If you like the comedy of Ellen DeGeneres, you'll like her latest book. Of course, "latest book" implies a significant series of books. She may write a significant series of books before she is finished; however, to date she has written only two books. Her first book, My Point…And I do Have One, spent six months on various bestseller lists. She has won an Emmy, a People's Choice and a Peabody Award for her work on television. Ellen has been hosting her daytime talk show, appropriately entitled "The Ellen Degeneres Show," since September 2003.
So why did a successful, busy television personality choose to write yet another book? She says, "I'd rather write a book than read a book. It's like reading, only you get paid for it. Otherwise, it has all the same elements. I don't know what's on the next page. It suspenseful, yet I can control where it goes. It's like interactive reading. Besides, I've already read books. A lot of them. Well, definitely more than seven."
So why did a successful, busy television personality choose to write yet another book? She says, "I'd rather write a book than read a book. It's like reading, only you get paid for it. Otherwise, it has all the same elements. I don't know what's on the next page. It suspenseful, yet I can control where it goes. It's like interactive reading. Besides, I've already read books. A lot of them. Well, definitely more than seven."
If you have heard DeGeneres perform a comedy routine or watched her show, you will hear her voice loud and clear. I caught myself reading in cadence with how I imagine she would deliver these lines on stage. Call waiting, she says, is a "mini People's Choice awards." You know who the winners and losers are, especially if you are the one put on hold. Her discussion of the evolution of the telephone brings a true story to mind.
A friend was in Cleveland on business and began having trouble with his rental car. Naturally, he used his cell phone to call the trouble line. No luck; the call would not go through so he called the 800 reservation number. The person told him that the trouble line did not accept calls from cell phones! He wondered if he should always try to carry a phone with a very long cord with him.
A friend was in Cleveland on business and began having trouble with his rental car. Naturally, he used his cell phone to call the trouble line. No luck; the call would not go through so he called the 800 reservation number. The person told him that the trouble line did not accept calls from cell phones! He wondered if he should always try to carry a phone with a very long cord with him.
DeGeneres has this to say about dieting. "You feel ugly, depressed, and totally unlovable. Let's face it. These are not healthy states of mind for a major lifestyle change." On tour she was glad to return to the South. "It's so nice to be back in the South….My favorite [word] is 'y'all' (which I still use). It's such an economical way to talk. 'Y'all goin'?' is so much easier to say than, 'Are you presently considering departing?' "
Further into her tour she addresses its frenetic pace: "I wanted to see the Andy Warhol Museum…but didn't have time, so I just popped into a local supermarket and contemplated the Campbell's Soup section. It was the best I could do."
Further into her tour she addresses its frenetic pace: "I wanted to see the Andy Warhol Museum…but didn't have time, so I just popped into a local supermarket and contemplated the Campbell's Soup section. It was the best I could do."
She finds her humor in everyday life, much as each of us can do. Just the other day, for example, I walked into my bank. "Welcome to Bank ____!" said the young teller. So I walked up to the counter. She told me to wait a minute. I did. We completed the transaction and I turned to leave. She asked me, "How are your accounts treating you?" I wish I'd had a snappy comeback at the time. I wish my accounts were treating me better.
We spend time reading the classics, studying them, discussing them, arguing their merits. And, it is all so serious. We need a bit of fun in our literary lives. the funny thing is... more than fills the bill. It is light-hearted. You will laugh out loud many times. You will have a darn good time, and it will take no more than an hour of your time if you just sit and read. I suggest you read it in bits and pieces and enjoy each chapter as a self-contained monologue.
We spend time reading the classics, studying them, discussing them, arguing their merits. And, it is all so serious. We need a bit of fun in our literary lives. the funny thing is... more than fills the bill. It is light-hearted. You will laugh out loud many times. You will have a darn good time, and it will take no more than an hour of your time if you just sit and read. I suggest you read it in bits and pieces and enjoy each chapter as a self-contained monologue.
