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Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Sarah Silverman: Narrator, comedian
- Rose Silverman: Sarah's paternal Jewish grandmother, Rose.
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- Kerry: One of Sarah's best friends from high school.
- Chris Farley
- Laura Silverman: Sarah's older sister. Also plays her sister on The Sarah Silverman Program
- Julie Blenkinsop
- Dan Sterling: A producer on Sarah's show, the Sarah Silverman Program.
- David Hirshey
- Rob Schrab: Co-Creator, and sometimes director, of the Sarah Silverman Program. Big fan of his own dick.
- Rob
- Dave Rath
- Susie Essman
- Garry Emmanuel Shandling
- Guy Aoki: An advocate for Asian Americans. Protests to Sarah's use of the word 'chink' in a joke during an appearance on Conan O'Brien. Later confronts her about it on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect.
- Hirshey
- Dr. Grimm: A psychiatrist that Sarah sees briefly for her depression.
- Janice: Sarah's stepmother.
- Adam Gillan
- Sandy
- Louis C.K.: Another comedian, a good friend of Sarah's during her time in New York.
- Heather Peters
- Abby Rothschild
- Kevin Brennan: A comedian
- Ian Maxtone Graham: One of the writers at SNL that Sarah meets during her stint there.
- Mr. James
- Britney Spears
- Yuliy Mosk
- Jeffrey Michael Silverman
- Sophie
- Brian Posehn
- Donald Silverman
- Sara Riley
- Matt Damon: According to her song, written for then boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah ****ed him.
- Barack Obama: America's first black president, thanks to Sarah.
- Michael Caine
- Ronald
- John Malkovich
- Dorothy
- Todd Barry
- Bill Maher
- Harris Wittels
- Jon Schroeder
- Gade
- Dan Harmon
- Beth Tapper
- Jodyne
- Anne-Marie
- Jim Downey
- David Letterman
- Frank
- Winona Ryder
- Jon Stewart
- Heidi Herzon
- Mike Myers
- Franz Cassius
- Mik Moore
- Louie C.K.
- Geoff Cheddy
- Max Silverman
- Beth Ann Silverman
- Eric Falconer
- Paris Hilton
- Gary Greenberg
- Dave Attell
- Johnny Carson
- Matt Italia
- Michael Caine
- Mark Cohen
- Adolf Hitler
- Miley Cyrus
- Jay Mohr
- Lorne Michaels
- Mozart
- Chris Romano
- Sophie Moskowitz
- Al Franken
- Phil Hartman
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Zamir
- Norman Lear
- Ari Wallach
- Ray Romano
- Conan O'Brien
- J.R.
- Tara Atta
Quotes edit
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“I’ve heard that when one writes in a diary, they are secretly hoping that it will someday be read and appreciated by others. But have you ever read anyone’s diary? I doubt it, because they are unreadable. If life is a meal, then diaries are the toilets in which we shit out its vile remnants. They are litanies of complaints, grandiosity, and self-pity.”
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Find people you really respect and trust, and then at each decision, heed the most passionate voice.
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If life is a meal, then diaries are the toilets in which we shit out its vile remnants.
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It seems to me that sometimes the worst parents make the best grandparents. I’m not sure why. Maybe because there is enough of a generational separation that they don’t see their grandchildren as an extension of themselves, so their relationship isn’t tainted by any self-loathing.
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Everything that I enjoy, I seem to be able to do with two hands, a fork, and an iPhone.*
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“Make It a Treat” is similar in spirit to “everything in moderation,” but still very distinct. “Moderation” suggests a regular, low-level intake of something. MIAT asks for more austerity; it encourages you to keep the special things in life special.
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Unvisited tombstones, unread diaries, and erased video-game high-score rankings are three of the most potent symbols of mankind’s pathetic and fruitless attempts at immortality. Not to be negative.
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“If you want to enjoy these things—things like weed—you have to make it a treat.”
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“I’d better feel this, now,” and it remains a kind of mantra for me.
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I have a mantra, and that is: “Make It a Treat.” Look, there’s not much useful to take away from this book—it’s largely stories of a woman who has spent her life peeing on herself. But there is one way I really believe I can help the world, and that is to encourage everyone, in all things, to “Make It a Treat.”
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But both places of worship seemed to be these bizarre forums where authority figures told fucked-up ghost stories between spurts of loving encouragement.
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Like most children, I learned to swear from my parents.
Table of Contents edit
Forward by Sarah Silverman
1. Cursed from the Start
2. The Bedwetter
3. My Nana Was Great but Now She's Dead
4. Hymen, Goodbyemen
5. Some of My More Moving Violations
6. Sarah Silverman: The College Year
7. Make It a Treat
8. Live from New York, You're Fired
9. Fear and Clothing
Midword
10. Explosive Diary
11. Me Play Joke
12. Calls from Schleppy
13. The Most Important Thing in Life: Being on TV
14. The Second-Most-Important Thing in Life: Love
15. Jew
Afterward by God
Thank-Yous
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sarah Silverman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780061856433
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Harper
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780061856433
Page Count: 240
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PN2287.S383 A3 2010
- Dewey: 792.70280924
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