August 31, 2007 -- Paula and I after a GREAT show - Paula is by far the best improv comedian I have ever had the pleasure to see perform. Paula On Bill Maher Show
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The Boston Globe says ..she..s never been funnier... Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Poundstone is delighting crowds around the country on her hilarious national tour. There..s a wonderful synergy to each one-of-a-kind two-hour show. Paula..s ability to create humor on the spot is legendary and with her casual air, impeccable timing and razor-sharp wit, she improvises with a crowd like a jazz musician. She..ll find an audience member who sells grass seed to golf courses in part of the state of Maryland and wonder aloud if, in such a small territory, the grass seed were any good at all, the salesman could possibly be working to his full potential, then swing in another unexpected direction without a plan, without a net. Poundstone is so quick and unassuming that audience members leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter and debating whether the random people she talked to were ..plants...In addition to touring the country, Paula can be heard regularly on NPR..s oddly informative weekly news quiz show, ..Wait Wait Don..t Tell Me... She recently appeared on, ..Late Night with David Letterman, ..Garrison Keillor..s NPR program ..A Prairie Home Companion,.. including his annual ..Joke Show.. and ..Late Late with Craig Ferguson.. Her website, www.paulapoundstone.com features diary entries with pictures from Paula..s personal life, and a special column,
..Ask Paula to ask Hep Cat... Paula..s cat, Hep can speak (but only to Paula) with authority on a surprisingly wide array of topics and what Hep doesn..t know she..s only too glad to try and find out. Paula, for example, asked Hep recently if she should use a ..no stick.. spray on a ..no stick.. pan and Hep replied, ..no...
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Paula..s publisher says: ..If you like Paula Poundstone's ironic and blindingly intelligent humor, you'll love this book...
Booklist says: "She sparks this. . .ultimately triumphal story by uproariously comparing and contrasting herself and famous people.." With the forward written by actress Mary Tyler Moore, this book is part memoir, part monologue, with a pinch of self-deprecation and a dash of startling honesty. This surprisingly unique laugh-out-loud book features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Poundstone can..t help digressing to tell her own. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Charles Dickens, Joan of Arc, Sitting Bull and Beethoven, among others, the eccentric and utterly inimitable mind of Paula Poundstone dissects, observes, and comments on the successes and failures of her own life with spot-on comedic timing. If you like Paula Poundstone's ironic and blindingly intelligent humor, you'll love this book.
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Book Reviews from Amazon.com
I hope Paula records this book on CD, February 25, 2007 Reviewer: The Bookie Don't put the book down when you hit the lull in the middle chapters. It get's better and you'll be glad that you read it all the way though. I hope that Paula reads her own book when this does to CD because the book really needs her 'voice' and 'intonation' and 'comic pauses' to be as gripping and funny as it can be.
This is a Fantastic Read!!!, February 19, 2007 Reviewer: C. Welcomb "rabid reader" (Rockford, MI United States) To be a fan of Paula Poundstone's for so very long, I'm thrilled that she's finally written a book. The fact that she's taken a historical look at life...then added her own personal life stories to them, will make all the readers laugh out loud. What each person will get is a very hysterical view of everything!! I'm so happy to have read this book. I recommend it to everyone!!
A funny, absorbing comedy, February 3, 2007
Reviewer: Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Paula Poundstone's THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS BOOK THAT I MEANT TO SAY comes from a renowned humorist and provides a blend of memoir and comedy as it discusses biographies of legendary historical figures woven with her own tale. A funny, absorbing comedy is created.
My Name is really Bonnie, January 23, 2007
Reviewer: A. Farrahi "Constant Reader" (San Diego Ca) - See all my reviews
An awesomely funny book. I laughed until my stomach hurt! Paula talks to me and about me. We might be twins separated at birth. Reading this book will help you see life for what it is...a very funny joke that requires laughter to survive. Thanks Paula, for helping me to survive.
Fascinating, hilarious, and touching, January 19, 2007
Reviewer: Marion G. Seltzer "sleepykittybookshop" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
After years of hearing others speculate about Paula's life, I jumped at the chance to read Paula's own version. She's an interesting, complicated, compassionate, modest person. Comedians don't think the way the rest of us do, so each page was an interesting journey. Although the book is organized by chapter, the narrative goes off on all kinds of side roads, as Paula's comedy routines so often do. That's when they're best!
At least a dozen times, I had to stop reading because I was laughing too hard to hold the book. While I was first waiting for my copy to arrive, I went to Paula's website and asked for a signed bookplate, which I got speedily. I'm honored to have Paula's signature in my copy of this fine book.
Paula fans, Buy This Book!, January 19, 2007
Reviewer: P. French "Grammy of Kayven" (Stillwater, MN) - See all my reviews
I've always loved Paula's humor. Flipping around the tv channels and coming across Paula meant we stopped until the show was over. I was browsing and trying to decide between 3 books and when I came across Paula's book, I immediately put all the others back and went directly to the check-out counter. I read it in one sitting and will probably pick it up again soon to re-read everything all over again. She is so witty and real and candid. Everyone makes mistakes and Paula is not afraid to inject some self-deprecating stories in her re-entry into the mainstream. I give her all my respect and complete praise for this book. I even sent for a bookplate from her website and received a personalized autographed note which is displayed in my living room book case. Run, don't walk, to BUY THIS BOOK!
More Paula! Please hurry and write some more. I'll wait right here., March 6, 2007 Reviewer: Loob (Australia) I have the book read aloud on cd by Paula. I LOVED it! I have listened to the whole thing several times now, and I just want her to hurry up and release another. And while she's at it, I would like to request a new stand-up special. :) Paula is hilarious and brave and moving. And unexpectedly educational, in that she talks about fascinating historical figures and events as well. Thanks Paula! Love ya!
Paula produced the award-winning children..s audio book project titled Completely Yours, and gave voice to a character alongside Mary Tyler Moore, Bea Arthur, Kathy Najimy, Ed Asner, and Lily Tomlin. Released in 1997, the project featured a story about adoption entitled, A Mother for Choco and is available through the Children..s Book of the Month Club and selects bookstores.
While she has amassed an impressive list of accolades on stage and in print, Ms. Poundstone is a single parent with children ages l4, 11, and 8, nine cats, a big cat-eating dog, a bearded dragon lizard, an elderly bunny, and one doggedly determined ant left from her ant farm. So the majority of her life is spent in Santa Monica, California wielding a damp cloth, lint lifting, denying junky snacks, watching steadily improving cartwheels, trying desperately to remember the parts of speech, correcting long division, listening to Nancy Drew read aloud, over cooking noodles, and explaining that life isn..t always fair, but that right now its Thomas E..s turn to use the pogo stick. She says things couldn..t be better.
