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More Bedtime Stories for Cynics

By: Nick Offerman
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  • Summary

  • Make sure the kids aren’t around! Just because you’re a grown-up doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the art of the children’s bedtime story. Nick Offerman presents this collection of 15 short stories written in the style of a classic kid’s tale, but with a decidedly dark and adult approach. 

    What really happened after Snow White died, from the perspective of the one medically trained dwarf? A naive wizard professor reports back from the trenches of an underprivileged school of magic. A middle age man is haunted by the voices of his own aging body. 

    The stories will make you laugh, cry and probably squirm a little. All performed by actors like Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Ellen Page, Mike Birbiglia, and many more.    

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Episodes
  • Doc With Matt Walsh
    Apr 25 2019
    What really happened to Snow White, from the perspective of a medically trained dwarf.
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    11 mins
  • Everyone Poops, Except Becca Sinclair from 3rd Period With Nicole Byer
    Apr 25 2019
    A jealous classmate investigates why her perfect friend never poops.
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    10 mins
  • The True Queen With Anjelica Huston
    Apr 25 2019
    A prophesized queen must commit an act that will make sure she never lives happily ever after.
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    8 mins

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Not as good as the first

I guess I'm not the target audience for this; not a skirt or chuckle out smoke did it get. Oh well.

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Satire for the mature person.

These stories are funny but also slightly revolting and definitely for those of us who have experienced the disappointments of life. The reward for experience is to laugh at life. You get that here.

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Bedtime Tales

Bedtime at it's cynical best. Not for a good night's sleep :mode like nightmare fodder tongue in cheek terror

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these are fucking hilarious and uncomfortable

the sad truth about adulthood. no fairytale is as sweet and innocent as it sounds

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the struggle was real

struggled to get past the first story. Found the story uninteresting and narration boring.

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I think you MUST listen!!

I'm srill wiping the tears away for hours after listening to this episode...absolute gold! Thankyou for the funniest shit I've heard in ages

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Weird and Wonderful

Loved this series, Nick Offerman is incredible as expected although I would have loved to hear more from him. I particularly loved Alia Shawkat, Aparna Nancherla and Rachel Dratch's stories. Great little snippets to listen to on the morning commute which will make you chuckle.

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Glad I got it free!

Francine the Frog story was ok, but the second story was terrible.
Haven't listened to the rest.

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  • Ayse Balkos
  • 05-06-2019

audible please use less sound effects

all these back ground music, sound effects should enhance the imagination, I agree. they make me to skip to the next. audible please use less sound effects or make them less vigor
thank you

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  • Anonymous User
  • 15-05-2019

Not inventive or interesting.

I expected more in all honesty. Wasnt offended or anything but there also seemed to be no point or even an interesting or imaginative portrayal of the bedtime stories. That said the narration is pretty good and the intros are more amusing than the stories themselves.

It was average and i doubt I will even attempt finishing all the stories. A few giggles here and there but not more than that. There are plenty of better things to spend any time on. Perhaps if you have nothing left to do and Internet...

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  • Marika Blackham
  • 03-06-2019

Not cynical enough

Not sure if this was supposed to be funny or not. Was it supposed to be funny because it was so bad? Maybe I have a different sense of humour and comedy is subjective, but it wasnt even very silly

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  • Istvan
  • 30-05-2019

couldn't enjoy it at all. What's this is all about

Spectacular waste of time. Some morbid mamblings...
I've listened several parts of it hoping it will get better. but it left me disappointed.

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  • Terry
  • 02-06-2019

Not funny

Not funny at all I am afraid; loud and not comedic. Not worth buying sorry

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  • karyn fowle
  • 16-05-2019

Great

loved it ! really funny and a bit dark in some places (like the frog lady )

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  • Julie
  • 04-06-2019

Sorry not my type of thing at all.

Especially the one with the oesophagus cancer in. my brother died of that & he had a very good diet. This issue upset me to be honest. Won't be listening to the rest of them.

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  • Robin H.
  • 29-05-2019

Review of bedtime stories

A good and funny selection of stories They are well read by some very good narrators.

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  • Debbie McLean
  • 13-05-2019

Rubbish

load of rubbish, couldn't stand it, sorry. just wish I could get rid of it xx

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  • Robert Dyet
  • 08-05-2019

Different

It was different kind of read for me. Still entertaining and worthy of reading again.

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