It is refreshing for me to see someone with
your fame who has not forgotten his roots, and truly gets what American
capitalism and America's greatness is all about.
Then, having heard about your new book and seeing your interview with Neil
Cavuto, I immediately put it on my Christmas wish list. I have since
received and read it, and I am again delighted by your true regard for what
is right with the real American Way, rather than the overly exploited
Hollywood version of it. You are a true point of American light from the
otherwise dark world that television and Hollywood tends to portray.
Thank you for refreshing my hopes for my children (ages 12 and 15) that
they might be able to raise their children in an America remotely familiar
to yours and mine. You sir, are a Great American.
Sincerely,
Jeff
Brookville, IN
Thank you for the book. I got it through a friend for my Husbsand
for Christmas and I am lucky I got him to eat. He wants to know when you
are going to write another. I want to say Thank you for giving me such a
great christmas present for my husband my (LIFE)
Thank You,
Joan
"John Ratzenberger, the most articulate spokesman American
manufacturing has to offer in its defense ..."
"The most engaging speaker was John Ratzenberger..." NAM 2004
TV star John Ratzenberger charmed the crowd as the event's guest
speaker.." CONNSTEP, Inc. 2006
Despite his résumé as an actor (Cheers, Superman, TheEmpire Strikes Back), Ratzenberger sees himself as a blue-collar everyman and identifies more closely with the factory workers he interviews on his Travel Channel cable TV show, John Ratzenberger's Made in America than he does with the "Hollywood elite." Like his show, Ratzenberger's book celebrates manufacturing in America—and then digresses into a stimulating if contradictory mishmash of political ideas. Nostalgic and perhaps more than a little naïve, Ratzenberger wants to return America to its golden age: "We need to get back to being the industrial giant." At times, his politics resemble those of Michael Moore circa Roger & Me, as in his critique of corporations for abandoning loyal employees by moving operations overseas. But it's the "Hollywood powers that be" and "intellectual elites" who bear the brunt of Ratzenberger's anger. President Bush, meanwhile, gets his compliments for a lack of "contempt for the average American's intelligence" and
for his actions in Iraq. Compelling for his unpredictability,
this patriotic, independent-minded author will alternately
frustrate and fascinate both progressives and conservatives.
-
Publishers Weekly
"John, a truely fine patriotic American, bares his soul in this
thought-provoking, insightful tome."
- Phyllis Diller
"In a funny and thought-provoking way, John reminds us of the real
America, how great we feel to be Americans, and why all is not lost for
our future."
- Glen Charles, Co-creator of Cheers
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