Happy Endings / Tales of a Meaty Breasted Zilch is the quintessential young Norton collection of douche chilling stories. You get to hear all of his stories, and some he doesn't talk much about on the radio in that one pretty much. I give I Hate Your Guts a miss.
I especially liked when he filled the last half his last book with just lists, such as "People I'd like to see killed in a car accident on a family member's wedding day" etc. Who doesn't love a good list?
I honestly don't remember. I think some of them had short one or two sentence blurbs after them but nothing that would be a good excuse of "this isn't anything more than a list."
Yeah, they're not bad by any means. My favorite part was when he talks about how much of a faggot he was in rehab, and how he "accidentally" left a poem about his friends (Jack Daniels, etc) out in the open so everyone could read.
They're alright. Exactly what you would expect from him. A few laughs. If yore looking for something more substantial to make it worth your time and money look elsewhere
I was reading his blog while they were off the air between 2002-2004. I think he used quite a bit of those stories in his first book, though I never read the first book. The stories gave me a decent enough laugh. Nothing hysterical......but I am always amused with his creepy stories.
I enjoyed them. I just finally finished I hate your guts which is mostly topics he has talked about already. The first one had more unknown stories if I remember correctly
I like them both. They're pretty hilarious. Last year on my birthday, I went to Half Price Books to sell a bunch of shit for store credit, and after I grabbed a b few new things, I checked humor and got Happy Endings for three bucks, since I had I Hate Your Guts at home. I opened it in the car to see that it was signed. That was awesome.
He is not a very talented writer. He conveys funny material, yet his writing is worse than his concepts are funny.
In the end, Jim is not an academic. He is an incredibly talented comedian who possesses an admirable wit, a wit most of us don't have. But he's not a writer. Maybe he will be as he continues to seek improvement. But those books are not worth the money.
36 comments
21 Pat_Battle_Storage 2015-06-09
If you like Jim's standup but hate watching him blink, yes.
If you like books, no.
10 omgwtfitssteve 2015-06-09
Happy Endings / Tales of a Meaty Breasted Zilch is the quintessential young Norton collection of douche chilling stories. You get to hear all of his stories, and some he doesn't talk much about on the radio in that one pretty much. I give I Hate Your Guts a miss.
6 highflyin 2015-06-09
I especially liked when he filled the last half his last book with just lists, such as "People I'd like to see killed in a car accident on a family member's wedding day" etc. Who doesn't love a good list?
3 blackirishlad 2015-06-09
you can kill at least an hour a day with a good list.
3 TayNez 2015-06-09
That just sounds like Buzzfeed type listicle filler. Authors do that to fill up pages because there's not enough solid content.
1 dirtyernie23 2015-06-09
We could've helped him write a few.
2 9797971 2015-06-09
1 rottenseed 2015-06-09
Did he give explanations or just list people's names?
2 highflyin 2015-06-09
I honestly don't remember. I think some of them had short one or two sentence blurbs after them but nothing that would be a good excuse of "this isn't anything more than a list."
6 MonsteRain 2015-06-09
Happy Endings was good.
6 EskimoEscrow 2015-06-09
Don't think we got a lot of readers in here.
Books no work good in my head.
4 Speclester 2015-06-09
NO!
3 Phantas_Magorical 2015-06-09
If you want the audiobook (read by him, foreword by Colin iirc) you can get it here
https://mega.co.nz/#F!5lYigZiB!e8LJ3UVgshOwb8nX901ejA
1 MowgliCSM 2015-06-09
When I wore headphones at work all day, the audio books were good entertainment.
1 Phantas_Magorical 2015-06-09
Yeah, they're not bad by any means. My favorite part was when he talks about how much of a faggot he was in rehab, and how he "accidentally" left a poem about his friends (Jack Daniels, etc) out in the open so everyone could read.
1 MowgliCSM 2015-06-09
I cringe heavily at that part every time. I wish he never told it. However, the story he wrote for his then girlfriend was great.
2 CountBubs 2015-06-09
Can't speak for I Hats Your Guts, but I tread Tales of a Meaty Breasted Zilch and loved it
3 RahnBayngtin 2015-06-09
I Hate your Guts was better IMO, he kinda stuck to 1 subject he hated and broke it down for its own chapter. Better written too.
3 DerpalSherpa 2015-06-09
Edgar?
1 EndOfTheDigitalAge 2015-06-09
IDK why someone would read an Opie biography tho
2 mrta66 2015-06-09
They're alright. Exactly what you would expect from him. A few laughs. If yore looking for something more substantial to make it worth your time and money look elsewhere
2 nazicumfarts 2015-06-09
Happy Endings was good. The other one was annoying. Full of over the top name-calling trying to be funny. It failed.
2 opieanthonyjim 2015-06-09
Yes, both of his books are better than any stand up he's done.
You'll laugh out loud reading them.
2 badbillypratt 2015-06-09
I love in Happy Endings when he describes the Indian couple sitting behind him as smelling like"spicy logs of shit".
1 OpiesBreasts 2015-06-09
I was reading his blog while they were off the air between 2002-2004. I think he used quite a bit of those stories in his first book, though I never read the first book. The stories gave me a decent enough laugh. Nothing hysterical......but I am always amused with his creepy stories.
1 Jables19 2015-06-09
I loved both but I am biased because I think he is a very funny guy.
1 islesrule224 2015-06-09
I enjoyed them. I just finally finished I hate your guts which is mostly topics he has talked about already. The first one had more unknown stories if I remember correctly
1 jcallahan88 2015-06-09
Yes especially the first one
1 PigsArePunished 2015-06-09
I'm a fan of Jimmy, and I'd say his books are a better example of his comedy than his specials are.
1 deathbirdstories 2015-06-09
I like them both. They're pretty hilarious. Last year on my birthday, I went to Half Price Books to sell a bunch of shit for store credit, and after I grabbed a b few new things, I checked humor and got Happy Endings for three bucks, since I had I Hate Your Guts at home. I opened it in the car to see that it was signed. That was awesome.
1 Gronez_Bambaataa 2015-06-09
Kinda meh.
1 boring_oneliner 2015-06-09
Poor Mans Artie Lange books
1 pd78 2015-06-09
No, they're awful.
1 truthie 2015-06-09
The jokes in his books are as ham-handed as the jokes in his standup.
0 RIPAnthony23 2015-06-09
He is not a very talented writer. He conveys funny material, yet his writing is worse than his concepts are funny.
In the end, Jim is not an academic. He is an incredibly talented comedian who possesses an admirable wit, a wit most of us don't have. But he's not a writer. Maybe he will be as he continues to seek improvement. But those books are not worth the money.
-1 ActionBlackson 2015-06-09
Both are good/hilarious reads, but his first book was the better of the two.