Title: Slap-dash Slapstick
Product review: Franken's book is sophomoric, boorish, sloppy, disorganized, and pointless. While he makes a very few insightful points about politics, the majority of the "jokes" are stale, played-out riffs on violence, drinking/drugs, and hookers. In light of the turbulent aftermath of the 2000 election, Franken's blithe cracks about that race come across as particularly un-humorous. One of Franken's previous works, "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People like Me!: Daily Affirmations by Stuart Smalley," is a great piece of humor writing which manages to be both funny and insightful. "Why not me?" is neither.
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