Don’tHasseltheHoff,byDavidHasselhoff

by SB Sarah Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 05:00 AM
Our Grade:
C
Title: Don’t Hassel the Hoff
Author: David the Hasselhoff
Publication Info: St. Martin’s Press May 2007, ISBN: 0312371292
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy

Hi, this is SB Sarah’s Hubby.  As you may remember, Sarah got me an autographed copy of Don’t Hassel the Hoff at the book signing this spring.  As a condition to the gift, I was told that I had to actually read the book and review it for this site.  Well, I finally finished the book while she was in labor, so here’s my review.

If I were asked to sum up my impressions of this book in eight words, it would go like this:  “This book was terrible.  I enjoyed it immensely.”

Aside:  This is something you bitches (who have, by the way, gone too far) should know about me.  For me, the answers to the questions, “Was the [movie][show][book] any good?” and “Did you enjoy the [movie][show][book]?” are quite often different.  I lurrrrrve bad entertainment.  Now, there are differences between bad/enjoyable entertainment and bad/unenjoyable entertainment.  For example, one night, before we were married, Sarah and I rented two movies: City of Angels and BASEketball.  Both were bad movies, but one of them was the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and it wasn’t BaseketballCity of Angels was bad and unwatchable.  Baseketball was bad and enjoyable.  If you’ve ever read New York magazine, you’ve seen the little “Approval Matrix” grid they have, with one axis running from “highbrow” to “lowbrow” and the other running from “brilliant” to “despicable”; my tastes would be found in the lowbrow/brilliant quadrant.  Anyway, I digress.  The point is, I love me some bad entertainment, and Don’t Hassel the Hoff fits the bill perfectly.  The “C” grade is actually a hybrid between an “F” for quality and an “A” for enjoyability. 

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Picture of Sherry Thomas Sherry Thomas said on...
10.31.07 at 05:27 AM |

It was good for me.

Picture of Stephanie Stephanie said on...
10.31.07 at 05:32 AM |

Thank you Sarah’s Hubby. The Hoff’s position in the Heavenly pantheon had been a cause of concern, but no more! He’s an angel. Gotcha.

Picture of Victoria Dahl Victoria Dahl said on...
10.31.07 at 06:02 AM |

Wow.

I was thrilled just to see a post from Sarah’s hubby, and then to find it so delicious!?

I mean, my God. “The children had absolute faith in Knight Rider”? And that’s just the beginning of the fun.

Brava-- I mean… Bravo, good sir. Bravo.

(p.s. Thanks for sharing with us, Sarah!)

Picture of Darlene Marshall Darlene Marshall said on...
10.31.07 at 06:11 AM |

Thank you, Mr. Sarah! You took one for the team. The “You and your wiener against the world” comment alone shows you’re willing to go to any lengths to save us from having to have our brains scrubbed from reading the Hoff’s bio.  Even if, after reading that, we were scrubbing the spewed coffee off of our monitors.

You definitely have what it takes to be a major bitch around here.

Picture of Teddy Pig Teddy Pig said on...
10.31.07 at 06:33 AM |

I am sure there have been many mothers and daughters touched by that angel.

Poor dog.

Picture of Carrie Lofty Carrie Lofty said on...
10.31.07 at 06:43 AM |

She said, ‘I will never kill myself again (???) because I believe that he was sent for a reason.’

Hoff didn’t just save her life, he resurrected her. And dammitjim, she won’t waste that second chance.

Thx Mr. Sarah for the your contributions to Hoffeducation.

Picture of Jennie Jennie said on...
10.31.07 at 06:54 AM |

Labor, reading Hasselhoff, labor, reading Hasselhoff…

Sarah, it looks like you might’ve gotten the better deal, at least you got something to show for your efforts.  :-)

Picture of closetcrafter said on...
10.31.07 at 07:02 AM |

Sarah’s Hubby, dude I love your writing voice......why are you hiding yourself? I like your POV.  Sarah is very busy now and I think it would only be right for you to step in a little more frequently to give her a break. Not that you probably already have a job “outside the home” as they say, but let her take a nap while you post for her. Nuff said.

Picture of smartmensab-tch said on...
10.31.07 at 07:20 AM |

Mr. Sarah:  Thanks for the review!  I starting reading it and and saw the Genre description, and I thought WTF?  However, after reading the review,I see why you called it Science Fiction/Fantasy.  Apparently Mr. H. has no problems with his self esteem, to put it mildly.

I must say, the concept of “creative struggles” on the Baywatch set is...well, interesting. Perhaps a fan of the show could explain.

And I can relate to the concept of enjoying bad entertainment.  I like to watch the Sci Fi Channel “Original” (my quotes) movies and assign my own rating. Sometimes they’re truly awful (F-), but I enjoy them anyway.

Picture of Tracy said on...
10.31.07 at 07:22 AM |

closetcrafter~I totally agree, I love Sarah’s hubby’s writing voice. I kept finding myself laughing out loud.

This is my favorite quote from the book “I’d always wanted a wiener and I bought one.” bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahah What can you say to that??

Picture of shuzluva said on...
10.31.07 at 07:29 AM |

the Hoff ... might single-handedly destroy your entire political system with his singing.

Oh, I needed that Mr. Sarah. Thanks!

Picture of DBN DBN said on...
10.31.07 at 07:30 AM |

Thanks for the review!  Maybe next time I visit I will steal your copy, that way I don’t have to spend any actual money on the book.

Picture of Maya Maya said on...
10.31.07 at 08:37 AM |

dear mr. sb sarah: please, please can I quote your 8 word review in the ‘notable quote’ section of my blog? did i mention please? it’s exactly how my husband feels about ‘rat race’ and how i sort of feel about the ‘ace ventura’ movies.

dear sb sarah: no one will ever be able to question your commitment to free speech or putting the interests of your art form ahead of your own after the boat paragraph was allowed to live.

dear sb sons: can’t wait to read your reviews.

Picture of Hubby Hubby said on...
10.31.07 at 08:57 AM |

You know, when I wrote this, I had originally designated the genre as “Hofftastitude” or some such thing.  Sarah changed it to SF/Fantasy, which also works.

And thank you all for your kind words.

Picture of Hubby Hubby said on...
10.31.07 at 09:03 AM |

Oh, and Maya, it is totally fine if you (or anyone else) want to quote me.

Picture of Chris Chris said on...
10.31.07 at 09:10 AM |

That was frickin funny! I love those quotes. He must have written this book to record his miracles performed for after his death. St Hoff, patron saint of Plastic Surgeons.
Thanks SB Hubby!

Picture of Jenyfer.Matthews Jenyfer.Matthews said on...
10.31.07 at 09:53 AM |

Mr. Sarah - you and my hubby have the same view of bad/enjoyable entertainment. But somehow I doubt I could convince him to read this book!!!

Hoff’s an Angel and he bought his weiner. Got it.

Picture of Anji said on...
10.31.07 at 09:56 AM |

Sir Hoffsalot!

Hahahahahahaha!

What a hilarious review! Thank you for sacrificing yourself, although at least it was as amusing as it was terrible.

Picture of zmom said on...
10.31.07 at 09:58 AM |

Oh cripes, I thought my husband was the only one who watches z movies and is mesmerized....and reads god-awful junk and trys to tell others to how enteraining it is.

Now I’ll have to get him the stupid book for the Holidays.

Thank you. Sort of.

Picture of Heidi said on...
10.31.07 at 10:33 AM |

I’m still trying to get the correlation between the avocado tree and then buying the weiner, but that’s for another day and another session on the couch (ahem). I’m just feeling sorry for Weiner, if that’s his real name....

Picture of Barb Ferrer Barb Ferrer said on...
10.31.07 at 11:37 AM |

“ She said, ‘I will never kill myself again because I believe that he was sent for a reason.’’

Erm… if she’d killed herself then… but… but…

Oh, never mind.  It’s making my brain hurt.  A lot.

I suspect the Hoffmeister has that effect on people.

Nice post Sarah’s hub.

Picture of MaryKate said on...
10.31.07 at 11:55 AM |

Dear Mr. Sarah - Awesome review. You’re totally bitchy enough to hang.

Now, if we can just arrange for to meet The Hoff…

Picture of Teddy Pig Teddy Pig said on...
10.31.07 at 12:08 PM |

I still like Kit better. Kit was the show.

Picture of Helen M Helen M said on...
10.31.07 at 12:16 PM |

Oh, Mr. Sarah, you legend. Loved the review (possibly because a lot of my favourite movies fall into that ‘so bad, it’s good’ category), although the bit that made me giggle the most was ...something you bitches (who have, by the way, gone too far)....  Hee.

Picture of Maggie said on...
10.31.07 at 01:32 PM |

your right Teddy

maybe his “creative struggles he had with others on the Knight Rider set” was with Kit.

Thanks Mr. Sarah

Picture of Josie said on...
10.31.07 at 02:42 PM |

Maggie: “maybe his “creative struggles he had with others on the Knight Rider set” was with Kit.”

Bwahaha!

Thanks Mr SB Sarah, that was a fabulous review. I particularly liked the Berlin Wall story. To think The Hoff has never won the Nobel Peace Prize… *shakes head in wonder*

I also really liked BASEketball.

Picture of Jennifer Armintrout said on...
10.31.07 at 03:22 PM |

I must have this book.  Thanks for the bang up snark of it!

Picture of Beth Beth said on...
10.31.07 at 04:46 PM |

This is why I love the Internet. Oh so many years ago, how would we ever have heard the delicious details of a book like this? Without forking over cash for it, I mean.

Picture of Invisigoth said on...
11.01.07 at 06:18 AM |

Bravo, Mr. SB Sarah.  and count me as another who would welcome a guest review or post from you if SBs Sarah and Candy are busy.

Oh, man.  Now I’m gonna have to read that copy I won for the LOLHoff.  Something this fantastically horrible definitely deserves my attention.

My new sigline on my favorite message forum?  “Well, Wiener, it’s you and me against the world.” ~ The Hoff

Picture of Liz G said on...
11.01.07 at 09:31 PM |

Don’t feel too badly, Mr. Sarah- my hubby owns a copy of BASEketball, and has willingly read Dog the Bounty Hunter’s book.

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