Reviews for No dumb questions: : and all of our dumbest answers
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From their popular New Heights podcast, the Kelce brothers answer your questions. Like: Name your top five places/situations to drink a beer. (Travis: “Number one: Anywhere. Are you kidding me?”) If you had to swap your legs with the legs of any other animal, which animal would you choose? (Travis: “Do we lose our arms?”) OK, yeah, they’re just a couple of jamokes, if not jabronis—Travis pleads guilty to being both—but older brother Jason is one of the best centers ever to play in the NFL, while Travis is one of the best tight ends. Both are a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Travis also happens to be the fiancé of arguably today's most recognizable and popular human on earth. But they're also loosey-goosey entertaining. At times, they’re even disarmingly, wonderfully touched by grace: If Jason had to push Travis or his wife over a cliff, who would he choose? He must choose one. Jason: “OK, I’m pushing Travis over.” Travis: “Nice.” Jason: “BECAUSE he would tell me to push him over the cliff.” Travis: “One hundred percent.”
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Taking on a wide variety of topics, on and off the field. This debut book from the Kelce brothers, both NFL stars (Jason is retired, Travis still plays) draws on a segment from their popular podcast,New Heights, in which they answer sometimes unhinged questions from fans. “You’re about to read a book that was written by two people who both got kicked out of preschool,” Jason writes in the introduction, and, as if on cue, they answer the first question, about their favorite middle-school pranks, with a lengthy explanation of something called “poop dollar.” Each section takes the form of a transcribed conversation with the brothers, and the occasional guest, and the results are mixed. Responding to an 18-year-old who asks how to improve at golf, their advice is to take lessons and play golf more, which, while sound, is likely something the teenager already considered. Most entertaining are the sections that feature the Kelces bickering, such as an argument about how many holes straws have, which quickly angers Travis, who almost immediately tells his brother, a supporter of the two-hole theory: “Shut the fuck up, you’re ridiculous. You don’t even believe that, you don’t even believe it” They also have a talent for explaining the ins and outs of football to fans unfamiliar with the game, though they get a bit stymied when asked to define a down. (“Damn it,” Travis says. “This is a hard-ass question.”) The conversations lose a bit of their impact without audio, although the brothers’ teasing relationship does shine through, and there are some genuinely funny moments, as when a flustered Travis responds to a query with “This is a dumb-ass question. What do we wanna…what do we…are we…how are we…yeah.” There’s some humor to be had here, but this is mostly a book that’ll appeal to Kelce fans. Entertaining (if not-so-deep) thoughts from two gridiron greats. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
