Zusatztext I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up is the best book since The Hunger Games . First he was a King of Comedy; now he's the king of comedy authors. You should buy this book or get out the country because D. L. stands for 'don't lie!' and he doesn't in his amazing new book. - -Chris Rock! CEO & President of NOTHING! I always knew it wouldn't take a politician! a preacher! or even a scholar to solve the problems of this country. I knew it would take someone who used comedy! common sense! and a lot of cussing. D.L. has risen from a King of Comedy to a higher calling: D.L. for President 2016? Both he and this hilarious book on how to get past the B.S. get my vote! Tom Joyner [Hughley] has starred in shows on ABC (The Hughleys)! CNN (D.L. Hughley Breaks the News) and HBO (Unapologetic) in addition to radio (The D.L. Hughley Morning Show)! and now he finds a solid footing on yet another plateau as he makes an easy transition to the printed page.In the closing chapter! he concludes! Comedy might not be able to change mindsbut it can certainly expose truths and knock down fallacies. Ditto for this book! which provides that much-needed wakeup call. Publishers Weekly Hughley's a hard-line pragmatist whose brash opinions almost always transcend polarized black/white and liberal/conservative comfort zones. [ I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up ] is a solid combination of a street-tough attitude and a keen grasp of social and political hot-button issues. -- Kirkus Informationen zum Autor D.L. Hughley with Michael Malice Klappentext D.L. Hughley calls it like he sees it, discussing everything from dating to former president Barack Obama with sharp, thoughtful commentary "The best book since The Hunger Games. First he was a King of Comedy; now he's the king of comedy authors."-Chris Rock The American dream is in dire need of a wake-up call. A f*cked up society is like an addict: if you are in denial, then things are going to keep getting worse until you hit bottom. According to D. L. Hughley, that's the direction in which America is headed. In I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up, D.L. explains how we've become a nation of fat sissies playing Chicken Little, but in reverse: The sky is falling, but we're supposed to act like everything's fine. D.L. just points out the sobering facts: there is no standard of living by which we are the best. In terms of life expectancy, we're 36th-tied with Cuba; in terms of literacy, we're 20th-behind Kazakhstan. Things are bad now and they're only going to get worse. Unless, of course, you sit down, shut the f*ck up, and listen to what D. L. Hughley has to say. I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up is a slap to the political senses, a much needed ass-kicking of the American sense of entitlement. In these pages, D. L. Hughley calls it like he sees it, offering his hilarious yet insightful thoughts on: • Our supposedly post-racial society • The similarities between America the superpower and the drunk idiot at the bar • Why apologizing is not the answer to controversy, especially when you meant what you said • Why civil rights leaders are largely to blame for black people not being represented on television • And more!chapter 1 Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is. Richard Nixon If only Uncle Sam could see us now. He'd roll up his sleeves, ball his hands into fists, and knock some sense into this nation of ours. But he's not around, so someone else has to take the mantle. Some other proud American has to tell this country what it needs to hear. Everyone else is telling it what it wants to hearand that's not the path to progress. When I was growing up, there used to be simple rules that we've now forgotten. The rules served us well, and they were...

“I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up is the best book since The Hunger Games. First he was a King of Comedy; now he's the king of comedy authors. You should buy this book or get out the country because D. L. stands for ‘don't lie,’ and he doesn't in his amazing new book.” --Chris Rock, CEO & President of NOTHING! 

“I always knew it wouldn’t take a politician, a preacher, or even a scholar to solve the problems of this country. I knew it would take someone who used comedy, common sense, and a lot of cussing. D.L. has risen from a King of Comedy to a higher calling: D.L. for President 2016?   Both he and this hilarious book on how to get past the B.S. get my vote!” —Tom Joyner

“[Hughley] has starred in shows on ABC (The Hughleys), CNN (D.L. Hughley Breaks the News) and HBO (Unapologetic) in addition to radio (The D.L. Hughley Morning Show), and now he finds a solid footing on yet another plateau as he makes an easy transition to the printed page….In the closing chapter, he concludes, “Comedy might not be able to change minds—but it can certainly expose truths and knock down fallacies.” Ditto for this book, which provides that much-needed wakeup call.” –Publishers Weekly

“Hughley’s a hard-line pragmatist whose brash opinions almost always transcend polarized black/white and liberal/conservative comfort zones. [I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up] is a solid combination of a street-tough attitude and a keen grasp of social and political hot-button issues.” --Kirkus

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D.L. Hughley is one of the most popular and highly recognized standup comedians on the road today. D.L. is the host of the talk show The D.L. Hughley Show. *Previously, he served as a weekly contributor to *The Tom Joyner Morning Show and hosted his own late night talk show on CNN, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News. Recently, D.L. starred in his own one-hour special (his fourth for HBO) entitled Unapologetic. As the star and producer of his namesake television show that ran on ABC and UPN, The Hughleys, D.L. is also well known as one of the standout comedians on the hit comedy docu-film The Original Kings of Comedy. He is a regular on the late-night talk show circuit, including appearances on Real Time with Bill Maher, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan. He has even guest-hosted on such shows as The View and Live with Regis & Kelly. *He is also the author of four books: *I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up; Black Man, White House; How Not to Get Shot; *and *Surrender, White People!

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D.L. Hughley calls it like he sees it, discussing everything from dating to former president Barack Obama with sharp, thoughtful commentary

"The best book since The Hunger Games. First he was a King of Comedy; now he's the king of comedy authors."-Chris Rock

The American dream is in dire need of a wake-up call. A f*cked up society is like an addict: if you are in denial, then things are going to keep getting worse until you hit bottom. According to D. L. Hughley, that's the direction in which America is headed.

In I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up, D.L. explains how we've become a nation of fat sissies playing Chicken Little, but in reverse: The sky is falling, but we're supposed to act like everything's fine. D.L. just points out the sobering facts: there is no standard of living by which we are the best. In terms of life expectancy, we're 36th-tied with Cuba; in terms of literacy, we're 20th-behind Kazakhstan.

Things are bad now and they're only going to get worse. Unless, of course, you sit down, shut the f*ck up, and listen to what D. L. Hughley has to say. I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up is a slap to the political senses, a much needed ass-kicking of the American sense of entitlement. In these pages, D. L. Hughley calls it like he sees it, offering his hilarious yet insightful thoughts on:

• Our supposedly pos…