Tough Sh-t

Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good

By: Kevin Smith

Narrated by: Kevin Smith

Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Profane, honest, and totally real advice from comedian and director Kevin Smith - one of America's most original voices....

Take one look at Kevin Smith: He's a balding fatty who wears a size XXL hockey jersey, shorts, and slippers year-round. Not a likely source for life advice. But take a second look at Kevin Smith: He changed filmmaking forever when he was 24 with the release of Clerks, and since then has gone on to make nine more profitable movies, runs his own production company, wrote a best-selling graphic novel, and has a beautiful wife and kids. So he must be doing something right.

As Kevin's millions of Twitter followers and millions of podcast listeners know, he's the first one to admit his flaws and the last one to care about them. In early 2011, he began using his platform to answer big questions from fans - like "What should I do with my life?"- and he discovered that he had a lot to say. Tough Sh-t distills his four decades of breaking all the rules down to direct and brutally honest advice, including:

• Why he has accepted Ferris Bueller as his personal savior, and what the Tenets of Buellerism can teach about hiding in plain sight and lip-syncing in the face of danger
• Why it's really fun to eat but not so fun to be fat
• What to do about people who don't like your policies ( for starters, tell them to pucker up and smooch your big ol' butt)
• What Kevin's idol Wayne Gretzky can teach us about creativity and direction

For anyone who's out of a job, out of luck, or just out of sugary snack foods, Tough Sh*t is an unabashedly honest guide to getting the most out of doing the least.

©2012 Kevin Smith (P)2012 Penguin Audio

loved it

beautiful book. nice read and good listen. loved the stories the humor and honesty. Kevin Smith rulles

Great for both fans and non fans of that too fat to fly guy.

I'm a big fan of Kevin Smith. I don't love all his movies but his out look on life is truly amazing and inspirational. Anyone who might be having doubts about their own life and if they are doing things right should definitely check this book out. At the time of writing this review I'll be on my third time listening to this book and I don't plan on stopping. Every time I listen I get a little more inspired to be the best person I can be.

Hilarious

I'm not to Kevin Smith fan. His cussing can be a bit much for me. But being an aspiring filmmaker it was suggested that I listen to his book. I found that I ignored his testosterone and flowery speech filled rants as I listen to an amazingly inspirational book on life and how to enjoy it. Thanks to my friend Jennifer for recommending it for me. It was worth the credit! Or two.

Purchase this audio book

I didnt know much about Kevin Smith before this book. Now I love him.

Great book and even better audiobook

If you are a fan of Kevin Smith this audio book is a must buy. Great performance from him as always.

The best audiobook I've ever come across.

What did you love best about Tough Sh-t?

From the first few seconds I could tell that this book was going to be something special. He's a very inspiring guy.

Great

Great book and a good reading, Kevin does an awesome job in reading his own words

A book that will make you laugh.

It's funny listening to Kevin Smith talking about his life. He is a great one-of-a-kind speaker that always keeps people listening.

If you love Clerks type humor, you’ll love this too!

I love everything Kevin Smith does, and this is no different, granted I’d probably watch him pop popcorn if it meant finding out more Kevin Smith details. I’m excited to see what he does, and I’m glad he didn’t die to that stupid heart attack and that he finally quit weed. That’ll be in his next book, I guess, lord willing that he makes another one. This book though is good because it’s not overly wrong, and you get that Clerksian type humor all the way through it.

Good read

It was great listening to this book. I couldn't stop listening, great through out. I hope he does Tough crap 2 and talk about his weight lose, clerks 3 and his new outlook in life.