I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened!!!: And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy
From the #1 US bestselling author, the hilarious US bestselling book of original essays for the adult market focusing on themes of health and food, which explores why Americans are hooked on such bad eating, drinking and other self–indulgent and self–destructive behaviours throughout their lives.\ The legendary Bill Cosby, America's most well–known comic, wants food lovers and over indulgers everywhere to know that they are not alone. This is an original collection of hilarious musings and...
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From the #1 US bestselling author, the hilarious US bestselling book of original essays for the adult market focusing on themes of health and food, which explores why Americans are hooked on such bad eating, drinking and other self–indulgent and self–destructive behaviours throughout their lives.The legendary Bill Cosby, America's most well–known comic, wants food lovers and over indulgers everywhere to know that they are not alone. This is an original collection of hilarious musings and digressions about our obsessions and addictions, from hoagies to stogies, from one of the funniest bestselling authors in the world. Library Journal Cosby's new title, although ostensibly serious, is really slapstick-silly and fundamentally lighthearted. Although intended as a collection of Cosby's musings on the difficulty of eating healthfully (i.e., no cookies, cakes, or double-cheese pepperoni pizza), the book is really about the Cosby family and in particular the bureaucracy of the Cosby household. Funnily enough, it is the asides, the "digressions" of the subtitle, that are most memorable. A great example is Cosby's hilarious attempt to impress a girl by wearing his high school cotton letter jacket in the middle of winter. This reviewer only wishes that she had Cosby there to perform in person as some of the material would certainly benefit from his comedic timing and facial expressions (think passages like: "All those hoagies. All those steak sandwiches. Ice cream All that butter Pies and Cakes. Lard"). For now, we'll just have to make do with this brief little book. Recommended for all humor collections.-Tania Barnes, "Library Journal" Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Introductionix1I Am What I Ate12If I Don't Go to the Doctor, I Don't Have It93Once in a While194Pills275Sorry Excuses356Lamb Chops Were Her Weakness437Bad at Bouley518Promises, Promises599Old Parts7510Gambling with Yourself8511Why Is There Hair?9312Bill Clonesby10313Smoking11114Drinking13115Moderation14316If the Shoe Fits14517Holidays16118The Bitter End16519The Unkindest Cut17120The Last Chapter (Which I Never Got Around to Writing)175
\ Library JournalCosby's new title, although ostensibly serious, is really slapstick-silly and fundamentally lighthearted. Although intended as a collection of Cosby's musings on the difficulty of eating healthfully (i.e., no cookies, cakes, or double-cheese pepperoni pizza), the book is really about the Cosby family and in particular the bureaucracy of the Cosby household. Funnily enough, it is the asides, the "digressions" of the subtitle, that are most memorable. A great example is Cosby's hilarious attempt to impress a girl by wearing his high school cotton letter jacket in the middle of winter. This reviewer only wishes that she had Cosby there to perform in person as some of the material would certainly benefit from his comedic timing and facial expressions (think passages like: "All those hoagies. All those steak sandwiches. Ice cream All that butter Pies and Cakes. Lard"). For now, we'll just have to make do with this brief little book. Recommended for all humor collections.-Tania Barnes, "Library Journal" Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.\ \
