Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Cars?

A Believer Book of Advice

By: The Believer, Amy Sedaris, Bob Saget, Judd Apatow - introduction, Patton Oswalt - introduction

Narrated by: Jerry Stahl, Julie Klausner, Rich Fulcher, Fred Willard, Paul Sims, Laraine Newman, Paul Scheer, Bob Saget, Weird Al Yankovic, Various

The Believer magazine presents a compendium of advice from producers, writers, and actors of The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Hangover, and The Colbert Report, along with other musicians, cartoonists, New Yorker writers, and those similarly unqualified to offer guidance.

Here Amy Sedaris describes the perfect murder for unwanted hermit crabs - you will need a piece of meat and a brick. Simon Rich explains how to avoid being found dead in your underwear by firemen - buy some long johns. Zach Galifianakis provides insight into how he changed his name without a social security card - he just started calling himself Adam Zapple, and it stuck. Bob Saget finally illuminates what "friends with benefits" really means - a nonsexual relationship wherein your ex makes monetary deposits into your bank account.

Contributors include:

Rob Baedeker, Anne Beatts, Elizabeth Beckwith, Jerri Blank, Roz Chast, Louis C.K., Mike Doughty, Dave Eggers, Rich Fulcher, Zach Galifianakis, Dan Guterman, Anthony Jeselnik, Julie Klausner, Lisa Lampanelli, Nick Hornby, Sam Lipsyte, Liam Lynch, Merrill Markoe, Rose McGowan, Misc. Canadian rock musicians, Laraine Newman, The Pleasure Syndicate, Bob Powers, Simon Rich, Bob Saget, George Saunders, Kristen Schaal, Paul Scheer, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Paul Simms, Brendon Small, Jerry Stahl, Scott Thompson, Fred Willard, Cintra Wilson, Weird Al Yankovic, and Alan Zweibel.

©2012 The Believer (P)2012 Random House Audio

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What disappointed you about Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Cars??

Some pretty ugly stuff is said

Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?

No

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

NO, I have not listened to these artists before

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

Just not a fun listen

If only it could have been funnier...

I usually listen to audible while driving. Occasionally, I will have a passenger. At these times, I feel bad having them drop in to the middle of whatever book I'm listening to at the time so I put on music. This book would be an excellent alternative for such situations. The whole thing is many short bits with few callbacks. If you don't like the narrator you're hearing now - wait a few minutes. It would be a great way to convince someone that audible ain't your grand mother's books on tape....if only it could have been funnier...

Inconsistent

Some of this was super funny. Louis CK, Nick Hornby, and weird Al stood out for me and made me laugh out loud. Some of the performances were over the top and some of the advice make me sleepy. I would go back and listen to my favorite ones over again and skip the rest.

Not Funny

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

I had high hopes for this book, but it was dumb. I rarely laughed. Not worth your money.

Not funny

Any additional comments?

I don't know anything about the first book or The Believer or any kind of prior knowledge that might have made this book funny. This book was a waste of time and money.
It has a funny title and funny names associated with it, but it is not funny.
The book is set up in a Q&A format. Unfunny questions are asked and unfunny answers are given.

Stupid, not funny, worst audible ever.

This production is nominally a set of advice-column-like questions submitted by Believer readers that are answered in advice columnist style by the contributors, presumably in their own voices. The questions were uninteresting, and the answers were without exception UNamusing. Just not funny or even interesting. I gave up after a few hours of listening that did not raise so much as a chuckle. I abandoned listening to this, and started listening instead to "How to be a woman" by Caitlin Moran, and was relieved to discover that my capacity for appreciating humor, wit, and a very appealing presentation had not been permanently crippled by the Believer garbage. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. Very disappointing, because in the past I have enjoyed a lot of humor from the mcsweeneys mill. I only regret that I could not figure out how to give it zero stars in every category.

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

Definitely not anything close to funny or entertaining. I stopped listening after 10 minutes. A waste of a credit.

Beyond Horrible. Don't waste your time.

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

I can't think of a single person who would enjoy this presentation.

What was most disappointing about the authors’s story?

Not one of these authors - normally very funny people, some of whom I even know personally - delivered a performance that made me laugh. In fact every moment was cringe-worthy, and I could not even make it through all the authors.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?

Since there were so many narrators, I doubt that's the issue. Maybe the director is at fault, for creating such uniform suckage?

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

No. I can't even say,

Any additional comments?

Normally I have good audiobook experiences and write good reviews. This was just remarkably bad - so bad that I had to write this review. If I can spare one other person from what I went through listening to this book, I have done my good deed for the week.