Why We Suck
Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid is a 2008 book written by actor and comedian Denis Leary.
Overview
Leary is credited on the book cover as "Dr. Denis Leary", a reference to a joke from his 1993 stand-up special, No Cure for Cancer. During the show he mentions he wants to write a self-help book entitled "Shut the Fuck Up, by Dr. Denis Leary", with the "advice" being telling the people seeking help the one thing no one has ever told them to do ("shut the fuck up"), which he believes would help people more than actual advice.
Leary also uses the "Doctor" title because of an honorary doctorate bestowed upon him by his alma mater Emerson College. "Sure it’s just a celebrity type of thing--they only gave it to me because I’m famous." Leary jokes. "But it’s legal and it means I get to say I’m a doctor--just like Dr. Phil." In the book, he refers to Dr. Phil as Dr. Full.
The book reached #7 on the New York Times Best Sellers list in December, 2008.
References
2004 Harvard–Yale prank
The 2004 Harvard–Yale prank was a practical joke performed on November 20, 2004 at the annual Harvard–Yale football game in which Yale students perpetrated a card stunt, costumed as a Harvard "pep squad". They gave out placards to a section of Harvard fans which, when raised together, read "We Suck".
The stunt was conceived and coordinated by Michael Kai and David Aulicino, two Yale students in the class of 2005, and was executed with the help of 20 classmates disguised as the "Harvard Pep Squad". The perpetrators handed crimson-and-white placards to fans in the central area of the Harvard side of the stadium—mostly Harvard alumni, with a few faculty, students, and others. The group told the crowd that, by lifting the placards, they would spell "Go Harvard".
Most Harvard students were sitting in a section off to the side of the alumni area where the prank was executed, and they left the stands unaware of the prank; however, players on the field did see the placards. Harvard won the game, 35–3.
We suck
Let me tell ya bit about the band that you are listening to
There’s five in Gus & Frank now
But there used to be two [Gus & Frank]
Gus writes the words and he dabbles with the basic melodies
But I can’t sing for shit and that’s where Frankie comes in
Singing basically we’re fucked
And we work so hard at it
Certainly we suck
And we’re so perfect at it
That maybe someday we’ll rock
Certainly we suck ohh
Chugga chugga chugga chugga chug
Now Frank looks a little like the porno star from Boogie Nights
And he hides like a woos behind Gus whenever there’s a bar fight
Chris brought an amp had a lesson now he thinks he’s Jimi Hendrix
And he sings better than me so I turn him down in the mix
So basically we’re fucked [sorry Edna]
And we work so hard at it
Certainly we suck
And we’re so perfect at it
That maybe someday we’ll rock
Certainly we suck ohh
Chugga chugga chugga chugga chug
We got a manager his name is Dick
He said our songs could be really big
And he can sell ice to the Eskimos
And that’s how he got us this gig
Yeah
Chugga chugga chugga chugga chug
Now Matt on the bass he had a very unusual childhood
And we only really asked him to play because his hair looks good
The drummer is a nerd with an office job but his hat looks sweet
So we offered him a spot in the band and the Hat keeps missin' the beat
So basically we’re fucked
And we work so hard at it
Certainly we suck
And we’re so perfect at it
That maybe someday we’ll rock
Certainly we suck ohh
Chugga chugga chugga chugga chug
So basically we’re fucked
And we work so hard at it
Certainly we suck
And we’re so perfect at it
That maybe someday we’ll rock
Maybe someday we’ll rock
Maybe someday we’ll rock
Yeah