Fox's O'Reilly To Release Memoir This Fall That Is Already Quite Unintentionally Hilarious

Those of you who follow the goings-on of the Wingnut Welfare Book Club, or who are just tired of books that don't provide the sort of cognitive dissonance normally associated with getting whanged on the dome with a socket wrench, should mark their calendars and save this date: September 23, 2008. That is the day that Fox News' Bill O'Reilly will add the seventeen billionth entry to the overstuffed genre of quasi-celebrity memoirs with the release of his latest book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity.

That's right. The book is actually called A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, which is practically begging for you commenters to mock it, at great length. According to the stub on Amazon.com, the title refers to an anecdote from O'Reilly's childhood:

In 1957, in the heart of the Eisenhower years, in the third grade classroom of Sister Mary Lurana in Saint Brigid's parochial school in Westbury, Long Island, was a mouthy, obstreperous kid by the name of William O'Reilly. Quite a handful he was, and so one day Sister Mary bent over him in exasperation in response to some piece of mischief and told him to his face, "William, you are a bold fresh piece of humanity." Little did she know that she was, early in his career as a troublemaker, defining the essence of Bill O'Reilly and providing him with the title of his brash and entertaining issues-based memoir.

Yes. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW! Of course, there's evidence to suggest that Sister Mary Lurana was actually very prescient, and was playing the long con. Why do I suggest this? Well, as it happens, one anagram for "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" is "Shameful, Bona-Fide Hypocrite." This proves, once again, that the English language is a marvelous and mysterious thing.

Comments

[izAriver]

It's really hard to stop laughing. A "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" is just too easy to ridicule. He's not very smart. Maybe he should run for president on the repugnican ticket.

[jeplanet]

"An Old, Predictable Piece of Hostility".

[zakwouldhave]

That kid on the cover looks scary and unhappy. Like he might end up disrespecting women (or worse) Can we ignore this guy soon? Please? He is a tool the likes we haven't seen since.....­...I dunno, Sean Hannity? tools tools tools. An they think they are good Americans. They aren't even good humans.

[brantl]

I suspect it was "bold, fresh piece of stupidity" and Bill's brain damaged filters got a hold of it and turned it into "humanity". You know, there aren't many facts that he can get straight.

[TrueBlueMajority]

A bold fresh piece of what?

[ICanHasDemocracy]

Back in the day "fresh" meant being cheeky, obnoxious- not fresh as in a breath of fresh air.

[americanwomaninpa]

Did you just make that up? How old are you?

[thundermummy]

As in "don't get fresh with me!" Use the series of tubes that are the internets, get on the Google and look it up.

[realpolitic]

If this book is about the good character of O'Reilly is "fiction" stamped across the cover? If it is an O'Reilly retelling of his life I am sure he would suggest he somehow won the Vietnam war from England where he was studying and almost caught bin Laden singlehandedly. The term megalomanic was invented with O'Reilly in mind.

[Benny59]

The Catholic School system should immediately issue a disclaimer.

[mexamerican]

funny how w/ some kids you can look at 'em and see that they're going to be arseholes when they grow up.

[JScott]

So....why isn't HarperCollins publishing it, it would be so much easier using a subsidiary of News Corp. wouldn't it?

[AryanMjolnir]

Bill O'Reilly knows how to write?

[edgarallenpoe]

That fresh piece of humanity from 1957 is well past its sell-by date in 2008.

[truthyguy]

When you deduct copies gifted to Fox insiders from the number of sales that will be reported, ain't many left - and those that are can't read anyway.

[gopindrag]

In perspective, O'Reilly is not one of those we will remember rather one of those we should never forget. He is, his career is, a caveat.

[nellie]

O'Reilly gives the word "narcissism" new meaning.

[Canaris]

What the hell is "an issues based memoir"? A memoir is a memoir, how do you make it "issues based", make stuff up?

[gwhizz]

Make stuff up.
Exactly.