Congratulations! Now What? A Book for Graduates
by Bill Cosby
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Just as a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, so a spoonful of humor helps the wisdom go down. In Congratulations! Now What?, America's funnyman Bill Cosby gently ribs college graduates about their time spent--or lost--in the hallowed halls of the university and postulates what four years of higher education have suited them for: "[If no job offer] ever turns up with a four-day week, a three-hour lunch, and a holiday for Count Basie's birthday, you still might be able to make a few show more dollars on Jeopardy." But he also assures graduates that their studies were not in vain and bestows advice to job seekers. Those who acquired several piercings while in school are cautioned to make sure the studs and hoops are shined before going to an interview. Those who are buffing their first professional résumé are advised to strike a tone somewhere between "lyrical lying and fanciful fraud." Cosby, whose successful career as a humorist has always turned on his affection for kids, is a regular speaker at college commencements--in the chapter "As I Look Out at Your Foggy Faces," he says it's a hobby of his--and this 130-page book collects bons mots and sage advice from speeches given because he has "a feeling for anesthesiology."Graduates--and their now-broke parents--will find a reason to smile on every page. --Brenda Pittsley show lessTags
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Not one of his better books, in my opinion. He seems to be getting angrier at the world. Can't say I blame him, after his son's death.
Cosby addresses college graduates and their parents about future employment prospects.
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Bill Cosby is one of America's most beloved comedic performers. He entered show business as a stand-up comedian in 1963 and has appeared in such historic television hits as I Spy, The Cosby Show, Cosby, and Kids Say the Darndest Things. He is also the author of numerous books
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- Nonfiction, Business, General Nonfiction
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- 650.14 — Applied science & technology Management & public relations Business Skills & Management Personal success in business Success in obtaining jobs and promotions
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- PN6231 .J59 .C67 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Wit and humor
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