Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations

By: Al Franken

Narrated by: Al Franken

Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Fed up with the Republican Right? Then you'll love Al Franken's scathingly hilarious look at America's largest talk show host and his conservative cronies. Hear this Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live writer's thoughts on exploding Medicare costs ("Why not shoot the elderly into space?"), feminism ("Limbaugh was railing about how feminists believe that all heterosexual sex is rape. The thing is, though, I know a lot of women, almost all of whom consider themselves feminists, and I know of only one who holds this belief. And we've been married nearly twenty years"), and Rush Limbaugh's fact-checker, the man with "the easiest job in America." Funny yet uncompromisingly fair, Franken tackles the issues - and the politicians - in ways few have dared.

©1996 by Al Franken, Inc. (P)1996 Dove Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Grammy Award Winner, Best Spoken Word Comedy Album, 1996

"[Al Franken is] the man responsible for some of the most brilliant political satire of our time." (New York Post )

Harsh

I thought this would be a good spirited romp through the political landscape, but I was very very wrong. I agree with some of the other reviewers that say Franken is a really angry person. It was kind of like listening to someone belittle their ex-girlfriend(boyfriend). I'm sure we've all been on the receiving end of one of these tirades. First, Franken enumerates what is wrong with a person politically (which is sometimes mildly amusing). Then, when the ammunition runs low, he descends to really low jabs at things like their appearance or their mannerisms. If it was only occasional, it would be bearable (sp?), but there are entire segments where you must suffer his attempts to be brutally vendictive and humorous at the same time.
I give this two stars because it is politically charged, and I don't think people have that high of standards when listening to books by people they agree with politically.

Not Funny

Not funny and completely off target.

Could Have Been Better

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A better story. His other, more recent books, are much better.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Slamming that fat ass, Rush Limbaugh.

No Foundation

Not funny, warm, lighthearted or even joking. Franken just seems angry. Never deals with the truths of what Rush Limbaugh represents, presents and the amazing accuracy or RL's predictions in the political arena. Rush, on the other hand, is a very nice person, very sharp, funny, irreverant and timely.

Sorry Al, but...

I didn't really get anything out of this book. OK, maybe I wasn't suppose to actually learn anything, but it was barely entertaining. I'm a liberal, and although I may agree with Al's ideology, I don't think this book was worth the time or money I spent on it.

Disappointed

After reading Franken's newest book Lies and loving it, I was very disappointed in this one. Contrary to the title, Franken spends little time on Limbaugh and instead jumps from topic to topic with very little organization in his thoughts. Read his other book instead.

Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot

It made some good points and was worth a listen ... but it got excessive in length & rant.

Against my better judgement

I tried to listen to this book but found that the first 30 minutes was just too bad. I am a conservative but I am willing to listen to logical discourse from all sides and make my own decisions. I heard nothing that was of value. I guess the title really tells it all. The title sounds like and old school yard insult you used to levy on your enemys when you were a kid. I would say that the book itself is on the same level.

Worthless

This book contains little about Limbaugh. Mostly just a bunch of Al's rants and conversations that he had with rural conservatives that he met. Very little material to walk away with.