
Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing That, Happiness
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Al Franken
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Al Franken
About this listen
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.Listeners also enjoyed...
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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)
Franken Does It Again!
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Holy Moley! Al Franken is Funny
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You either have a sense of humor or ...
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Oh The Things I Know
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Surprisingly Fresh
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Excellent Wit
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Al takes you through his life and gives out some good, and some bad, advice about what might work for you.
Honest, funny, sad, and at times moving, this book reflects life itself. Take the end of the book, which I feel is the best part, Al talks about being a senior and how it's probably the most fun anyone will ever have. Excellent!
Life is too short, buy this book and find out why.
Al Franken is Wonderfully Funny
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A lot of fun
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In a word: Funny.
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just fun, no insight required
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