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"At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls, stumbling helplessly over something ridiculous… like a leaf, and then some Matthew McConaughey type either whips around the corner just in the nick of time to save her, or is clumsily pulled down along with her. That event predictably leads to the magical moment of their first kiss. Please. I fall ALL the time. You know who comes and gets me? The bouncer." I. If you have never experienced the comical genius of comedian, Chelsea Handler, then you have been unknowingly depriving yourself of some of the most hilarious, “deliciously skewed” comedy of this day and age. Do not deprive yourself any longer. As a devout fan of her talk show, and the owner of both of her best selling books I am here to introduce you to a whole new world of sarcastic and absurd comedy that you have never before experienced. For sense of humor’s sake, I propose that you, as an advocate of humor, take the opportunity to tune into Chelsea’s talk show, Chelsea Lately or grab one of her books and dive into one of the most hysterical thrills to ever be published. The first reason that you should become a Chelsea Handler fan is because of the apparent humorous aspect of her work. Chelsea Lately, her talk show, starts off with some kind of sarcastic monologue. Whether it be about celebrity gossip, a news article, or something random that she came across and found amusing, she will ridicule, poke fun at, or satirize to the point of no return. You know that friend in the group who isn’t afraid to say what everyone else is thinking? Chelsea is that friend… except when she calls someone out, it’s in front of thousands of people and you probably wont find any sugar coating on top! Her brutal honesty, one-liners, and the witty banter exchanged between her and her roundtable guests fill rooms, especially dorm rooms, around the nation every weekday night. Not only is her talk show entertaining, her New York Time’s bestselling books, Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea, and My Horizontal Life: A Collection Of One Night Stands, is a collection of essays describing some of her true-life experiences. According to Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author of In Her Shoes, “Chelsea Handler writes like Judy Blume, if Judy Bloom were into vodka, Ecstacy, and sleeping with midgits and nine-teen year olds.” You would think that this kind of stuff only existed in the twisted human imagination. However, Chelsea’s stories are recollections of her real life experiences
Just by reading the preface of one her her novels you get a feel for how funny her collection of personal essay are. “When Chelsea handler needs to get a few things off of her chest, she appeals to a higher power-vokda. You would too if you found out that your boyfriend was having an affair with a peekapoo or if you had to pretend to be honeymooning with your father in order to upgrade to first class… Whether she’s convincing her third grade class that she has been tapped to play Goldie Hawn’s daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin, deciding to be more egalitarian by dating a redhead, or looking out for a foulmouthed, rum-swilling little person who looks just like her-only smaller, Chelsea has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations.” Now, on a more earnest note, Chelsea may be full of humorous candor and irresistible wit, but she doesn’t joke around when it comes to the causes that she supports.
When Chelsea feels strongly about a something, she’s not afraid to express her opinions through her show and books. Chelsea has herded a large amount of support for causes such as gay rights through her campaigning for Proposition 8, acceptance for “little-people” or the hated “m” word, midgets, as well as having a huge voice during the time of Presidential Campaigns, and on a lighter note, a strong advocate for Greygoose. She strongly believes that people should be able to make their own choices and should be accepted for who they are.
She was raised in a half Jewish, half Mormon family which has taught her to be accepting towards all different kinds of lifestyles. While she might “occasionally” still use your sexual orientation, religion, or behavior as the butt of one of her jokes, you come to learn by watching her show and reading her books that it’s all out of good nature and that if you want to get your cause publicized, you want Chelsea on your side. According to Laura Zigman, author of Animal Husbandry, Dating Big Bird, and Her, “In a word: hilarious. In two: absolutely hilarious. These are some of the funniest stories I have ever read and they’re also some of the most unexpectedly heartfelt.” So, to recap so far, we’ve a hilarious, sarcastic, in-your-face, brutally honest, and opinionated blonde who loves Greygoose. Chelsea is hardly someone you might consider a “role-model” at first glance, but if you look deeper into her monologues and the text of her novels, you’ll see, just as clearly as I do, the positive, life lessons that she has to teach us. Chelsea’s books and talk show may take a little reading into if you’re looking for the deep life changing messages, they actually aren’t hard to find. Although it might seem like Chelsea’s books were written for sheer entertainment, I am a strong believer that Chelsea wrote her novels so that we wouldn’t have to go through the “hardships” and “trials” that she had to face. Each Chapter of her book ends with some sort of lesson that she has learned through the event described in the chapter. From the closing of the first Chapter, Blacklisted, from her novel, Are You There Vodka? It’s me Chelsea, ends, “The lesson I learned that year was a valuable one. If you’re going to make up an enormous untruth, make sure you tell it to people you are not spending the rest of the school year with. I can only imagine what Clay Aiken has to deal with on a daily basis.”
Of all of the important lessons that she has to teach us about, such as drunk driving, family problems, social events, or sexual encounters, I believe that the most important thing that she has to teach us about life is, “It’s better to simply appear a fool, then to open your mouth and prove it.”
In conclusion, If you have never experienced the comical genius of comedian, Chelsea Handler, then you have been unknowingly depriving yourself of some of the most hilarious, “deliciously skewed” comedy of this day and age. Do not deprive yourself any longer.
By simply taking the opportunity to tune into Chelsea’s talk show, Chelsea Lately on E! every weeknight at 10 or by grabbing one of her books, Are You There Vodka? Its Me Chelsea, or My Horizontal Life, you too can experience the new world of sarcastic and absurd comedy that you have never before experienced that I have just described.
Liz Smith with the New York Post says, "Where have I been all of Chelsea Handler's life? I had no idea how funny, how brilliant she is. She is too clever for words." Liz got it half right… funny and brilliant, no doubt. However Liz might have slightly missed the bulls eye with that last, “too clever for words” business. “She is hilarious, hysterical, amusing, sarcastic, skewed and as Chelsea would say, “a hot mess” of a woman.”