-year-old high-powered executive. He did what his wife asked him to do: Grow up. He packed away his Phillies baseball memorabilia, hid his GI Joes, and converted their guest bedroom from his private man cave into a nursery. Goodbye sticky beer cozy. Hello Diaper Genie. Based on his mercilessly funny and brutally honest blog, here is the hilarious story of one man's journey from being the one who brings home the bacon to the one who fries it.

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  • Dad or Alive: Confessions of an Unexpected Stay-at-Home Dad
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    Dad or Alive: Confessions of an Unexpected Stay-at-Home Dad

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    When Adrian Kulp first learned that he was about to become a father, he was essentially a teenage boy trapped in the body of a 32-year-old high-powered executive. He did what his wife asked him to do: Grow up. He packed away his Phillies baseball memorabilia, hid his GI Joes, and converted their guest bedroom from his private man cave into a nursery. Goodbye sticky beer cozy. Hello Diaper Genie. Based on his mercilessly funny and brutally honest blog, here is the hilarious story of one man's journey from being the one who brings home the bacon to the one who fries it.

  • Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants: Based on a True Story
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    Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants: Based on a True Story

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    • By Jill Soloway
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    This hilarious, whip-smart collection of essays from a top writer and producer of Six Feet Under crisscrosses from the highly personal (conflating her own loss of virginity and the Kobe Bryant accusations), to the political (what she has in common with Monica and Chandra), to the outrageously Los Angelean (why women wear huge diamonds and what they must do to get them). Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants is a genre-defying combination of personal essay and memoir, or a hilarious, unruly and unapologetic evaluation of society, religion, sex, love, and - best of all - Jill Soloway.

  • The Finger: What It's Like Getting Old in America Today
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    The Finger: What It's Like Getting Old in America Today

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    • By Will Bevis
    • Narrated By Robert King Ross
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    "Just a very short memoir... of getting the 'finger'. Again. If you're getting on up there in years and you still haven't had it, come along with me for the practice. It's a barrel of fun... Not."

  • The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad
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    The 40-Year-Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad

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    • By Joel Schwartzberg
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    In a very funny and endearing collection of personal essays, award-winning and nationally-published writer Joel Schwartzberg shares stories of his ever-evolving, self-defining dadhood. The 40-Year-Old Version is a great read or listen for any parent, particularly dads trying to sharpen their role and looking for insight through hysterical, heartbreaking, and heroic example.

    Erin says: "Over too soon"
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  • Road to Rouen
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    Road to Rouen

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    Ben Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux and refined dining. Ten thousand miles later his family's been attacked by a donkey, had a run-in with a death-culti, and, after a near drowning and a calamitous wedding experience involving a British spy, his own marriage is in jeopardy.

  • Rob a Bank!: A Short Memoir of What it Takes to Make Your Kids Happy in Today's School Eat Parent World
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    • Will Bevis

    Rob a Bank!: A Short Memoir of What it Takes to Make Your Kids Happy in Today's School Eat Parent World

    • UNABRIDGED (33 mins)
    • By Will Bevis
    • Narrated By Gary Roelofs
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    Guess What! You have just found out your high school teenager is going to NYC for their annual trip. Should you panic now, or wait til you hear the price? One parent's short memoir of Band Trip sticker shock!

  • I'm Not Gonna Lie: And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50
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    I'm Not Gonna Lie: And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50

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    • By George Lopez
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    George Lopez just hit the half-century mark and the reset button on his life. Newly single and ready to embrace life, George was excited to turn 50. It would be a welcome new phase in his life, a chance to say goodbye to a decade that included a kidney transplant and a divorce. But when he looked around a room full of his childhood friends, all gathered to celebrate his birthday, many now bald or overweight, it suddenly hit him that he was old. What happened? And more importantly, what was he going to do about it? George learns the hard way that when you turn 50, everything changes.

    Working Poor says: "Self loathing at it's finest ..."
  • Dad Is Fat
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    Dad Is Fat

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    In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children - everything from cousins ("celebrities for little kids") to toddlers’ communication skills ("they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news"), to the eating habits of four-year-olds ("there is no difference between a four-year-old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor").

    Sean says: "Good for Gaffigan fans - better for expecting dads"
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  • This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store: Unapologetic Admissions from a Non-Contender for Mother of the Year
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    • A. K. Turner

    This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store: Unapologetic Admissions from a Non-Contender for Mother of the Year

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    This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store chronicles what happens when a little girl who scorns the idea of marriage and children (in favor of becoming a stiletto-wearing, attache-carrying Secret Agent), majors in Russian, minors in Vodka, and then one day finds herself with child...and in-laws.

    Drew says: "Witty, Hilarious, and Very Entertaining"
  • Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids
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    Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids

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    • By Leanne Shirtliffe
    • Narrated By Trudie Kessler
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    As a woman used to traveling and living the high life in Bangkok, Leanne Shirtliffe recognized the constant fodder for humor while pregnant with twins in Asia's sin city. But in spite of deep-fried bug cuisine and nurses who cover newborn bassinets with plastic wrap, Shirtliffe manages to keep her babies alive for a year with help from a Coca-Cola deliveryman, several waitresses, and a bra factory. Then she and her husband return home to the isolation of North American suburbia.

    Daryl says: "An extraordinary look at universal motherhood"
  • The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah
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    The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah

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    The Jerusalem Syndrome is a genuine psychological phenomenon that often strikes visitors to the Holy Land - the delusion that they are suddenly direct vessels for the voice of God. Marc Maron seems to have a distinctly American version of the Jerusalem Syndrome, which has led him on a lifelong quest for religious significance and revelation in the most unlikely of places.

    Colleen says: "Funny, but very intense!"
  • Attempting Normal
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    Attempting Normal

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    Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved comedian who dreamed of a simple life: a wife, a home, a sitcom to call his own. But instead he woke up one day to find himself fired from his radio job, surrounded by feral cats, and emotionally and financially annihilated by a divorce from a woman he thought he loved. He tried to heal his broken heart through whatever means he could find - minor-league hoarding, Viagra addiction, accidental racial profiling, cat fancying, flying airplanes with his mind - but nothing seemed to work. It was only when he was stripped down to nothing that he found his way back.

    Patricia Humbert says: "Attempting Normal, Not Acheiving Normal"