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Howard Hughes, Liberace, Imelda Marcos, Sarah Bernhardt, Ed Wood, Jr., Ludwig von Beethoven -- they're all here, along with an astonishing assortment of other oddballs, kooks, dreamers, despots, prophets, performers, royals, politicians, inventors, philosophers, writers, artists, and more garden-variety eccentrics. Here, too, are the phobias, compulsions, odd beliefs, and weird habits that have placed them in the ranks of the bizarre, curious, and strange. You will discover, for instance, that Elvis Presley was convinced he could turn Graceland's sprinkler system on and off by the sheer power of concentration, that Salvador Dali ate vast quantities of Camembert cheese before bedtime to make his dreams more vivid, that Florence Nightingale carried a miniature pet owl in her pocket, while Kaiser Wilhelm II always carried with him photos of his deceased relatives in their funeral attire. You will learn, too, that the Victorian judge Lord Monboddo spent his entire life convinced that babies were born with tails (which midwives cut off), and that John Harvey Kellogg of cereal fame spent his wedding night writing an essay on the evils of sexual intercourse. Throughout the pages of this mammoth book you'll find impulses, whims, obsessions, and hangups as skewed as the schemes of Francisco Lopez, the Paraguay president who attempted to rout the Brazilian army with a battalion of small boys wearing false beards. You'll find cases galore that are screwier, too.
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AMUSING WEIRDOES.......2002-05-08
Our world consists of those whom we consider "normal" and those who are not so normal. Who are these off centered individuals and what contributions have they made to society? You would be surprised! Welcome to this four hundred ninety-five page book which gives us a snapshot of eccentrics through the ages. You will laugh at their antics and in many cases will find yourself baffled over some of the positions in which they hold power.
Karl Shaw does a remarkable job in presenting us with eccentrics who are in all facets of society. We find them in the religious, political, medical and military realms. This list just covers a few of the many occupations that eccentrics hold. Reading about them and their antics in amusing but sometimes you wonder if many of them were suffering from insanity or a personality disorder.
One of the problems of the book is defining eccentricity. If a person does something strange are they on the road to insanity? What about those people who were thought eccentric but were far ahead of their time? When an eccentric does something that is harmful to himself or others is this not the time to have them seek professional help? These and other questions abound as you read their stories. Most are amusing but there are some tales that are sickening when the eccentric displays bizarre behavior. Overall, the author has provided us with some fun entertainment.
A good time killer.......2000-05-09
This book is very good for picking up when you don't have much to do. The facts in the book are interesting, but hard to find. There is no way to find a specific oddball or eccentric. The people are broken up into catergories, but from there you're on your own. Enjoy.
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A bumper collection of 450 side-splitting cartoons, cherrypicked from around the world, The Mammoth Book of the Funniest Cartoons of All Time includes work by all the great favorites, such as Peter Arno, Posy Simmonds, Charles Addams, and Ros Asquith, as well as over 50 other remarkable talents. This book is arranged by theme, from Sport and Sex to the Long Arm of the Law. Introduced by Geoff Tibballs, author of the bestselling The Mammoth Book of Jokes, it also features a brief biography of each artist, and provides a superb collection on some of the funniest cartoons ever published.
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Very few, if any, laughs..........2007-08-13
... for the Western taste (West of the Atlantic, that is). This book contains mostly cartoons published in Punch, and other British tabloids, with predominantly puns and cliche site gags. If you're looking for New Yorker quality humor, you won't find it here. It's Benny Hill humor, not the Daily Show. I was also somewhat disappointed that the "Mammoth" part of the title did not indicate the page/drawing size. This book is like a super fat paperback off the rack (think War and Peace in paperback), though I probably would have seen that if I had researched the book size. I did not crack a smile while paging through the entire volume. You may like corny British humor, but it is not my cup of tea. Just a note of forewarning for the American buyer with a more sophisticated taste in humor.
Entertaining and a fast read........2007-01-24
I did know several of the artist/cartoonist and enjoyed their work.
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The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners contains the ultimate, most comprehensive compendium of humor ever compiled. From shaggy-dog stories to jokes for roasts and toasts, virtually every form of verbal humor on a whole raft of topics is represented in this not totally politically correct—but always diverting—collection of ticklers and howlers for any occasion. Humorous quotations, epigrams and epitaphs, limericks, and puns also appear among the volume’s thousands of entries categorized by topic. This format makes the book an easily accessible as well as invaluable companion to speechmakers for events great and small—meeting the needs of both the maiden aunt looking for a wholesome joke to relate at a golden wedding anniversary and the best man who needs a blue one for the bachelor party. Providing more than 10,000 choices, this mammoth book even offers would-be wolves on the prowl pick-up lines—at the same time that it offers some snappy comebacks and a few ribald ripostes for the reluctant or disinterested prey.
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Lots of fun.......2007-07-22
Arranged by category. Keep one in the bathroom for light reading, or use it to find the perfect anecdote to lighten up that after-dinner talk.
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The Mammoth Book of Dirty, Sick, X-Rated and Politically Incorrect Jokes is the ultimate collection of X-rated and decidedly politically incorrect jokes—an indispensable guide to the funny, the fearless and the filthy. Be warned, the contents of this spanking new bumper book are not for the faint-hearted or easily offended.
This unique and up-to-the-minute compendium features thousands of politically incorrect jokes covering every topic from Alzheimer's to Zoos. Among the themes are Accidents, Adultery, Australians, Breasts, Cannibals, Cowboys, Drunks, Farting, Flight Attendants, Foreplay, Honeymoons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Marriage, Masturbation, Nuns, Old age, Orgasms, Parrots, Priests, Sodomy, Surgery, Therapy, and, of course, Viagra.
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Title pretty much says it all.......2007-07-10
Great book for those of us with a sick, twisted sense of humor. The book seems to be British or Canadian, so a few of the local jokes went over my head, but overall great book. I would recommend reading through the "Search inside" that Amazon offers, and browsing through using "surprise me". I believe they let you read about 100 pages using this feature.
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Even bigger and better than ever, The Mammoth Book of Jokes is the ultimate joke book, now revised and expanded to over 7500 entries. This endlessly entertaining collection covers everything funny, from birthdays and dogs to mothers-in-law and war, from the tasteful to the tasteless. The Mammoth Book of Jokes also includes hilarious epigrams, limericks, misprints and howlers, shaggy dog stories, politically incorrect jokes, toasts, pick-up lines, and put-downs. Extra new material for this bumper edition includes favorite celebrity jokes — specially chosen by the likes of Bill Clinton, Gordon Ramsay, Dustin Hoffman and Tony Blair — as well as no fewer than 2000 brand new ones.
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More than 10,000 stories and jokes, limericks and one-liners, put-downs and puns in the ultimate, most comprehensive compendium of humor ever compiled. From boners and groaners to classic shaggy-dog stories and jokes for roasts and toasts, virtually every form of verbal humor on a whole raft of topics is represented in this not totally politically correct but always devilishly diverting collection of ticklers and howlers for any occasion. Humorous quotations, epigrams and epitaphs, newspaper misprints, misleading headlines ("MAGISTRATES MAY ACT ON INDECENT SHOWS"), limericks, puns, and the darnedest things said by kids ("a fjord is a Scandinavian car") also appear among the volume's ten thousand entries, which are arranged by category and fully indexed by subject. This format makes the book an easily accessible as well as invaluable companion to speech-makers for events great and small. So it is that The Mammoth Book of Humor meets the needs of both the maiden aunt looking for a wholesome joke to relate at a golden wedding anniversary and the best man who needs a blue one for the bachelor party. The volume even offers would-be wolves on the prowl pick-up lines-at the same time that it provides some snappy comebacks and a few ribald ripostes for the reluctant or disinterested prey. Waggish, witty, wisecracking, or whimsical, the humor is as various as it is vigorous on every page of this endlessly entertaining collection.
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I laughed till I cried!.......2005-04-26
I have reviewed several Joke books here on Amazon and some pretty good ones at that.However;this one is a standout and lives up to its title of Humor.It is not only jokes but covers every variety of humor one can imagine.
It literally covers everything from A to Z.Starting with Absent-mindedness all the way through to Zoos.Then in Part 2 does Bumper Stickers ,Epigrams,Epitaphs,Quotations,Misprints,Pick-up Lines & Rejections,Politically Incorrect,Dumb Blonds,Limericks,Confucious, Ethnic Jokes,Puns,Put-downs,Insults,etc.,etc.,etc.
I especially like Put-downs or Insults,you know,like:
"His porch light's on but nobody's home."
or;
"He's not playing with a full deck."
Well, I've heard about 20 of them.This book has 60!
This book has a grand total of over 6000 pieces.Going through it one gets the feeling that he is going through the files of someone who has spent a lifetime collecting every type of humor.
After telling a joke we have all heard someone say "I don't know how you remember those jokes,I never can."You don't have to;pick up this book for a couple of minutes before going out, you'll be loaded for bear.
Good Hunting!
This book has it all!.......2004-12-18
I would say this is the most comprehensive joke book I have ever read. It has clean jokes, dirty jokes, filthy jokes, not funny jokes, extremely funny jokes, pick-up lines, cut-downs, quotes, epitaphs, one-liners, funny bumper stickers, Puns, Limericks, etc...
Seriously, every joke I have ever heard and tons more are in this book. If you like comedy and need some new jokes before heading to the bar with your mates, grab this book.
Definately NOT for kids!.......2004-04-14
There is stuff in here that could be considered offensive for people under 18. Please use caution when buying this for a gift!
LOVE IT! LOVE IT!.......2001-08-26
As an entertainer who writes, reads, and uses a LOT of humor (not stolen...occasionally "switched"!) I LOVE joke books. But a lot of the ones on the market become old very fast. NOT THIS BOOK! The Mammoth Book of Humor has it all. There's a lot of old stuff, hilarious stuff, some corny stuff and some stuff that has apparently been lifted from internet joke lists. Its very well organized and indexed so if you're looking for something specific it is exceedingly easy to find it. And if you're like me and deface your joke books -- I circle the ones I like and tell friends, etc. -- you're going to find that a LOT of these jokes in a row will be circled. You'll find everything from puns, to putdowns, to politically incorrect jokes. And YES: if you are someone who believes it is a heinous crime to tell a joke poking fun at a given group, you probably won't like it. This contains ALL kinds of jokes including a section on politically incorrect jokes. And in that section EVERYONE is blasted. In my own case, I love to poke fun at myself (short jokes), my "group" etc so perhaps I am a bit insensitive. If you like to LAUGH and want to have a well-organized treasure chest of jokes, epigrams, riddles, etc that will get BIG LAUGHS you MUST have this book in your collection. This is one of those joke books that I read, circle, then go back and read the ones I liked again. With a lot of joke books I only have a few jokes circled. This one has circles all over the book. It even has more than its HUGE collection of well-organized jokes: there are hilarious bumper sticker slogans, misprints, a comic dictionary, epitaths, humorous quotes, quotes from kids. Limericks. If you like jokes, you'll want it. If you're a professional speaker or comedian, you'll NEED it. I'll do a show tomorrow for a guy who loves singing. I'm going to look through the singing jokes and adapt a few. This book has been a pleasure to read, re-read (the circled parts) and will be a valuable reference tool when I want to give friends, family or audiences a huge laugh. I have a lot of joke books -- and this ranks among the VERY BEST. LOVE IT!
Humor Me.......2000-12-02
I read a review in a local paper about The Mammoth Book of Humor and thought that it would make a wonderful Christmas gift for my in-laws. The reviewer went into great detail about the hilarious section that lists typos and unintentional puns from actual newspaper headlines. Unfortunately, they failed to mention that the book also contains religious humor that is in poor taste and that many people will find offensive.
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The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy: A Dazzling New Collection of Comic Fantasy Masterpieces from Esther Friesner, Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, Paul di Filippo, Adam Roberts, Molly Brown and Many More...
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Mike Ashley is back with an all-new edition of one of the bestselling Mammoth Books ever, from the funniest writers in the field, including Neil Gaiman, Tom Holt, and Terry Jones. The thirty- five off-the-wall comic fantasies featured in Ashley’s new collection are a mix of specially written stories and hard-to-find gems: a computer salesman in fairyland, a vampire football match, a psychotic Father Christmas, and a wizard allergic to magic. Ashley expertly turns fantasy and horror fiction on its head and magic into mayhem. This is huge fun for all comic fantasy fans.
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Hannibal Hamlin's Stomach Spoke to Me from the Ether and Mentioned that the Denizens of the Afterlife prefer Colgate to Crest........2006-05-28
Into the gorge/I hardly stand it/This awful book/no likely bandit/I'll take in rapscallions, bickers, and moffs/but Mike Ashley must lop his unbid skull OFF!
Thanks to Tony the Tiger, Snap, Crackle, Pop, and Mikey the Cinnamon Life boy for the inspiration.
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Engrossing and Sometimes Just Plain Gross!.......2002-03-15
This is a very interesting book. You'll be so entertained when reading this thing that you won't realize what else you're doing... learning history! Yep.. a lot of this book is about scandalous things of the past.
I would suggest this book to any and everyone (as long as they're over a certain age. Some of it might not be appropriate for younger kids, but I doubt they'd even WANT to read this book.)
Read about people who met their deaths while sitting on the toilet or having sex! Learn about how much fly feces is in your candy bar! Most of all, have FUN with this book. It's really thick, so it should keep you entertained for quite awhile.
Truth is stranger than fiction........1998-11-20
I love this book. I entertained myself and my sister-in-law by reading some of the lists aloud, especially the ones that pertain to death. This book is twisted humor at its very best.
Truth is stranger than fiction........1998-11-20
I love this book. I entertained myself and my sister-in-law by reading some of the lists aloud, especially the ones that pertain to death. This book is twisted humor at its very best.
Great, great, great!!.......1998-06-27
I am so glad I found this book! It is funny, it is entertaining, odd, ... A great present for somebody who has already everything.
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A unique, comprehensive collection of gripping stories set in twentieth century battlegrounds selected from classic magazines such as Blazing Combat and Commando.
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The best joke book ever.......2005-02-24
This is not an understatement. This book covers all the jokes you would have heard in a long time (covering every topic) and then some, excluding the very corny, typical ones. Not only is there those, but there's insults, amusing misprints, limericks, and quotes from all the funniest comedians around. Buy this book, it's simply amazing and my favourite humour collection in the world.
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