I Think There's Another Terrorist in My Soup Book

This new release completes Brenner's recording of I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, his brilliant, healing post-9/11 comedy collection. Featuring audience-tested highlights from his stand-up shows, Another Terrorist confirms Brenner's conviction that "laughter is the best medicine, and if one can laugh, one can live." He riffs on a wide range of issues from the personal to the political. It's hilarity with a healthy dose of humanity and hope-precisely what our nation needed then and needs today.

Library Journal

Based on Brenner's stand-up comedy, this compilation promotes a "laughter is the best medicine" take on life and relationships. Although he strives to poke fun at common experiences such as parenthood, marriage, sports, weather, and pets, some of his observations are too "Brenner-centric" to strike a chord of universal recognition. Its timely predecessor, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, resonated because it was cast as a comic antidote to September 11. With little focus on shared national experiences, this sequel's title seems to be a parasitic grab at the first book's success. Although it inspires more smiles than laughs, the offering is sweetened by Brenner's delivery; he projects himself into the reading with wit, personality, and spark. An optional purchase for adult recreational collections.-Judith Robinson, Univ. at Buffalo, NY Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.