I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened!!!

by Bill Cosby

Book Overview

The legendary Bill Cosby, America’s most well-known comic, wants food lovers and over indulgers everywhere to know that they are not alone. Yes, just like the rest of us -- he is frightened -- especially if we've paid any attention lately to the front-page headlines and daily reports on the nightly news:

Cholesterol Kills!"Cookies Clog Arteries!"Meatball Sandwiches Cause God Knows What"Repent and Exercise -- or Else!"

In this original collection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060545739
• ISBN13: 9780060545734
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Really Nice!

Whether you do or don't like the humor of Bill Cosby, you should read this book if you have any sense of humor at all then you will enjoy it if you do! It's everything funny about why good food can make us feel bad. This book is great for anyone who is having to go to the doctor... over and over... or multiple doctors because it reminds you to laugh to keep from crying! And helps you laugh so hard you cry - at least I did!

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby the doctor of comedy has written a book about a healthy life stile. If you dodge diets, you should read it. If you're creative you should read it. If you like imagining people making a fool of themselves in the act of not following their diets you should read it. In my opinion this is a funny book. He eats a cookie and gets caught because he said he was going to the bathroom. If you like funny books you'll like it.

Hysterical Commentary About Health & Diet

I Am What I Ate by Bill Cosby is hysterically funny. When his doctor tells him his cholesterol is high, and he needs to change his diet, Bill Cosby does what he does best and laughs about it ! I loved the story about his Aunt hiding the pork chops in her bedroom. And the chapter about eating everything in "moderation". What a hoot ! Anyone whose gone on any kind of a diet will love this book. And if you are a person getting up there in age, and dealing with cholesterol and blood pressure .... this book will make you feel alot better and make you laugh !

Humourous Reflections on Turning 65

Less and less of what is self-labeled as "humor" these days causes me to laugh. Bill Cosby's "I Am What I Ate . . . and I'm frightened!!!" is a happy exception. Many people claim that comedy is all about timing . . . which can be hard to do in a book. But with deft twists that I defy you to see coming, he takes you down a laugh-ridden labyrinth of all the foolish things people do about their health. What makes the humor especially powerful is that Mr. Cosby is frequently telling stories on himself. But at the same time you'll recognize yourself . . . and people he knows in these stories.The basic set-up is that Mr. Cosby is excited about turning 65 . . . because he can spend his social security check to secretly buy food that his wife doesn't want him to eat because it's unhealthy. She runs the check book on a tight leash (with frequent cross-examinations about spending), so this is a real boon. That happy thought is muddled, though, when Mr. Cosby goes to have a physical. He finds that he has the body of someone much younger than 65 . . . except for a sky-high cholesterol level and a partially blocked carotid artery (the one that takes blood to the brain). Suddenly, he has visions of all that unhealthy food he has eaten all over the years. Ugh!From there, Mr. Cosby takes you on a funny excursion into all of the other ways that our bodies run down hill (age, hair loss, joints that wear out and physical conditioning), the ways we rationalize "not" doing what we should (conveniently forgetting, changing our focus and simply making up crazy excuses) and the foolish ways that doctors try to overcome our self-destructive tendencies.Then, he looks around to see the bad habits that others have . . . and also rationalize (drinking, smoking and binge overeating), and finds similar room for humor.If you are like me, you can almost hear Mr. Cosby's voice as he delivers these wry witty commentaries on the human condition.What makes them so funny is that he's not exaggerating very much! People are really funny about their vices.All those who really love food will get the biggest kick out of seeing their obsession exposed. As one such person, he had me laughing aloud during many points in the book.The book also contains occasional illustrations by George Booth that add to the fun. My favorite is the one on the back cover of the dust jacket. To give you a flavor of the book, let me share a few quotes from the last chapter:". . . three choices everyone has: Don't go to the doctor at all. Just ignore everything until one day your eyeballs roll up under your eyebrows, your body slumps forward, and you wake up in traffic in the back of a large, strange vehicle.""Why is she anemic? Well, from the blood tests it seems that she's lost three-fourths of her blood. They took her blood to find out why she's losing blood."One of the great beauties of this book is that each story builds on the previous ones . . . so new information creates humorous echoes

Lauged and Laughed

This book is the best! So human and so funny/I felt like Cosby told me the story in person. A great gift for anyone...andin particular anyone needing to change theie diet!