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Rating: - Groovy Audio Book
This was the first audio book I ever listened to and it probably ruined all other audio books for me because it is so entertaining that now when I hear an audio book I want it to be like this not read by some uptight old man. Bruce Campbell is hilarious and this is a must have for any of his fans. Even if you aren't a fan I think you will enjoy this.

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Rating: - Bruce Campbell is awesome
If you don't have time to read the hilarious book, then definately get the cd, bc he acts out the entire novel with character voices and everything. Great for road trips. BUY IT NOW!

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Rating: - If this were made into a movie, it would be amazing, but it's impossible.
I got this as a rather nice surprise for the holidays. I had wanted to get the book but I was not aware of this book on tape version. I was puzzled when I first glanced at it, figuring it was read by some guy who had never seen Army of Darkness. I was dead wrong. This is read by none other than Ash himself; Bruce Campbell. He also brings in a variety of friends to helps him out with the other characters. It's difficult to get me to sit down and read a book sometimes; this somehow seemed to be more engaging. It's more than a Book on Tape. Previous reviewer Cubro titled his review as "a Radio Play set in Modern Times", and that's exactly what this is. It's fantastic. It's over the top humor that though it could never happen in real life, though most of the people who would care to listen would probably be Bruce Campbell fans from the start and would probably enjoy this sense of humor. I can see the minor complaints people have had about the book eliminated here because it's no longer a book; it seems it could be easier to just kick back and listen to Bruce and his delivery of the story. It's something else entirely, yet it is the same thing. Had this been read by some Average Joe without a clue about Bruce Campbell, then I would have advised not to even look at this thing. But since it is read by Bruce and has the power of his delivery, it has become a welcomed addition to my "B Dog C" collection.

The only complaint I have is rather minor. The box set consists of 6 CDs. On my copy there was an error with disc four, it began skipping towards the end of the CD but it wasn't terrible and I was able to get passed the brief nuisance. Now I take good care of my CDs and at the time of playing it, it was a completely untouched CD, with no marks or crud on it whatsoever, so I have no idea why it skips. This is not going to affect my rating because it was for such a brief period of time that only the last track was affected and wouldn't rip properly to my computer the first time I tried. Since it was such a minor default and didn't deter me from hearing the story, I don't really care. If you encounter this problem I suppose you could complain and get a copy that isn't affected, though I may have just gotten the needle in the haystack.

Anyways, despite my minor conflict with the fourth disc, there is no reason that you shouldn't look at this if you are a Bruce Campbell fan. It's probably better than the book and is well worth the price.

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Rating: - An old fashioned radio play in modern times
This was just a really fun listen. Campbell reads and enacts this story with some actor friends. Complete with various sound effects including Bruce taking various beatings and bruisings through his travails of working on a fictional Mike Nichols film.

Alternately hilarious and full of moviemaking insights. The audition scene alone is worth the price of admission. I would think some struggling actors could learn a thing or three but most folks will greatly enjoy this rollicking adventure.

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Rating: - Do me, Bruce!
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then Bruce will guide the planets
And Make Love! will steer the stars


I'm beginning to feel like it's the Dawning of the Age of Bruce - within a week or so I've watched and reviewed the new limited edition DVD of Evil Dead 2, the Sci-Fi Channel's original movie Alien Apocalypse, and Campbell's own directorial debut, Man With the Screaming Brain. To polish all that off, I've also just finished listening to the audio book version of his first novel, Make Love! *The Bruce Campbell Way.

I like Campbell as the self-proclaimed B-actor he is, but I have to confess I was disappointed by his much-lauded, bestselling memoir, If Chins Could Kill. I didn't think it was particularly well-written and I found it tedious overall - in short, I was unpleasantly surprised. (I even tried to read it again about a year later, thinking maybe it was just my frame of mind the first time around... but no go.) Needless to say, I had some trepidation about trying Make Love! *The Bruce Campbell Way, but since the publisher had sent me one disc as a teaser I figured I had nothing to lose. And I do love audio books, so that was half the battle right there.

I put the disc in my CD player for a plane ride and the time evaporated before I realized I had finished the sampler and I didn't have any more. The horror! (And in case you're wondering - the book is by a horror icon, but there isn't any of the genre in the storyline.) I begged, pleaded and cajoled until the entire audio book was shipped to me. Those phones were in my ears quicker than Jude Law on a nanny.

Casting himself as the protagonist, the author introduces us to the B-actor Bruce "Don't Call Me Ash" Campbell as he's deciding which upcoming fan convention will be the least painful and pay the most money. Before long he finds himself auditioning for Mike Nichols, where much to his astonishment he wins a supporting role in the famed director's A-list romantic comedy. The remake of Let's Make Love! is set to star Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, and Christopher Plummer, so Bruce is already writing his Best Supporting Actor acceptance speech.

Like a good little method actor, Bruce decides to create an elaborate back story for his sage/doorman character - in order to do this, he must immerse himself in opening doors and dispensing advice in the real world. This lands him not only in a world of trouble, but deep in a complex, virus-driven mystery that forces him to go on the lam as a fugitive from the law.

The idea of someone writing themselves as a book character is nothing new - funnyman Steve Allen did it in several mysteries, and currently American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis has a horror novel out with a character named... Bret Easton Ellis - but Campbell does it with such shameless, self-deprecating panache, it's a natural (and hearing him as the character, it's so much the better).

The book's many guest stars - Nichols, Zellweger, Gere, and Robert Evans and Jack Nicholson to name a few - are portrayed by other actors, ala a radio play. Normally I don't care for this approach in my audio books, but Campbell wisely realized that this was the only way his book would work on disc.

Sharp, satirical and savvy, Make Love! *The Bruce Campbell Way is a must-have not only for the author's diehards, but for anyone who enjoys a rollicking Tinsel Town tale.

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