Queer Eye For the Straight Guy

The Fab 5's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better

By: Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, Jai Rodriguez

Narrated by: Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, Jai Rodriguez

Imagine this: Five eminently stylish and hilariously witty gay men -- authoritative experts in food and wine, grooming, decorating, fashion, and culture -- invade your life, assess your strengths and weaknesses, and, in the course of a day, make you better dressed, better groomed, better mannered, and a better cook, living in a better home. All of this is painless (unless you have a really egregious body-hair situation), liberating, and downright fun.

This is what Queer Eye for the Straight Guy does each week on one of the hottest TV shows in memory, as the Fab 5 -- Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguez -- turn an everyman frog into an every-girl's-dream prince. And this is what the book offers: the essential "make better" advice from each of the Fab 5. Just like the show, the book focuses on easy but lasting lifestyle transformation -- the tasks, the projects, the modest purchases, and, most important, the new attitudes that immediately make a noticeable difference.

From Kyan's instructions on how often to wash your hair to Carson's explanation of why shirts are the new ties, from Ted's strategies for ordering wine and Thom's suggestions on a better bathroom to Jai's hints on shaking hands, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is filled with clear, direct advice on the issues that confront every man. But Queer Eye doesn't try to make you dress like Carson or dance like Jai; it's about teaching you how to refine your own personal style, without throwing away your entire closet and buying a whole new everything. It's about helping you realize the best expression of yourself -- the real you.

Queer Eye introduces men to the rewards that women -- and a lot of gay men -- have long reaped by thinking about the day-to-day details that make them look better, feel better, and get more out of life. Many straight men have long felt that these subjects are not for them. Nothing could be sillier. In this audiobook, the Fab 5 sets them straight (so to speak).©2004 Scout Productions, Inc., and Bravo Company; (P)2004 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

The most entertaining selections I've made

My wife and I listened to it on a road trip and were howling with laughter. We didn't want to arrive at our destination as the book wasn't finished.

Most the tips were on things you wouldn't think of asking about - such as the best way to shave, how to buy a suit and how a waiter is actually your friend. Some I really didn't need to know - my man bush can do without a trim. I can trim my unibrow, but my wife says its not that big a deal to her. Other things make you thinK - maybe I should exfoliate - never considered it before.

This would be a great CD couples to listen to and talk about before getting married. You'd find out things about each other, you wouldn't otherwise know for 20 years, if ever.

The only complaint about the book is it is a bit condescending towards men, but not enough that it should stop anyone from buying it. My wife just proof read this and says that that is what makes it so funny for women to listen to.

Excellent Listien

I'm quite a fan of 'Queer Eye' and I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook.

All five of the guys get anything between half an hour to an hour to talk about their particular area. They also answer some interesting questions about their background.

Anyway, I loved it and would thoroughly recommend it to any man who'd like to make themselves better.