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Title: Curmudgeon in Training ...
Review: George Carlin is still my favorite comedian of all time, but he's getting up in age. However, I'm not worried because Bill Maher seems ready to step up and become America's pre-eminent social critic. Taken from his segment, "New Rules" on his HBO show Real Time With Bill Maher, this book is chock full of his hilarious putdowns of idiotic aspects of American society. Those of you who loved his "Get Over Yourself Award" on politically incorrect will love this book in which Maher skewers what he sees as the stupidest aspects of American life from Cirque de Soleil to lazy and stupid members of the media to President Bush (who is probably the number one target in the book). I was struck by how much Maher's approach resembles the great Carlin. They both love dissecting the language, they both hate double talk and stupidity and they are both very, very funny.
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