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"What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle is a fun, informative handbook for progressives to counter conservative talking points and disinformation. Full of funny and clever dialogue and political cartoons, this is a perfect gift for your political allies and the loved ones in your life who you are driving you nuts. Thom Hartmann, the number one progressive radio talk show host in the U.S., writes in the book's foreword: ""In 'What to Say, ' Sam and Phil provide both a template for talking back to your Crazy Uncle (who's not really crazy, just misinformed) and a narrative script, both as example and detail. It's a small but important step in reclaiming truth and sanity in the midst of an insane and often nakedly untruthful media landscape."" The book addresses such hot topics as Republican scandals, gun control, abortion, the Supreme Court, and income inequality. For instance, in the chapter ""Kids in Cages"", myths about immigration are debunked. In ""Corruption Eruption,"" the Trump swamp are laid bare. In ""Going to Pot,"" the pros and cons of legalization are examined, as well as many more current topics."

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John Goodman - Emmy Award winning actor Finally, a brilliant and funny moral argument for, and snappy comebacks to, the voices in my head! Got you now...bastards! Ed Asner - winner of 7 Emmy Awards and co-star of films like Up and Elf This book points out how the right-wing spinmeisters are lying through their goddamn teeth. Truth and facts are not 'alternative facts'. John Densmore - drummer of The Doors and author of NY Times bestseller Riders on the Storm During the 60's, families were split right down the middle of the dining room table over the Vietnam War. Today's climate feels the same. This little book is a much-needed hand across that table. Dan Castellaneta - Voice of Homer Simpson and TV writer) This book is an invaluable, and humorous how-to-guide to engage in political discourse with your crazy right-wing uncle, dotty uninformed aunt, balmy apathetic cousin, unhinged tea party sister, batty solipsistic nephew, nutty fascistic niece, pixilated non-voting offspring, goofy alt-right grandma, and distracted Whig party granddad. Rev. Barry Lynn - former Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State We liberals don't need to reduce ideas to bumper sticker slogans. But we must learn to speak with the factual clarity, moral focus, and good humor that Sam and Phil provide in this important volume. Roy Zimmerman, satirical songwriter: Pete Seeger said, It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with. Samuel and Phil have done a very important thing with What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle, and they've done it with humor, heart and disarming levelheadedness. Thom Hartmann - nation's number one progressive radio talk show host In What to Say, Sam and Phil provide both a template for talking back to your Crazy Uncle (who's not really crazy, just misinformed) and a narrative script, both as example and detail. It's a small but important step in reclaiming truth and sanity in the midst of an insane and often nakedly untruthful media landscape. Read this book, share it, memorize it, and, most important, use it.

"John Goodman - Emmy Award winning actor ""Finally, a brilliant and funny moral argument for, and snappy comebacks to, the voices in my head! Got you now...bastards!"" Ed Asner - winner of 7 Emmy Awards and co-star of films like Up and Elf ""This book points out how the right-wing spinmeisters are lying through their goddamn teeth. Truth and facts are not 'alternative facts'."" John Densmore - drummer of The Doors and author of NY Times bestseller Riders on the Storm ""During the 60's, families were split right down the middle of the dining room table over the Vietnam War. Today's climate feels the same. This little book is a much-needed hand across that table."" Dan Castellaneta - Voice of Homer Simpson and TV writer) ""This book is an invaluable, and humorous how-to-guide to engage in political discourse with your crazy right-wing uncle, dotty uninformed aunt, balmy apathetic cousin, unhinged tea party sister, batty solipsistic nephew, nutty fascistic niece, pixilated non-voting offspring, goofy alt-right grandma, and distracted Whig party granddad. Rev. Barry Lynn - former Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State ""We liberals don't need to reduce ideas to bumper sticker slogans. But we must learn to speak with the factual clarity, moral focus, and good humor that Sam and Phil provide in this important volume."" Roy Zimmerman, satirical songwriter: ""Pete Seeger said, ""It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with."" Samuel and Phil have done a very important thing with What to Say to Your Crazy Right-Wing Uncle, and they've done it with humor, heart and disarming levelheadedness."" Thom Hartmann - nation's number one progressive radio talk show host ""In What to Say, Sam and Phil provide both a template for talking back to your Crazy Uncle (who's not really crazy, just misinformed) and a narrative script, both as example and detail. It's a small but important step in reclaiming truth and sanity in the midst of an insane and often nakedly untruthful media landscape. Read this book, share it, memorize it, and, most important, use it."""

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His credits include the movie Off Your Rocker, a comedy-drama about a revolution in an old folks' home starring Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Dorothy Malone and Lou Jacobi. He has written animation episodes for such shows as Duck Tales, Dennis the Menace, Batman: The Animated Series and Beast Wars. In addition to his film and TV credits, Sam is a produced playwright. He wrote the book and co-wrote the songs for the stage musical, Campaign, which had its world premiere in 2010 at the Met Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2010, Sam's comedy about marital infidelity, Two Times Two, had its world premiere in New Orleans. The film Window of Opportunity, which he wrote and directed, is based on his produced stage play of the same name. 2016 saw the world premiere of his play Moral Imperative about morality and murder in the world of academia. It also saw the workshop production of his new musical, Psychosexual: A Love Story. He is also the co-author, with Phil Proctor, of the play God Help Us, starring Ed Asner. He is also an Adjunct Professor of English. Phil shared three Grammy nominations with The Firesign Theatre and three daytime Emmys for voicing Howard DeVille on Rugrats, honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has shared several Academy Awards for his voice work in the anim� Spirited Away and numerous Disney/Pixar movies and most recently won an Audie for adding voices to the sci-fi epic Battlefield Earth and a Mark Time Award for The Audio Adventure Book of Big Dan Frater, created by Brian Howe. He has appeared in numerous interactive video games, most notably as the evil Dr. Vidic in Assassin's Creed. Philip will be seen soon in a farcical (but true) horror film about you-know-who, and previously starred in Sam Joseph's comic political thriller, Window of Opportunity, produced by The Doors' John Densmore. He also co-starred in Henry Jaglom's first film, A Safe Place with Tuesday Wells, Orson Welles and Jack Nicholson and later in Hollywood Dreams and Queen of the Lot. Other film credits include The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Amazon Women on the Moon, Lobsterman from Mars, with the great Tony Curtis, and Love Addict, The Selling and The Independent, with his wife, Melinda Peterson. His autobiography, Where's My Fortune Cookie, co-authored by Brad Schreiber, is also available as an audiobook read by the author, and Americathon: The Skits behind the Script and transcripts of the NPR comic series Power, both by Proctor & Bergman, are available at Bear Manor Media, while most of Firesign Theatre's classic albums and books can be found at www.firesigntheatre.com.

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