Pumping Irony:: Working Out the Angst of a Lifetime

by Tony Kornheiser

Book Overview

For five years running, Tony Kornheiser has been voted Washington, D.C.'s favorite columnist, over such luminaries as Buchwald, Barry, and George Will. Kornheiser's collection of columns is the laugh... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812924746
• ISBN13: 9780812924749
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Outrageously funny

Tony Kornheiser is one of those insanely talented columnists who doesn't get half the press he deserves. With the warped worldview and hilarious self-deprecation of a Jewish Dave Barry, Kornheiser skewers the absurdities of everyday life -- and a few items that aren't so everyday. ("Nudes on Ice" being an example of the latter)Tony offers his commentary on presidential golf ("Republicans hit players, Democrats hit on them"); Chinese food and why it will kill you, and what this means for the Jewish community; men's behinds and the revelation that women look at them; bringing food into movie theaters; gyms and how awful it is to work out -- especially if you are already fat; the truth behind the NC-17 rating; Barbie dolls; the differences between the sexes ("I busted Jason's nose"); various names from around the world ("I am grateful to my parents for naming me Anthony Irwin Kornheiser because it gives me license to say anything I want about other people's names"); yuppie catalogs with designer birdfeed and "Soap on a Rope"; and many, many more.Tony has a wonderfully open mind -- he makes fun of pretty much everybody, regardless of race, gender, politics, class, and just about anything else. He frequently gets embarrassed and befuddled by the events in this book. And like his friend Dave Barry (who provides him with an incredibly funny cover quote) Tony says things in such a way that they make a great deal of absurd sense."Pumping Irony" is the antidote to boredom. Open this puppy up and laugh yourself silly from cover to cover.

Laughs on Every Page

This is truly a funny book. Tony has a unique way of looking at the world. Read it and laugh!

HAHAHA

I bring a copy of this book whenever I go on vacation, and reread it everytime. Tony is hilarious, self-deprecating, and a great observer of human nature. I just moved from DC and I miss his weekly column more than I can say. If you can find this book, get it. you can't have mine, though

Brilliant!!!

Tony Kornheiser has put together one of the funniest, most comprehensive looks at human existance and the stupid things that we've all heard about but couldn't believe. From sports, to politics, to idiocy, Kornheiser pokes fun at the establishment, human nature and, mostly, himself! I've read it three or four times and have had four or five friends read it - all with the same results .... HYSTERICAL!

This book is soooooo funny

This book is so funny iv'e read it twice since deemcember i difently recemond buying it