My Point...And I Do Have One
by Ellen Degeneres
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Author: Ellen DegeneresEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 0553384228
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of My Point...And I Do Have One
Book Review: Laugh-out-loud Funny!
Summary: 5 Stars
I decided I'd sleep better if I stopped reading murder mysteries before going to bed, so I picked up this book and went to sleep laughing. I didn't sleep any better, but I was happier. She mostly writes about, well, nothing, but it doesn't matter. It's silly and fun. One chapter is on a serious topic, but you can't help laughing out loud. It's a chapter on her experience with a ruptured ovarian cyst (chapter title: the time ellen degeneres had an emergency, starts on page 119). Here's an excerpt.
"The first thing I had to do, besides proving that I had insurance, was tell them what my symptoms were. Unfortunately, they recognized me as a comic, so they thought I was trying to be funny, that I was trying out a new part of my act.
I said, "I have this sharp intense pain in my lower abdomen. I started feeling it about two hours ago . . . . "
And the admitting nurse would interrupt me, barely able to control her giggling, "Yeah, yeah . . . Then what happened? Wait! Mary, Stan, come over here, she's really funny. Start from the beginning."
"I was hurting so much I couldn't move," I continued.
"The admitting nurse started laughing hysterially. "Oh yes. That's great, it's hilarious. Ooooo, I've got an idea. Tell the rest of it like you're on the phone with God. That would make it really funny"
"So after I made it past the admitting nurse, they had me sit on these extremely uncomfortable plastic chairs (they were rejected by Greyhound bus stations for being too painful) in the waiting area again until they could find someone to help me. Everybody else there was watching TV. They finally wheeled me in to see a doctor because my crying and screaming in pain was ruining people's TV-viewing experience. "Keep it down, we're trying to watch Jerry Springer!"
Summary of My Point...And I Do Have One
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles?including how we behave in elevators, airplanes, and restrooms, and why we?re so scared of the boogeyman?to fashion trends, celebrity, and her secret recipe for Ellen?s Real Frenchy French Toast. Most of all, this witty, engaging book offers insights into the mind of one of America?s most beloved comics.?Dear Reader,
I was awfully excited when I was asked to write a book. I was however, nervous. I was afraid I didn?t have anything important to say. But when I began writing, I realized that although I don?t know a lot about any one thing, I know a little about a whole bunch of things: baking a pie; dancing; curing the common cold; running the Iditarod?it?s all in the book. And I realized I notice things that maybe some people don?t notice (or they don?t notice that they don?t notice). That?s all in the book, too.
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