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Title: Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway: A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions by Dave Barry ISBN: 0-345-43248-7 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hysterical
Comment: As a loyal reader of Dave Barry's column in The Miami Herald, I am familiar with Dave's humor and how he examines things and makes these things seem like the funniest thing in the world. This was actually my first non fiction book by Dave, and in this book he continues with the same comedy that can be found in his columns.
"Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway" is a book about the American government and includes things on American history and comes all the way to today's politics. The first chapter is about the origins of government, and starts with the cavemen and continues to people like the Romans and Greeks. In this chapter Barry shows how government originated by introducing some very funny concepts. Chapter two is about the United States of America being born and includes things on colonial life. In this chapter you read the Constitution according to Dave, which is hilarious. Next, in chapter three, Dave Barry describes today's government and talks about the departments that make up the government. His views on the United States departments are very funny. Chapter four gives a tour of the U.S. Capital, Washington, D.C. This is one of the funniest parts of the book. The fifth chapter describes the presidential election process. Chapter six is a funny chapter that shows what a political campaign is like by showing how the candidates trash one another and how elections can be corrupt. Chapters seven and eight tell about the year 2000 election and then go into telling about South Florida. The parts about South Florida were especially funny since I read about how corrupt the area that I live in is.
As the title suggests, Dave Barry hits below the beltway with his humor. It is great to read about how he views the United States government and then giving ideas that may be rational to him on everything. Dave Barry's opinions on America's politicians and lawyers are funny as he informs you in a funny way about how corrupt they are. The last two chapters, which are mainly on South Florida, are hysterical as Barry tells what a corrupt area of the country this is. For people that have never been to South Florida what is stated here is exceptionally funny.
All of the jokes in the book, with the exception of the zucchini ones, will have you laughing. I will definitely will be reading more books by Dave Barry, who indeed is "the funniest man in America." For plenty of laughs in a fast read, this is the book to read.
Happy Reading!
Rating: 5
Summary: The real story of Zucchini's in the Federal Government
Comment: The U.S. Federal Government is a great experiment in democracy. It is also, at times, ridiculous, silly, and an inadvertent satire of itself. Dave Barry takes a look at the U.S. government and finds a wealth of information to have fun with.
Barry covers the evolution of government from "Early Human Governments" to the U.S. government's birth and on into today. Barry goes on to poke fun at Presidential races, income taxes and silly laws. If you think Barry is having too much fun at the expense of the Federal Govt he does take time out to ponder whether government in Florida is worse and if the state should be given back to Spain (as if Spain would take it.) Barry's satirical humor is not necessarily hard hitting but it is laugh-out loud funny.
Sadly the book needed a few more Zucchini references to round itself out.
Rating: 4
Summary: Better without the vegetables
Comment: Dave Barry's work always seems to mix very clever, witty, laugh-out-loud humor with attempts at absurdity (I'm thinking of the zucchini jokes) that just aren't clever or funny. The closer he sticks to reality, the funnier he is. There's lot of skewered reality in this book, zucchini notwithstanding, and it's well worth the read. Don't miss Dave's version of the U.S. Constitution.
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Title: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down by Dave Barry ISBN: 0345444094 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Boogers Are My Beat : More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism by Dave Barry ISBN: 1400047579 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need by Dave Barry ISBN: 0345431138 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys by Dave Barry ISBN: 0345440633 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tricky Business by Dave Barry ISBN: 0399149244 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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