The Funny Thing Is . . .
Oct 2003 ¡ Simon and Schuster
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An indispensable reference for anyone who knows how to readâor wants to fool people into thinking they doâThe Funny Thing Is... is sure to make you laugh.
Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point...And I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a hilarious new book. That book is this book.
After years of painstaking, round-the-clock research, surviving on a mere twenty minutes of sleep a night, and collaborating with lexicographers, plumbers, and mathematicians, DeGeneres has crafted a work that is both easy to use and very funny. Along with her trademark ramblings, The Funny Thing Is... contains hundreds of succinct insights into her psyche and offers innovative features including:
-More than 50,000 simple, short words arranged in sentences that form paragraphs.
-Thousands of observations on everyday lifeâfrom terrible fashion trends to how to handle seating arrangements for a Sunday brunch with Paula Abdul, Diane Sawyer, and Eminem.
-All twenty-six letters of the alphabet.
Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point...And I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a hilarious new book. That book is this book.
After years of painstaking, round-the-clock research, surviving on a mere twenty minutes of sleep a night, and collaborating with lexicographers, plumbers, and mathematicians, DeGeneres has crafted a work that is both easy to use and very funny. Along with her trademark ramblings, The Funny Thing Is... contains hundreds of succinct insights into her psyche and offers innovative features including:
-More than 50,000 simple, short words arranged in sentences that form paragraphs.
-Thousands of observations on everyday lifeâfrom terrible fashion trends to how to handle seating arrangements for a Sunday brunch with Paula Abdul, Diane Sawyer, and Eminem.
-All twenty-six letters of the alphabet.
Ratings and reviews
4.3
149 reviews
Bonnie Gross
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May 8, 2014
Watching Ellen on TV I guess I expected a lot more humor. More details of her personal life and thoughts. But I did read the whole book, which I don't always do.
10 people found this review helpful
A Google user
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December 3, 2011
The sample download doesn't even give you anything to read other than the title pages and the acknowledgments....not going to spend money.
JOSHUA LOWELL
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November 13, 2014
Shouldn't Y count as two since it does function as both a consonant and a vowel. And 27 is a much nicer cubic number anyway. Round numbers are so last millennium.
About the author
Ellen DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedian, actress, producer, and currently the Emmy Awardâwinning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She has appeared in several films, including as the voice of "Dory" in Finding Nemo?, as well as the sitcom Ellen. In 1997, she came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show and her character on Ellen came out short after. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her wife, Portia de Rossi.Â
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