The New New Rules

A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

By: Bill Maher

Narrated by: Bill Maher

Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

From best-selling author and host of HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world.

A follow-up to the New York Times best-selling The New Rules, The New New Rules delivers a series of hilarious, intelligent rants on everything from same-sex marriage to health care, from Republican agendas to celebrity meltdowns, with all the razor-sharp insight that has made Bill Maher one of the most influential comedic voices shaping the political debate today. With another presidential campaign on the horizon and a stellar set of real-life characters to have fun with - "New Rule: If Charlie Sheen's home life means he can't have a TV show, then I say Newt Gingrich can't be president" - this enlightening and important book may be the best thing you pretend to read all year.

©2011 Bill Maher (P)2011 Penguin

Critic reviews

"Of all the comic commentators, Maher is the gutsiest, boldest, and least inhibited." ( The Washington Post)

indulgence

A man who says so much has no stance.
Who is he, really?
Criticism with no potential solutions offered has no value, but to anger those criticized.

Bill Maher, you're a tired old man

Would you try another book from Bill Maher and/or Bill Maher?

I watch the show, so yes. Having watched the last few years of the show, there's not a lot new here. IMHO, I enjoy the show, but when you hear the new rules back to back, you start to pick up on the them pretty quickly. Maher is a relentlessly negative, cranky old man. This book is supposed to be comedy, but it's really just a marathon b*tch and moan about everything under the sun. The

Any additional comments?

Refund, please?

New Review

What disappointed you about The New New Rules?

I think this was the audio clip taken from his shows. Jokes live or bomb on delivery and mistakes weren't fixed; that's too bad.

Has The New New Rules turned you off from other books in this genre?

I enjoy a comedy every now and then but won't go to Bill Maher's New Rules for my next one.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Bill Maher?

Anyone, I've got a nice collection of audible books and of them all Maher was the worst narrator. I even have Rumy's book - Known and Unknown lol

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

The joke about George Will.... of all the conservative columnists to make fun of, George has to be one the brightest with the most cogent arguments; so many others are more worthy of a joke.

Get the first book

This is a rehashing of the old book, you will find that most of this book is drawn from the old and thus quite repetitive. This is horrible as I am a huge Bill Maher fan.

This book makes me dislike Bill Maher

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

The format is horrible. No need to repeat "New rule" every 30 seconds.

What was most disappointing about Bill Maher’s story?

his arrogance. I agree completely with his views, but his cockiness is unbearable.

How could the performance have been better?

Don't say "New rule" every 30 seconds.

Disappointment

An often brilliant analysis of modern middle class American life presented as it the audience had no appreciation for beautiful language or compassion for the combatants in his "humor". Here his rants are presented as wisdom. His rantings left me with the feeling I had been groped by a witty madman w ith unclean linin.

Vulgar but not funny...too bad!

Well.....I bought the audio expecting a few laughs. At least a few, but really I thought there would be a lot. But NONE???? I was surprised and disappointed to say the least. And I will ask Audible to take the book back. I hate to lose a credit for this lame book.

A Little Bit of New Rules Goes A Long Way

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Anecdotes or something else to bridge the segments would have been nice. It's just hours of the 'New Rules' segments from the show and nothing else. For me it was just too tedious to listen to. I guess I hadn't realized how dated most new rule items are.

Would you ever listen to anything by Bill Maher again?

Yes - love him!

What three words best describe Bill Maher???s voice?

Funny. Athoritative. Sarcastic.

Do you think The New New Rules needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No - it's just too tedious to listen to.

Audio isn't the right format for this sort of book

I want to be clear that my rating on this one isn't a reflection of the book itself - I'm just trying to suggest that you may want to stop and consider (as I should have) if audio is the right format for a book that is almost completely composed of independent 30 second sound bytes each of which starts with the phrase "New Rule!"

It was just too repetitive to enjoy in this format, which I should have realized if I'd given it more thought ahead of time. I'm sure it's a clever amusing book for people that like Bill Maher, but only if it's in physical form where you can pick it up, read a couple, and put it back down. There's only so many times you can hear "New Rule!" in a three minute period before you realize your judgement was off. Definitely my own fault for not thinking it through.

It was JUST ok really

Look if your a Bill Maher fan then your going to like this book. However, if your not a Bill Maher fan then your not going to buy this book nomatter what, But if your like me and don't really care either way. I would advise you to save your money.The honest truth is it's really not worth it. The guy just isn't funny, deep, or charming and there is much better stuff on this site.