I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts

by Larry Wilmore

Book Overview

From the host of Comedy Central's newest program, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, comes the first paperback reprint of his funny and provocative musings on race in America and other nightly topics--updated with new material for this edition. Now boasting three new chapters and an introduction exclusive the trade paperback edition, I'd Rather We Got Casinos And Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore gives Wilmore's on-screen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316262811
• ISBN13: 9780316262811
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts

Good book. If you love Larry Wilmore and the way he presents his point of view, you should definitely buy this book. I can almost hear him talk when I am reading some of his wilder point of views about why chocolate should replace African Americans or why every baby should have a "Nizame". And since he is never politically correct, I love his argument about why Jesus was a black man.

great book

i watch the daily show all the time. larry wilmore is very very funny and this book does not disappoint.

Laugh out Loud Book

This book is a real enjoyable read. If you like Larry Wilmore on the Daily show you will like this book. Most of it sounds like what he says on TV. Some of the material is laugh out loud funny. Other stuff doesn't seem to translate to well in the book but I am sure it comes off good on a TV skit. Also I think people will be surprised at his perspective. It isn't what most people will expect.

HI-LAR-IOUS!

OMG! (HA HA HA you have to read this book to know why this is funny)This is the funniest book I have read in a long time. I love the letters to the NAACP. I was in tears from the laughter when I was reading the chapter when they hypnotize the elder man to interview him on his alien encounter. I strongly recommend this to anyone that needs a little humor in their life. I am looking forward to seeing and hearing more of him. PS I'm all for the chocolate movement!

Groundbreaking, profound...and very, very funny

There are some books that do more than just occupy space on a shelf--there are a precious few--The Wealth of Nations, the Federalist Papers, Uncle Tom's Cabin, among others--that transform the times in which they appear. This is destined to be one of those books. "I'd Rather We Got Casinos" presents the thoughts of Larry Wilmore. These are not just thoughts. They are profound thoughts. And they are black thoughts--presented by the Senior Black Correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. This book is thought-provoking, joyously politically incorrect...and very, very funny. No summary can do justice to the contents of this volume, but you may get a flavor for what awaits you between the covers by learning that there are chapters on why black audiences talk back to horror movies, why it's OK to hate black people who work at McDonald's in airports, why fat black weathermen make Wilmore happy (and sad), and Wilmore's extended, ultimately futile correspondence with the NAACP, which attempted to persuade the organization to join his crusade to replace the descriptive phrases black and African-American with the far superior term, "chocolate." There's real humor here, but there are deeper meanings as well. As a white (or in Wilmore's parlance, vanilla) guy, I may not be able to fully appreciate the profound depth of these thoughts--but I do know that I laughed out loud--many, many times. And this book stimulated thoughts of my own. Maybe not as profound as Mr. Wilmore's, but they were thoughts, nevertheless.--William C. Hall