Yes Please
Written by Amy Poehler
Narrated by Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Mike Schur and Kathleen Turner
4/5
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About this audiobook
GRAMMY NOMINEE
Audie Award, Humor, 2015
Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy's parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza.
Also included? A one-night-only live performance at Poehler's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Hear Amy read a chapter live in front of a young and attractive Los Angeles audience.
While listening to Yes Please, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll become convinced that your phone is trying to kill you. Don't miss this collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers. Offering Amy's thoughts on everything from her "too safe" childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and "the biz", the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a "face for wigs" - Yes Please is chock-full of words, and wisdom, to live by.
Editor's Note
Incredibly fun...
Smart, witty, and confident, yet full of compassion & warmth, Amy Poehler narrates her memoir with precision comedic timing and cadence. Her story is inspiring, self-deprecating, sarcastic, and—most of all—incredibly fun.
Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler is a writer, actress, producer, and director who is known for her years on Saturday Night Live, her starring role as Leslie Knope on the beloved series Parks and Recreation, as the voice of Joy in Pixar's Inside Out, and for being third runner-up for Most Casual in her high-school yearbook. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her two boys. She hopes this book will get her invited for lunch on a fancy yacht with her hero Judge Judy. She is dressed and ready.
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Reviews for Yes Please
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Listening to this audiobook felt like sitting at a cafe and catching up with an old friend. Yes Please had me bursting out loud from beginning to end, so thank you Amy Poehler for making me laugh.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have loved Leslie Knope for a long time. After listening to this book, I love Amy Poehler too. She is real and kind and poignant and funny. I highly recommend.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it. Amy Poehler is a delightful storyteller and narrator. The essays are mostly light and funny, and a pleasure to listen to. Plus, she has some excellent guest stars chiming in throughout...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amy Poehler is a boss. That is all.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5like
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For a memoir/autobiography it doesn't come off very personal and just kinda scattered. Still entertaining and funny, just could of been better.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I always knew that Amy Poehler was funny, but I didn't know she was also smart, hard-working, a mother, and a former stoner. I loved this book do much that I listened to it twice in a two week period.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I really wanted to like it. I started listening to the audiobook, which has lots of ad-lib to it which I found painful to listen to. I got to the fourth chapter then DNF'd it. maybe I'll come back to it in book form in the future, but I don't think the style is for me.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A charming and hilarious memoir about making a living through comedy. It's also about being a woman, being a mother, being an actor and being a good person. There is advice and encouragement, but mostly it is just an intimate sharing of a life. Interesting, unique, and always funny.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Totally delightful, couldn't put it down towards the end.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I would give Yes Please a 3.5. Amy Poehler is obviously funny with everything she does. The book was funny and sweet and touching but it wouldn't have been as enjoyable if it were anyone else writing it. It works because it is Amy. That is both good and bad.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Simply fantastic. She just gets what it's like to be a mom, a woman, have a career, and still be amazing. You will laugh (a lot) and be truly touched by her insights about life.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Amy is amazing and insightful. I love her tangents
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely delightful and funny. I fell in love with Amy after listening to this.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5To be fair I only got a few chapters in before I lost interest.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nailed it!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A light and breezy memoir by the comedian, actress and writer with lots of name dropping?this is not intended as a negative criticism; she consistently drops the names of her colleagues as she gives them credit for their good work. Since, as her title implies, relying on and cooperating with her fellow comedians in improvised comedic performances is a necessity for success, she puts it all down in print.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes Please by Amy Poehler
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I like Amy Poehler and I enjoy her characters, especially Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation. But I wasn’t sure what to expect out of this first book by her, I had heard very mixed reviews. So I picked up the audio version from the library - no loss if I didn’t like it. But I loved it! I think many people who didn’t like it thought it would be all comedy, but it really wasn’t and I actually really enjoyed that about her. I think Amy Poehler was very honest and while there were funny parts she was very heart-felt in many parts. She gives up some great moments in her life and she talks about those that have made a difference (even if not all for the best but she is never rude or mean). I don’t know if I would have liked it quite as well if I hadn’t listened to the audio. Amy was great to listen to and she brought on some guests to read segments such as Patrick Stewart, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, and more. If you like Amy Poehler and you go into this knowing it’s not all just a big comedic essay and more a look into her life and thoughts, it’s definitely worth a read (or listen in my case). - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Funny, laughs, interesting. Like Tina Fey's memoir better.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Honestly, I love Amy so much and this book was great.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved it! Funny, real and uplifting. Amy has a unique narrative voice and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A must read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Love Amy Poehler but didn't really transfer that well to the written word. Worth a read if you are a big AP fan.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I fell in love with Amy Poehler while binging Parks and Rec, so I knew this would be an entertaining read. And I was right! Great for long car rides and good laughs.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great listening, the group of people she collected to help record the audio version is stellar and brings such fun into an already great, funny, and insightful look into Amy Poehler's life
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Funny, warm, engaging, and a joy to listen to. Highly recommend.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really interesting, Amy Poehler is very funny and so is this book. All funnyness aside she has some very strong opinions and they are represented in this book too.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was amazing
It was amazing amazing - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best audio book I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Narrated by the author. The best way to read this book is to listen to her own voice. Fun for Amy Poehler fans.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Funny, entertaining and with actual advice. Definitely better audiobook than book, extra tidbits and surprises