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I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom) | 
 enlarge | Author: Tony Kornheiser
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 909190
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.4
ASIN: B000F9RKB8
Publication Date: May 7, 2002
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I think it’s really cool to be on a jury. Take the O.J. jury—the people on that jury got book deals, and they got on Nightline, and some of them even got to meet Greta Van Susteren! They were always being written about in the newspapers: “Juror No. 1, a thirty-six-year-old Caucasian male with a master’s degree who works for a high-tech corporation.” Throw in a line about how “he likes to hunt and fish,” and you’ve got The Dating Game.
I wonder what they’d write about me. “Juror No. 4, a fat, bald, old, whiny Caucasian man who dresses like a vagrant and has complained incessantly about the texture of the toilet paper in the jury lavatory.”
I try to diet, but unfortunately I’ve come to the point in life where nearly everything disgusts or disappoints me except food.
And so I eat all day long. If I had a family crest, at this point it would be a man with a chicken breast in one hand, a cheeseburger in the other, and a garland of sour-cream-and-onion potato chips around his head.
Tony Kornheiser is back. The celebrated Washington Post columnist and ESPN radio and TV personality relates his experience as an OnStar user, a proud new owner of the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ, and a “phone-a-friend” on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And in between, he dishes out political commentary on Monica and Bill and Al and George W.
Read all about his quest to fit into size 36 Dockers and his struggle to buy holiday gifts. And know that in the process you’re handing this Kornheiser guy the dough for these columns twice.
I got into the stock market late. I was deep in my forties and I still had all my money in the bank, earning 2 percent, like it was low-fat milk. My friends laughed at me. Even the people at the bank laughed at me—they had all their money in the market.
So I gave my money to a financial adviser, who promised me he would get me a greater return than the bank.
A baboon could do that, Tony.
Yes, but would a baboon give me steak knives?
—from I’m Back for More Cash
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 I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection February 14, 2007
This is a must read for anyone who will have teenagers, has teenagers or ever had teenagers. Laugh out loud book, proves TK can talk about something besides sports..
The names and events may be somewhat outdated,,,, December 11, 2005
but the humor certainly is not in Tony Kornheiser's, "I'm Back For More Money". The material in this book comes from collections of some of Kornheiser's best columns from the Washington Post. Kornheiser's ascerbic wit is at it's best in "I'm Back...". He rants on everything from the battles he has with his teenage children to national politics. A lot of sport topics are thown in but, most of the material comes from Kornheiser's "Style" column and not from "Pardon The Interruption"-type (PTI) topics.
I don't often find myself laughing out loud while reading a book, but I did many times as I progressed this fast-reading book. It's light and entertaining reading that would be great for the airport or the beach (or anywhere in-between). If you're a fan of Tony's writing or his work on ESPN's PTI, then do yourself a favor and grab a copy of this book!
Laugh out loud funny March 1, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been reading Mr. Tony's columns in the Washington Post sports section for years and always found them very amusing. However I did not read the Style section and had no idea he even wrote articles for anything other than the Sports section.
After listening to his radio show for a few weeks I really started to understand that TK was extremely talented and really brilliantly funny. I decided to get this book for my wife who had also become a huge Satchmo fan and it was a big hit. I was reading a real book (not a compilation of newspaper columns) and I had to leave the room because my wife was laughing so hard reading Mr. Tony.
At least two or three times each article there is a moment where you just laugh out loud. Not a grin or giggle, but a laugh that makes you lose your spot in the book. And then there are tender moments as well when Tony loses a family member or speaks of his childhood and camp. The combination makes this book (compilation) wonderful and a great read for any age.
 Tony Kornheiser at his funniest February 21, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I tend to agree with G. Gordon Liddy, who refers to the Washington Post as the Washington Bleep. I will make exception for Tony's articles.
I became familiar with Kornheiser on his now defunct radio program. He started out as a sports columnist, but he branched out into writing a "Style" column. This book is a collection of his "Style" columns. Those columns are comparible to (and better than, in my opinion) Dave Barry.
The editors have placed the columns into six categories, and even in these categories, they are placed in a thematic order. To me, this is the major weakness of this collection; I would find a pot-pouri approach more entertaining.
Another negative to this book, in my opinion, is a couple of sections of irreverant political humor. He has one section on the 2000 election, and another on Clinton's impeachment. I know from the radio program that Kornheiser is more liberal than I am, but he shows no favorites in his jabs. However, I do not like this form of humor regardless of the target or the writer.
So why did I give this book four stars? Because it is hilarious. The weaknesses are not reasons not to buy this book. If you are familiar with Pardon The Interuption on ESPN, you will see what Tony is like, and if you like Tony, you'll like this book.
One last comment -- there are touching moments in this book as well, such as when he talks about losing a couple of relatives. Kornheiser is not just a humorist, he is a person. When he left his radio program, a person commented that he never wondered what Tony is like in real life, because it shows. It also shows in this book.
Old, fat, orange, bald... January 18, 2004
and incredibly funny. Tony strikes again with a collection of Washington Post Style columns on a wide array of topics from Clinton to south Florida retirees to the weatherman. A classic American literary piece its not, but for light, entertaining reading it wins out. Be careful where you read it - I laughed out loud on more than one occasion. Enjoy.
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