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The United States of Absurdity
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Publisher's Summary
The creators of the podcast The Dollop present profiles of the weird, outrageous, NSFW, and downright absurd tales from American history that you weren't taught in school.
The United States of Absurdity presents short, informative, and hilarious stories of the most outlandish (but true) people, events, and more from United States history. Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds cover the weird stories you didn't learn in history class, such as 10-Cent Beer Night, the Jackson Cheese, and the Kentucky Meat Shower.
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- Zoe
- 28-05-2019
Just marry me already Gareth
Love the book. Love the audio book. But most of all, Love Gareth Reynolds. Wil Anderson sent me
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- A_M
- 07-02-2019
like an episode of the Dollop just longer
like an episode of the Dollop just longer like an episode of the Dollop just longer
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- drew
- 22-08-2018
excellent introduction!
I've listened to the podcast and then hearing this and getting boiled down refresher course made me remember all the crazy shit that has happened. I'm now doing back to the podcast to re-listen to slot if these stories.
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- Blair
- 11-04-2018
A very short book
Very short book. Not sure that it was worth the credit to purchase it. But was quite humorous, if not interesting
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- Amanda Ruth Wolfson
- 20-12-2019
Dude history
As a woman, this book clearly wasn't for me. It's about 98% about men, and it has a very strong male perspective. It's also oddly reverent of some really awful historic figures, and it's really not funny. It's more like uncomfortable. I had really expected to love this book, but I barely tolerated it.
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- Keith
- 21-05-2017
Fun With Useless Facts
If you are a student of useless facts, this book is for you. I enjoy listening to the Dollop podcast, so thought I would check this out. The audiobook was well performed and the stories were the same brand of whacky you would expect from the Dollop, but missing the witty banter and back and forth of the show. The humor is still there but it is not the same. I would recommend this to others. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is how short it was. It clicks in at about the same length of two podcast episodes!
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- Amy D.
- 13-05-2017
Spectacular!
So happy I bought the hardback book AND the Audible version! I got to have Dave and Gareth (not Gary) narrate it to me. The only bad thing about this is that I'm finished with it. Time to re-listen/reread!
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- Nickie
- 17-05-2017
Awesome
Dave and Gareth find the lost gems of American history in their amazing, hilarious podcast. This book is a concentrated dollop of the Dollop. Buy it for friends, give it to strangers, spread the knowledge
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- asle
- 10-05-2017
Great collection of absurd stories from American history
If you know the podcast, The Dollop, you probably have heard these stories before, but this format gives you a new angle and a more condensed version of the stories. So I would recommend IT to listeners of the podcast. IT also is a great introdution so if you like the book you really should check out the podcast there are 260 eps waiting for you.
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- crazy reader
- 07-06-2020
Fun facts that your teacher didn't know!
Really enjoyed this audio. Fun facts that you really did not know. History is really entertaining. And embarrassing at the same time.
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- corey
- 28-05-2020
Pass
Don’t waste your time. Stories aren’t good and the writers/narrator seems to not like their country.
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- mama pajama
- 13-12-2019
5 star amazing quick listen
This is a hilarious, informative, creative, and irreverent book and is a great read for teenagers.
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- Steve Munnelly
- 29-03-2018
Left me wanting more!
Definitely wish there was more of it! Love the Dollop and this book! Guess I have to just wait for more Dollops to come out.
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- D W
- 13-05-2017
This makes history worth learning.
It's stories like these that make history fun to learn. This book, like the podcast, is both hilarious and ridiculous. It is a shame all these things actually happened. What the actual fuck.
1 person found this helpful
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