Seeing the good of Handlers practical jokes

Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me, the latest installment in comedian Chelsea Handlers line of literature, takes the lazy girls approach to writing a book.

That is, she made her friends, family and other victims do it for her.

As anyone who has watched her late-night talk show Chelsea Lately knows, Handler loves to play practical jokes particularly at the expense of others.

My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate Handler says.

Her love for exploiting others dumbassness is apparent through the many anecdotes contributed by her family, friends, co-workers and even her dog Chunk.

Whether shes pretending to be Pamela Anderson to ignorant tourists, convincing her friend to smuggle fake drugs across the border or spreading rumors via email throughout the office, Handlers flair for the ridiculous and borderline cruel jokes will not disappoint. You will be glad if you never have the misfortune of running into Handler mid-lie.

Ashton Kutcher has nothing on Chelsea Handler; she is Punkd times 100,000. Whether you know her not, its easy to get sucked into her world.

My favorite chapter came from Brad Wollack, whom Handler frequently accuses of sexual harassment and ruined his honeymoon with a single email.

Her incredible skill at weaving lies into everyday life is almost alarming.

Her victims know Handlers loves to lie. They have seen and experienced her pranks.

When Handler feeds them a lie, they are 99 percent sure it is untrue.

Yet that 1 percent is what Handler capitalizes on, and her friends and family fall victim every time.

Its almost pathetic watching her victims fall for the lies, but all the more funny when they make fools out of themselves.

After laughing your way through the hilarious stories, you start to wonder why these people are even f! riends w ith Handler. Handler is a menace. Working for her is like working for a highly functioning, oversexed, drunken chimpanzee, employee Johnny Kansas said.

The common theme among all of the stories, however, is the underlying impression of Handler, a lying, big-breasted, pants-peeing, chicken-finger-eating, crazy, drunken but incredibly generous, bitch.

The rule seems to be that if she decides to make you a victim of her devilish charm, its her show of love and respect.

My only criticism of the book is it sometimes runs out of steam. Some stories do not quite measure up to the others.

The last two parts seem like page-fillers, especially since the last chapter is written from a dogs point of view. The stories written by other comedians are clearly the most entertaining.

The anecdotes from her other friends and family, although brutally honest, tend to fall a little short. If you are a good-hearted person, you probably will not like this book. If you think that watching your friend ruin the song she is singing to her brand new husband during her wedding reception is just plain mean-spirited., then this is not the book for you.

However, if you appreciate her comedy, you will fully enjoy this book. Yes they can be cruel, but if you can admit you take a slightly sadistic pleasure in other peoples embarrassment, you will chuckle at many of these stories.

These are the true stories of her take no prisoners and spare no one approach to pranks and despite your empathy for her poor victims, you will laugh out loud.