Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 1994; vuoden 1994 painos)

I bought this way back when Home Improvement was still a prime-time offering and remember not being particularly impressed at the time. Re-reading it now, that estimation becomes "completely unimpressed". I know that Allen specialises in blokey humour, focussing upon Neanderthal-esque men in particular, but this feels just like an unfunny collection of generalisations. Trust me - if all men were like Allen says they are, there would be a lot more lesbians in the world ;) Unfortunately, it gets worse when Allen decides to share his ideas about what all women are like. Needless to say, I don't fall into his narrow little ideal.

The small chapter about his daughter is sweet but, overall, I am far too much of a feminist for this book.

Not too good ( )

I found this book really funny, laugh out loud and have people on the bus giving you funny looks funny. ( )

Written at the height on Tim Allen's fame in 1995 this book is definitely a product of its time. I can imagine the vast majority of purchases were fathers day & christmas gifts for dads whom children & wives knew not what to buy.

There's a few laughs but by and large it's rather boring anecdotes, indifferent memories and dated observations. You do learn he was in jail though and there is a few interesting jail stories from such. ( )

I like Tim Allen, and this book was amusing. Its basically like Tim Allen on Home Improvement. The book is filled with macho man type reasoning and the differences between the way men and women think.

One thing I can't figure out is if this is his true self, or was he writing this in character. Guys will probably like this book, women won't get so much out of it. A must for the Tim Allen fan. ( )