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

Tucker Tibor Max[1] is an American humorist, Internet personality, and entrepreneur. He chronicles his drunken, sexual adventures in the form of short stories on TuckerMax.com, which receives "millions of visitors."[2][3][4] He is known for writing in "gonzo" style.[5]

His book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2006, 2007, and 2008.[6][7][8] 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. He is the son of Dennis Max, a well known restaurant owner in South Florida.[9]

Tucker Max Projects

In 2006, Max began development of a television pilot for Comedy Central, but the project was reportedly canceled after a dispute with Sony about feature film rights.[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 Assholes..., and has also announced intentions to release a second edition of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.[14][15][16]

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."[17] His blogging network includes journalist and television host Mark Ebner[18], strategy writer Robert Greene, and actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy.[19][20][21][22]

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.[23][24] Max has detailed the process on a production blog hosted on the movie's website.[25] Actor Matt Czuchry will portray Tucker on film.[26]

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.[27] It was an unflattering account and Johnson filed an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit.[28] The case was dismissed after the ACLU stepped in on Max's behalf claiming that the court had violated his First Amendment rights.[29] 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.[30][31] The lawsuit was subsequently dismissed and legal scholars such as Eugene Volokh and Orin Kerr referred to DiMeo's claim as "frivolous."[32][33][34] 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."[35]

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.[36]

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.[37]

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. ^ 435,400 monthly visits Search term: "tuckermax.com" Access Date 7/17/2008
  3. ^ Three in the Can for Beer in Hell Hollywood Reporter. July 8th, 2008
  4. ^ St. John, Warren Dude, Here's My Book New York Times "Mr. Max said that despite receiving approximately 60,000 visitors daily at TuckerMax.com"
  5. ^ Darko to Serve Max's Beer Variety. "Richard, Ted and I all appreciated Tucker's gonzo style of writing in his book " TATIANA SIEGEL June 10th, 2008
  6. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 2/5/06
  7. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 5/7/07
  8. ^ NYT Bestseller List Paperback Nonfiction 4/13/08
  9. ^ Max's Grille. "Dennis Max". Max's Grille. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  10. ^ Goldstein, Gregg "Beer in Hell" flowing to Big Screen Reuters April 17, 2008.
  11. ^ Matthew Thornton (2006-09-25). "Deals". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  12. ^ Tucker Max. "Assholes Finish First". Amazon. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  13. ^ "Assholes Finish First". Rudius Media. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  14. ^ "Gilmore Girls" veteran tastes 'Beer in Hell' Yahoo News. "and a $300,000 advance for his alcohol-fueled memoir for Penguin Books."
  15. ^ Vance, Ashlee (11 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)
  16. ^ 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)
  17. ^ "Rudius Media". Rudius Media. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  18. ^ Mark Ebner Bio Tru TV "He also writes a blog on breaking news from the corner of Hollywood & Crime at HollywoodInterrupted.com."
  19. ^ "About the Rudius Authors". Rudius Media. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  20. ^ "Hollywood, Interrupted" (Mark Ebner)
  21. ^ "Power, Seduction and War" (Robert Greene)
  22. ^ "JamieKennedy.net" (Jamie Kennedy)
  23. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (4/16/2008), "'Beer in Hell' gets big-screen treatment", The Hollywood Reporter {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  24. ^ IMDB: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
  25. ^ I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - The Movie blog.
  26. ^ Jesse Bradford, Matt Czuchry, and Geoff Stults in "Hell" ArtistDirect.com July 10, 2008
  27. ^ "Someone Talked" Annoy.com account of Johnson's lawsuit vs. Max
  28. ^ New York Times - Internet Battle Raises Questions About Privacy and the First Amendment
  29. ^ TuckerMax.com: ACLU amicus curiae
  30. ^ "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)
  31. ^ "The Dimeo Lawsuit Thread". Max, Tucker. 13, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  32. ^ "New Law Prohibiting Annoying Anonymous Speech Online:". Volokh, Eugene. 20, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  33. ^ "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)
  34. ^ "Chilling Speech and Frivolous Lawsuits". Kerr, Orin. 20, March, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) "Unless I'm missing something, though, DiMeo's claim is utterly frivolous"
  35. ^ "Judge's Brief"
  36. ^ Tucker Max Spins Yarns with Opie and Anthony
  37. ^ Memoir of Bad Boy Tucker Max's Outlandish Exploits, FoxNews.com, May 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-07-11.

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