Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined

All in all a good book. Drew notes in his opening to the book that he has broken it down into three parts; dirty jokes; the Drew Carey Show and then his own short fiction. The short original fiction by Drew and the dirty jokes sections were my favorite parts. I have only caught parts of reruns of the show so didn't know much about it. The dirty jokes section are just that him being as crass as he wants to be and using the F word repeatedly. But that being said the title alone should prepare the reader for things of that nature. His short fiction near the end of the book plays out more like the first third where Drew gets to talk like a normal person. He explains in his opener that he didn't want to talk about the show and it becomes show more apparent when you actually read that section of the book. The section in regards to the Drew Carey show is alright if, but again I never watched the show. show less

There are three distinct parts to this book: Dirty Jokes, Beer, and Stories of the Unrefined.

Dirty Jokes is his section for ranting about stuff. Each chapter starts with a dirty joke (except for the 101 Big Dick Jokes which is just a list of big dick jokes) and the follows with something close to his typical stand up routine. This is Drew as stand up comedian section. It's the most crass of all the book and in some regards the funniest. The 101 Big Dick jokes are all fairly tame and can be broke into types of dick jokes: dick as celebrity, dick as 'eighth wonder of the world' and dick as conjoined twin.

Beer is Drew's more serious autobiography with information on how his sitcom ran (interesting details), his run ins with the tabloids show more (funny), his childhood and some thoughts on how he ended up the person he is. Having friends who've been through similar childhoods, his recollections seem very plausible and I'm sorry he went through what he did. I'm glad he's come out of it a stronger person.

Stories of the Unrefined was my least favorite section. The stories werer just too dull after his chattier sections. When writing fiction he tries too hard to sound refined. He should just relax and let the story flow in his natural voice. show less

I enjoyed this book. I felt it presented a side of Drew Carey that wasn't normally accessible to the public. It's interesting to see how some of his life experiences shaped who he was. I even liked his original short prose in the second half of the book. Overall it was a decent reading experience and I still like Drew...quirky and unusual as he is.

A very strange little book. Part autobiography, part dirty jokes, part fictional stories, all together odd, or should I say all together Drew. Nothing special here, if you like Drews stuff, you'll probably like this book. If you don't read it, you're not missing anything special. Just another knocked off the bookshelf.

I definately laughed out loud several times while reading this book. However, the last 1/3 was pretty terrible. His anecdotes were hilarious, but the end was comprised of "humorous stories" as in fiction and it was just hard to stomache.

Thanks for the laughs, Drew. My favorite joke as I remember it: A snail comes to the door of a man. He throws it. Three years later there's a knock on the man's door. It's the snail. "What's up with that?"

A funny book by one of our favorite funny men. Not the best book in the world, but definitely worth a few hours of reading here and there.