| View Larger Image | Yes, You're Pregnant, but What About Me? | Paperbackby Kevin Nealon (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | It Books | | Page Count: | 272 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 01, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 120,251th |
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Product Description
A massive international celebrity, at fifty-three Kevin Nealon thought he had it all. But like every other overindulged superstar, the perpetually insatiable Nealon wanted more: a little addition that drooled, burped, and pooped (no, not a Pomeranian). In Yes, You're Pregnant, but What About Me? Nealon courageously reveals the truth about confronting first-time dadhood at an age when most fathers are packing their kids off to college. In hilariously vivid detail, he carries the reader through all the emotional stages of pregnancy—discomfort, denial, hunger, exhaustion, self-consciousness, hungrier, confusion, crankiness, not-quite-as-hungry-but-still-craving-something, sweatiness, covered in cookie crumbs—while addressing the major worries that fathers everywhere have been dealing with for centuries: Can I duct-tape a crib together? How often can I reuse a disposable diaper? What if the baby looks like me and not my wife? |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 16 reviews)
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loved it by bibikikitrutru (New York, NY)  4 Stars
November 05, 2009
one of the few books that made me laugh out loud. thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Not since Robert Klein by Juluca Raven (Encino, CA USA)  5 Stars
October 19, 2009
I expect to see Kevin at our house, mop in hand!
Not since Robert Klein's CHILD OF THE 50's MAN OF THE 80's, with his line,
"The baby was always at the breast. Finally I said to him, 'Hey, Buddy, There are other people waiting!'" Not since that laugh have we laughed as hard as with Kevin's brilliant book. From the title till the last sentence, the best holiday gift ever. Kevin just gets funnier as life happens to him.
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Jim Herrin's review for www.thejaneellen.com by J. HERRIN (Tennessee)  1 Stars
May 08, 2009
Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon
Have you ever been watching a television "comedy" and suddenly
realized that you're not laughing at all? Either you don't get the
jokes that members of the studio audience find so hilarious, or --
more likely -- the alleged comedy is just not to your liking. That's
pretty much how I felt about this book. Kevin Nealon tries
desperately to wring a laugh or two out of what has the potential to
be a goldmine of funny stories, but he fails miserably. Part of the
problem, I think, is the meandering, stream of consciousness style he
uses when he writes. For some people, writing the same way they talk
is a good thing. For Nealon, it's not. You would think, for example,
that the book would start with a discussion of his wife's pregnancy.
It doesn't. We have to sit through chapter after chapter recounting
Nealon's fairly uneventful upbringing and the events that led him to
being a first-time father in his 50s. Despite his best efforts, or
what I assume are his best efforts, the stories just aren't funny. As
a reader, I could tell where Nealon intended the funny parts to be,
but I didn't so much as chuckle even one time. That's not a good
thing for a book that is supposed to be funny.
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This baby is delightful by sonia (Oak Park, IL) 5 Stars
September 30, 2008
This humorous memoir has potty humor that even women will enjoy. Seriously, I don't want to give anything away so I'll just say that Kevin Nealon shows us his vulnerable side as he recounts the time his girlfriend/future wife came to his aid in the bathroom. The result is hilarious and surprisingly touching. Nealon's entire memoir is goofy and zany. The content circles around getting older, facing the fears of fatherhood, and pregnancy sympathy pains--all told through a ludicrus and neurotic point of view. Sometimes I didn't know he was setting me up for a joke until I was laughing out loud, delighted to be caught off-guard. The pace and timing has the mark of a talented professional. You might recognize Nealon from his current showtime series, Weeds, and as a former cast member of Saturday Night Live (Pumping up with Hanz and Franz). Good-looking in an average, unostentatious way, Nealon gives off the impression of being just-a-regular-guy, an image that he perpetuates in this book, playing down the glamorous aspects of his life (despite his celebraty status and being married to a Hollywood actress) and playing up his dopiness. Just look on the book's cover, where a disheveled, pajama-clad Kevin wears the same expression you might find on a lost puppy dog.
Recommended for people who like DaVe Barry.
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Great Read by J. Hoelzel (FDL, WI USA) 5 Stars
September 21, 2008
This book was an excellent read. A friend of mine gave it to me in the 8th month of pregnancy. It's funny, informative and puts a lot of things in perspective. I highly recommend this book.
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