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Tucker Max has had the truthfulness of his stories questioned. Max was compared to [[James Frey]] during an appearance on the [[Opie and Anthony]] radio show. After being unable to provide proof of the story titled "Tucker Tries Buttsex; Hilarity Does Not Ensue", he was then led to believe his microphone wasn't working. Opie, Anthony, and comedian [[Jim Norton]] accused him of lying while he was off-microphone.<ref>[http://www.foundrymusic.com/opieanthony/displaymedia.cfm/div/opieanthony/id/11955/media_search/opieanthony/page/download_Tucker_Max_Spins_Yarns_with_Opie_and_Anthony.htm Tucker Max Spins Yarns with Opie and Anthony]</ref>
Tucker Max has had the truthfulness of his stories questioned. Max was compared to [[James Frey]] during an appearance on the [[Opie and Anthony]] radio show. After being unable to provide proof of the story titled "Tucker Tries Buttsex; Hilarity Does Not Ensue", he was then led to believe his microphone wasn't working. Opie, Anthony, and comedian [[Jim Norton]] accused him of lying while he was off-microphone.<ref>[http://www.foundrymusic.com/opieanthony/displaymedia.cfm/div/opieanthony/id/11955/media_search/opieanthony/page/download_Tucker_Max_Spins_Yarns_with_Opie_and_Anthony.htm Tucker Max Spins Yarns with Opie and Anthony]</ref>


During an interview with Max on [[Fox News]], [[Jane Skinner]] remarked in regards to ''I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell'', "My first thought reading it was James Frey and ''[[A Million Little Pieces]]''. Is all of it true?" Max responded indeed that it's all very true.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195130,00.html Memoir of Bad Boy Tucker Max's Outlandish Exploits, FoxNews.com, May 11, 2006]. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.</ref>
During an interview on [[Fox News]], [[Jane Skinner]] said in regards to ''I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell'', "My first thought reading it was James Frey and ''[[A Million Little Pieces]]''. There's no way that anybody has a life this crazy. Is it true? Is all of it true?". Max responded that it was, and Skinner did not question his truthfulness again during the interview.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195130,00.html Memoir of Bad Boy Tucker Max's Outlandish Exploits, FoxNews.com, May 11, 2006]. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==

Revision as of 15:58, 13 July 2008

Tucker Max
OccupationWriter, Blogger
GenreFratire, Non-fiction
Notable worksI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Tucker Tibor[1] Max is an American humorist, Internet personality, and entrepreneur. He has achieved widespread fame on the Internet for his website, TuckerMax.com, where he chronicles his drunken, sexual adventures in the form of short stories.

His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2006, 2007 and 2008.[2][3][4] He is also the founder of Rudius Media, an Internet-based media network specializing in the discovery and development of online talent.

Max is a graduate of the University of Chicago and of Duke University. His site receives nearly one million unique visitors a month.[5][6][7] Max is the son of Dennis Max, a well known restaurant owner in South Florida.[8]

Tucker Max Projects

In 2006, Max began development of a television pilot for Comedy Central, but the project was ultimately abandoned.[9][10] Max was set to release a new book titled Assholes Finish First in the fall of 2008, but delayed it for a year to coincide with the 2009 release of the I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell movie.[11][12][13] He purportedly received a $300,000 advance from the publisher for his second book and has announced intentions to release a second edition of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.[14][15] Max is the founder of an online company named Rudius Media. The company website states that it is "dedicated to finding, publishing, managing and publicizing new and original content by unknown or under-promoted artists and writers."[16] His blogging network includes journalist Mark Ebner, strategy writer Robert Greene and actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy.[17][18][19][20] In 2008, The Hollywood Reporter announced that he was producing a movie based on his first bestselling book, also titled I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.[21][22] Max has detailed the process on a production blog hosted on the movie's website.[23]

Legal troubles

In 2003, Max was court ordered to remove a story from his site which was a "tell all" account of his relationship with Katy Johnson, a former Miss Vermont.[24] It was an unflattering account and Johnson filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit.[25] The case was dismissed after the ACLU stepped in on Max's behalf claiming that the court had violated his First Amendment rights.[26] The story was later reposted on his website when all lawsuits were settled and was renamed "The (Almost Banned) Miss Vermont Story".

He was also sued by Anthony DiMeo III under the Violence Against Women Act in 2006 due to allegedly harassing posts on Max's internet messageboard.[27][28] The lawsuit was thrown out of court, dismissed as "frivolous", a decision many legal scholars agreed with.[29][30] The judge's brief concluded with the words: "Here we do so by protecting the coarse conversation that, it appears, never ends on tuckermax.com."[31]

Criticism

Tucker Max has had the truthfulness of his stories questioned. Max was compared to James Frey during an appearance on the Opie and Anthony radio show. After being unable to provide proof of the story titled "Tucker Tries Buttsex; Hilarity Does Not Ensue", he was then led to believe his microphone wasn't working. Opie, Anthony, and comedian Jim Norton accused him of lying while he was off-microphone.[32]

During an interview on Fox News, Jane Skinner said in regards to I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, "My first thought reading it was James Frey and A Million Little Pieces. There's no way that anybody has a life this crazy. Is it true? Is all of it true?". Max responded that it was, and Skinner did not question his truthfulness again during the interview.[33]

Bibliography

  • I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2006)
  • Belligerence and Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories (2003) (out of print)
  • The Definitive Book of Pick-Up Lines (2001) (out of print)

References

  1. ^ "The Michael Crook Call Out Thread". Rudius Media Message Board. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  2. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 2/5/06
  3. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 5/7/07
  4. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 4/13/08
  5. ^ Brett Love (12/11/2006). "Comedy Central signs up Tucker Max". Tv Squad. Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Blogads Accounting (01/15/2008). "Keyword: Tucker Max; 1 month". Blogads.com. Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Alexa (01/15/2008). "TuckerMax.com on Alexa.com". Alexa. Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Max's Grille. "Dennis Max". Max's Grille. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  9. ^ Pair making tracks to Max
  10. ^ Brett Love (12/11/2006). "Comedy Central signs up Tucker Max". TV Squad. Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Matthew Thornton (9/25/2006). "Deals". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Tucker Max. "Assholes Finish First". Amazon. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  13. ^ "Assholes Finish First". Rudius Media. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  14. ^ Vance, Ashlee (11th March 2007). "Tucker the f**ker claims blogger book deals are 'easy'". The Register. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Max, Tucker (1/02/08). "Vote on the new cover for IHTSBIH". The Rudius Media Messageboard. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Rudius Media". Rudius Media. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  17. ^ "About the Rudius Authors". Rudius Media. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  18. ^ "Hollywood, Interrupted"
  19. ^ "Power, Seduction and War"
  20. ^ "JamieKennedy.net"
  21. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (4/16/2008), "'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment", The Hollywood Reporter {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  22. ^ IMDB: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
  23. ^ I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - The Movie blog.
  24. ^ "Someone Talked" Annoy.com account of Johnson's lawsuit vs. Max
  25. ^ New York Times - Internet Battle Raises Questions About Privacy and the First Amendment
  26. ^ TuckerMax.com: ACLU amicus curiae
  27. ^ "It's March 15, and I am officially back to work, and I've been sued -". Max, Tucker. 15, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ "The Dimeo Lawsuit Thread". Max, Tucker. 13, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ "New Law Prohibiting Annoying Anonymous Speech Online:". Volokh, Eugene. 20, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  30. ^ "The Greatest Threats To Free Speech On The Internet". Sean. 20, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  31. ^ "Judge's Brief"
  32. ^ Tucker Max Spins Yarns with Opie and Anthony
  33. ^ Memoir of Bad Boy Tucker Max's Outlandish Exploits, FoxNews.com, May 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.

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