• Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness

  • By: Al Franken
  • Narrated by: Al Franken
  • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (232 ratings)

Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends.
Audible Plus auto-renews for $7.95/mo after 30 days. Upgrade or cancel anytime.
Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness  By  cover art

Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness

By: Al Franken
Narrated by: Al Franken
Try for $0.00

$7.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $15.02

Buy for $15.02

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Al Franken, or Dr. Al Franken as he prefers to be called, has written the first truly indispensable book of the new millennium. Filled with wisdom, observations, and practical tips you can put to work right away, Oh, the Things I Know! is a cradle-to-grave guide to living, an easy-to-follow user's manual for human existence.

What does a megasuccess like Al Franken - best selling author, Emmy-award winning television star, and honorary Ph.D. - have to say to ordinary people like you? Well, as Dr. Al himself says, "There's no point in getting advice from hopeless failures."

Join Mr. Franken - sorry, Dr. Franken - on a journey that will take you from your first job ("Oh, Are You Going to Hate Your First Job!"), through the perils and pitfalls of your twenties and thirties ("Oh, the Person of Your Dreams vs. the Person You Can Actually Attract!"), into the joys of marriage and parenthood ("Oh, Just Looking at Your Spouse Will Make Your Skin Crawl!"), all the way to the golden years of senior citizenship ("Oh, the Nursing Home You'll Wind Up In!"). Don't travel life's lonesome highway by yourself. Take Al Franken along, if not as an infallible guide, then at least as a friend who will make you laugh. For adult listeners.

©2002 Al Franken. Recorded by arrangement with Dutton, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc. (P)16 9; 2002 HighBridge Company.

Critic reviews

"This laugh-aloud take on advice books - it is dedicated simply 'For Oprah' - is Stuart Smalley with an edge. Reviewer's advice: don't read it while sitting alone on a " (Booklist)

What listeners say about Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    84
  • 4 Stars
    59
  • 3 Stars
    34
  • 2 Stars
    22
  • 1 Stars
    33
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    34
  • 4 Stars
    12
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    26
  • 4 Stars
    10
  • 3 Stars
    9
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    3

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.