Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life: An Exploration with Last Week Tonight Host John Oliver

Mike: Really enjoyed this book and was so happy the money goes to good causes

United States on Sep 21, 2023

Reading Girl: Best "get back" ever. Buy it if you haven't already. I love this book.

Australia on Jul 11, 2023

Petya: Great illustrations and an adorable story that teaches us to celebrate our differences rather than to push each other away. Great quality, well made all around.

United States on May 01, 2023

FernandoTORres: "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" ist das Produkt der amerikanischen Polit-Satire Show Last Week Tonight mit John Oliver. Es handelt von einem jungen Hasen, der im laufe der Geschichte bemerkt, dass er sich zu einem anderen männlichen Hasen hingezogen fühlt. Daraufhin verbietet der über die Tiere herrschende Mistkäfer (dieser hat große Ähnlichkeit zum ehemaligen US Vize-Präsident Mike Pence) die Verbindung. Als sich alle anderen Tiere, aber auf die Seite ihrer Freunde der Hasen stellen, verliert der Mistkäfer die Macht über die Tiere.

Ich habe dieses Buch meiner kleinen Nichte zu 5 Geburtstag geschenkt, weil es eine super Möglichkeit ist, jungen Menschen die Diversität unser Gesellschaft nahezubringen und gleichzeitig einen Respektvolle/Toleranten Umgang lehrt.

Das Buch gibt es mittlerweile auch auf Deutsch.

Wer mehr über die Hintergründe des Buches wissen will, sollte die Folge von Last Week Tonight über Mike Pence schauen (auch auf YouTube erhältlich).

Germany on Jan 12, 2021

Metamorphic Rocker: I suspect that if America eventually forgets everything else about "Last Week Tonight" (and I'd rue any day when that came to pass), John Oliver will have made his distinctive mark on pop culture with this innovation. So, even with all of their financial proceeds going to support AIDS United and the Trevor Project, this is a shrewd branding and publicity move from Oliver and Co. Not that there's anything wrong with a good show cementing its image and getting positive attention while spreading a worthy message!

The cleverest part is that this book definitely qualifies as political satire, yet it is performed at a level--and with an underlying message--that works very well for children. I haven't come across many books that have been both so clearly ( to grown-ups) satirical and so child-friendly. Hence my referring to the book as innovative: while there are certainly kids' books, movies, or TV shows that also work on an adult level, I've yet to see one as overtly topical or as directly, unflinchingly focused on contentious and crucial concerns as Oliver's "Bundo".

I'd just ask those who so vehemently disagree with the content of this book, firstly, to carefully...

United States on May 23, 2019

PB: I'm going to start by adding in a slight caveat. I'm an adult, and I brought this book for another adult.

As an adult reader, this is a great peice of satire. It's well written, the illustrations are absolutely beutiful, and you know exactly what the story is saying with regards to "certain" politicians in a "certain"country and their additudes towards "certain" things. It says what it wants to say in a really subtle way that's both charming and amusing (and hillarious in places).

I thoroughly recomend it for anybody who wants a book that lampoons the intended target. I'm really glad that I brought it.

But, and here's where the caveat comes in. This book is extremely subtle about it's source material (AKA, Mike Pence). As an adult who knows this context that everything is said in, this is a great book. But for a child who doesn't understand what is being said or why it is being said (EG, that's its satire) it sends out some confusing messages.

Without going into spoiler terretory, there is a character who is apparently intollerent for absolutely no reason (You don't have to agree with Pence's reasons, but he does have them), and the book repeately...

United Kingdom on May 11, 2018

Erryn Barratt: This review is my personal view. So here goes.

There are numerous reasons to purchase Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.

As a protest.

Vice President of the United States Mike Pence’s daughter Charlotte published Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of the Vice President. One of the stops on the book tour is Focus on the Family. I invite you to research Focus on the Family. All I will say is their anti-gay rhetoric and belief in conversion therapy have hurt many people in a community I love and embrace.

Another reason to buy the book?

John Oliver.

I have seen every episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. I loved him as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His new show has a different format from most late-night comedy shows. Every week, he and his team of writers and researchers tackle important issues. Some would be deadly boring to me (cryptocurrencies, net neutrality, Brexit, and gerrymandering), but these issues affect Americans deeply, and often, other citizens of the world as well. John Oliver and Mike Myers aren’t the reason Canada elected Prime Minister...

Canada on Mar 26, 2018

Lachsfrischkäse: *Nachtrag aufgrund der schlechten Bewertung: auf dem Paperwhite funktioniert das Buch nicht, weil es ein farbiger Comic ist. Dieser wird auf dem E-Ink-Display nicht dargestellt. Mit der Kindle App fürs Tablet oder dem Fire Tablet funktioniert Marlon Bundo als E-Book super.*

Also hier muss man gleich dazu sagen, dass dieses Büchlein zwar als Kinderbuch gedacht ist, aber vor allem eine sehr gut gemachte Retourkutsche gegen Mike Pence geworden ist, den derzeitigen Vizepresidenten der USA. Dieser hat vor einiger Zeit ein Büchlein für Kinder über seinen Hasen heraus gebracht.
Da Pence ein Hardcore-Konservativer ist, der wirklich jedes Fettnäpfchen im Wahlkampf genommen hat ( ua gegen die Ehe für alle ist), wollte John Oliver gegen dieses Buch etwas unternehmen, und hat einfach ein "Gegenbuch" herausgebracht.

Marlon Bundo ist hier ein distinguierter, aber alleine lebender Hasenmann, der sich eines Tages in einen anderen Hasenmann verliebt, und ihn heiraten will. Stinky Bug will das verhindern, wird daraufhin abgewählt und der Hochzeit steht nichts mehr im Weg.
Das ist auch schon die ganze, recht kurz geratene Geschichte.

Warum es von mir die 5 Sterne...

Germany on Mar 22, 2018

mama llamamama llama: This is not only a wonderful use of the real life public figure "Marlon Bundo" the Pence family's beloved pet rabbit, it is also a very good book! I don't mean that it's a good book just because it opposes Mike Pence and his bigoted views towards the LGBTQ community and diversity in general, I mean it's actually, and truly a very very good book. This whimsical tale is a wonderfully cute and fun read that promotes the values of friendship, the value of choice, and that it's OK to be different.

(Also, despite what some delusional haters seem to be claiming, this book does NOT mention, specify or even elude to anything that is actually or even remotely or vaguely explicitly sexual in nature whatsoever. There is not one single mention of sex or anything pertaining to it to be found. As a child, we know that people fall in love and get married long before we know what they do in bed afterwards. In this vein of thought, Cinderella is just as guilty of whatever these people are accusing this story by Marlon Bundo of doing.)

Anyways, we bought the Kindle Version and we also have a hard copy on the way. I've already read the book aloud to my children as well as my entire...

United States on Mar 20, 2018

Chicago Shopper: This is definitely the better Bundo book! Poor sweet Marlon Bundo finds love despite the oppression and hatred he faces from his own family and other so-called "Christians" (or stinkbugs) that judge him. This adorable gay rabbit will hop his way right into your heart!

I have raised my daughters to realize that Love is Love. Some families have 2 mommies, some have 2 daddies, some have a single parent. Some kids live with a grandparent. They are all families that love each other and there is no right or better type. People that say that it is wrong for a man to love another man or a woman to love another woman are wrong and we should feel sorry for them because they choose to let hatred fill their hearts with hate rather than being happy for other people that have found love.

I happen to be bisexual but even if I was straight and in a heterosexual relationship I would still raise them the same way.

I originally rated this book 5 stars but like other reviewers I decided to rate it lower instead to help bury the hateful reviews of the homophobic trolls under an avalance of love.

I have written a review of the other Bundo book (verified purchase), sadly I am...

United States on Mar 19, 2018