If I had to pick a favorite story I'd say "The Most Disturbing Conversation Ever." The Las Vegas road trip story and "Tucker Has a Moment of Reflection, Ends poorly" are not far behind. I will definitely follow what he does from here and will read anything else that he releases. I wish him the best of luck with everything and am thankful for what he has given us!
Alt-Focus - I think I will. I've always liked his 'conversational tone' for lack of a better descriptor, and I think as he moves on to other things, whatever he does will still be accessible and feel engaging - not engaging in the intellectual 'Oh this makes me think' sense, mind you, but just in a manner to keep you involved and to want to continue reading.
I'm glad he's reinventing himself, no one wants to be the old, single guy at the bar. I hope he loses part of his vernacular with it. Something about a 30-something saying "dude" every other sentence is....sad.
Wait, I thought Bunny had a dick? Ok, anyway. Interesting. I always thought the guy had a great way with words. I also agree that the whole conversational type of style was well suited to his stories. I'd certainly be interested in reading what he writes next, if for no other reason, I know it will be entertaining. I think he has a great sense of humor, and though at times stuff he has written has irritated me, that's probably a good sign. At least he gets you thinking about things. Never met him, if I did, I'd be interested in talking with him. Favorite story? The butt sex one was pretty fucking hilarious. The McDonalds one was funny as hell to ('c'mon, it's all McShit, hurry up and order') is the line I vaguely remember.
My absolute favorite and really the only one I can think of off the top of my head. The friend crashing through the closet door always cracked me up reading it. Also the Austin Drunk Story with him shitting up the lobby of the hotel and the crying maid.
I laughed hysterically at the Window Pickle Races. The idea of a cashier looking on, horrified, as a bunch of drunk men terrorize the place, is just awesome. "We can't get kicked out of McDonald's! This is the DMZ of drunk eating!"
Focus: I'm going to echo the Austin Road Trip story, I could probably read it once a month without getting tired of it and lose my shit every time I re-read the lobby scene. Alt. Focus: Knowing that he changed his lifestyle a few years ago I think it was the right move to stop now, I don't think he would have any good material. I'll also plan on following him, he has a good amount of insight on a wide variety of topics like Paleo eating and MMA and his way of writing is awesome. Also, if anyone needs a job, he's looking for someone.
I remember enjoying the messageboard antics as much or more than his stories. The Cloud Starchaser encounter remains amazing to me.
Yeah. I personally like the guy-I happen to think he's a massive tool, but he was good at what he did and he did it well. He provided a lot of laughs, created a community of like minded folk that persists to this day, and probably will for a long time. In a way, it's kind of sad that he couldn't fulfill the promises he eschewed before his film-change the industry, keep on going the way he always had etc...but it's good to see him grow as a person. Unless this is just another marketing ploy. In which case, I'll keep reading anyway, because he's interesting. As an addendum, I really enjoyed his movie.
It is well-written, but good God, who edited that thing? There are more typos in it than a ninth grade history paper. Focus:What happened on RMMB that you will never forget that was funny? The photo shop thread for the campus rape protesters was probably the hardest I ever laughed on that site - both in creating my own contributions and in reading others. Also, I always thought the deleting of posts, aimed at "preserving the brand" or whatever reason, was hilarious. I remember when his movie came out, there was a still photo of whatshisname in bed with a pillow behind him. You could see an "s" on the pillow in the photo. Some dumbass posted asking if that was the Michigan State "S" or something, all excited that that might appear in the movie. I posted that it looked like it was from a "his and hers" set, and felt sure it wasn't State. My post was deleted, I guess because I revealed something about the plot. Alt. Focus: What do you think about this move? Tucker was successful with his books before because he was able to understand how to hit his target demographic, and because he was willing to work hard. He'll succeed with his next move if he sticks with that. The movie was a failure, but I imagine he learned from the mistakes that lead to that. (In fact, I think that if you asked him about the movie failure, his answers to that would really show if he's grown beyond his narcissism.)
Pretty solid article. Bored at work I've sometimed wondered "What the hell is TMax up to?" due to us getting so much info about his life leading up to the shutdown of RMMB. I feel like I would have enjoyed the article more written from a more neutral position than the author's but I guess it made it a better story of understanding this guy. I picked up on the one line he had about his parents in IHTSBIH and fleshed it out from there. I loved IHTSBIH, have a signed copy and anytime I read it I laugh so hard I have to pause. The entire book is great. Met him in Chicago when he came to sign at the Borders downtown and the crowd was definitely 70/30 when it comes to female/male ratio. Dressed to kill also. I'm going to buy these two books without hesitation and will enjoy them since I'm easy to please. I'm now more curious as to what he's going to write about next than what is actually in these two books. Is he just going to hit comedy? Is he going to dig back to his law school experience? Has anyone done anything comedic about lawschool that wasn't Legally Blonde?
When I started reading Tucker's stories, I laughed a lot. The primary way he is funny is through shock value. That's great the first or fifth time you read a story. Unfortunately, his stories have become progressively less funny because, despite the crazy situations, the patterns emerge and become progressively less interesting. I never wonder "what's going to happen next?" I know what's happening next. He gets drunk, publicly causes a disturbance, then has sex. Woo. His writing is decent, but not so spectacular that I'd read it for anything but the story... and once the story is repetitive, it's not that entertaining any more. That said, good for him for becoming a better person. I did enjoy RMMB, but not really because of Tucker. Some of the dynamics in there were hilarious. KungFuMike never failed to crack me up with his vicious humor, and Bunny played very well off him - some of their conversations would have me laughing out loud at work. I think I mentioned this in another thread, but there was some girl looking for advice and Mike/Bunny went back and forth alternately trying to charm her and slandering the other. Jesus, I wish I had that copied somewhere.
Was that the girl who asked for advice as to whether or not she should continue her relationship with some married dude who was much older than her? That thread was great. Focus: I think I must subconsciously hate Tucker because I laughed the hardest whenever something terrible was happening to him. My favorite story was the one where he had to go to the hospital for a ruptured appendix; I've never laughed so hard in my life.
I can't say any of this is surprising, including the fact that he would put it all out there for us to see. He has being doing that for years. It was inevitable that he would move on to something else - even back when RMMB was winding down he alluded to the fact that his social life was very different than when he was younger. At some point, he was simply going to run out of crazy stories to tell. It's my opinion that Tucker writes well. He was an amazing source of hilarity for me for many years, and I appreciate it, and thanked him by buying is books and watching his movie. But honestly, I only find this interesting in a "Where are they now?" sort of way - similar to Parker. I don't have an interest in following him any further.
My favorite will always be the Miss Vermont Story. Although it may be the longest (Austin Road Trip is long), it's the story I always have someone new to Tucker read first. You get the alcohol and the sex, just like the rest of them, but I think you can also see how level-headed he is. I suppose it wasn't that difficult for him, when you compare him to that trainwreck he was with. Good news is that story will be in one of the books, complete with all of the supplemental pictures, legal documents, and Katy Johnson's comics which sadly went away when she took down her website.
Schadenfreude is one hell of a... noun. For me, I'll never get tired of scatalogical humour, so I'll never get tired of him shitting up a hotel lobby or being shit on while his friend filmed from a closet.
I assume he is retiring to start up Rudius Air? All seriousness, liked the guy and will always appreciate the rmmb. Will read both the new books. I would put any money on the fact the 4th book Sloppy Seconds will either be released as a free download or some form of 'pay what you want' pricing structure.
Same here. I respect and appreciate everything Tucker (and Nils) did, including giving me a chance to try my chops at writing. However, I've grown up and that kind of stuff just isn't that interesting to me any more. I still think he's a good writer (and Nils is an even better editor) and can spin one hell of a yarn, but it's just not as funny to me as it used to be. As I did, I suspect 20-something males will be getting a kick out of his stories for years to come. I wish him the best of luck to him in his future endeavors.
FOCUS: I only read IHTSBIH, which was pretty funny, have not read AFF or any of Tucker's more recent stories. Obviously, my favourite was "Everyone Has "That" Friend". I wonder more about what happened to SlingBlade than Tucker - when I first joined the TMMB, it was in its second phase and SlingBlade was only around for a short time before disappearing.