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Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, and Health-Inspected Cartoons, 1978-2006
Roz Chast
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Book Description
At last, the comprehensive book of cartoons from beloved New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.
Customer Reviews:
All this Roz Chast in one place? For ME!?!.......2007-09-14
This collection of Roz Chast cartoons brings me great joy and delight. It's fun to watch the evolution of her particular "style" from her earlier works to recent years. All of my favorites are here (i.e. "Inside One's Memory Bank", etc.) Some people don't "get" her, and that's fine with me ("Can't come to the U.S. to buy property -- I have to finish Scrubbing This Teakettle!") She draws some of my favorite cartoon facial expressions ever and I have a secret dream of someday owning an actual cartoon she penned or seeing my likeness as drawn by Roz. Those fantasies may never happen, but in the meantime I forked over the bucks for this great big old book and am so glad that I did. Where else can I relish a world of "Bad Mom" magazine and "The kid who learned about math on the street"?
Lamp Lovers Unite!.......2007-08-04
Like Pablo Picasso, Roz Chast is a prolific genius. But unlike Pablo, Roz is FUNNY!!!
A lot of entertainment for Roz Chast fans.......2007-07-10
Whenever I pick up the New Yorker, I always search first for Roz Chast cartoons. I love her sense of humor. The book is a great value - hours of entertainment. Roz Chast fans will not regret making this investment.
Theories of Everything Exceeeds Expectations.......2007-05-21
I've been a fan of Roz Chatz's work for just about 30 years. This amazing compendeum does not dissapoint. It's more than just looking at cartoons. It's a real READ. I spent about two or three weeks perusing this volume. Unlike most "cartoon books" this one has intellectual weight. It is both insightful and F U N N Y! If you are at all familiar with this artist/writer's work than THEORIES OF EVERYTHING is a must for your library.
A very funny lady.......2007-05-15
I love the quirky, definitely neurotic humor to be found
in this treasure of cartoons. A great brouse when I need
a laugh.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket
Customer Reviews:
Profound business wisdom....it leaves you wanting more.......2007-08-10
This book is really amazing. Definitely one of the top 5 or 10 best business books that you could read in your lifetime.
Charlie Munger, multi billionaire Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, shares his inner most thoughts, ideas, decision making processes...this is how you really make money. It makes those other "financial experts" (the people you see on tv with books, boardgames, spouting wisdom such as "pay yourself first", "save and invest 10% of your income") look like a bunch of kindergartners. They've made the bulk of their money selling books, tapes and seminars.
Munger's on the Forbes 400, he doesn't have to sell books to make money. I think the public is very lucky, just to get a glimpse into his mind.
It's a very dense book, 500+ pages, it's not something that you can read on a weekend and apply monday morning. Cialdini's book "Influence" is pretty much a pre requisite, you've got to be familiar with some of the key pyschological principles to get any usage out of this book.
His mental models approach to business and investing will give you a huge edge in life. You'll come up with answers that no one else has.
It reminds me of what Jay Abraham teaches (a big marketing consultant from California). He talks about tunnel vision vs funnel vision, and that most people who spend their whole lives in a particular industry, tend to do about plus or minus 10-20% of what everyone else in that industry does. You have to go outside of your industry for breakthroughs.
It's a similar thing here, what they teach you in college is terrible. Everyone is walled off from one another, deparments tend to overuse their own models and underuse important ones that could be right down the hall.
I think Munger is being nice in his critique of higher learning. What they teach is just daffy, I have an undergrad degree in finance, and all I read about was "rational man".
There's no people in any business texts. No one lies, cheats or steals. There's no personality clashes. Imagine being in a business class and asking the professor..."but, there's no people in any of these books. Can you bring in a pyschology professor to discuss how personalities clash in business or the misjudgements that people make?". It's all terribly mistaught, nothing is cohesive or interconnected in any way.
For example, in finance, you see all these people killing themselves trying to explain the latest real estate bubble. Straining, straining..is it a bubble, or isn't it?? Is it really going to pop?
I think the fatal flaw academics make is thinking that the deeper they go in their own field, the more answers they'll come up with. Maybe, maybe not. But they should be looking outside of their own field for some answers.
In the case of the real estate bubble, you can run down the pyschological principles laid out, and you've got a nice model to explain it.
-People are naturally overconfident and overly optimistic about everything.
-Aided by social proof, you see everyone else buying real estate and making money. You read about Joe and Jane Smith in the paper and they just made $50,000.
-Rising prices create a certain amount of conditioning in the buyer. In the big stock bubble of the 90's, everyone got conditioned to "buy the dips" because prices always went back up.
-Aided by authority (Cialdini explains these principles beautifully). A learned professor comes out and says real estate is going to keep going up. UCLA's Anderson School does a 2 year study, and says, "yes, prices will continue to rise". Well, if Anderson says it, it must be good.
Then prices start to dip, and you've got simple denial. People don't want to believe the truth. "Soft landing" is a nice word for denial and wishful thinking. And then ultimately the pain gets too great, and you have to sell.
I'm sure there are plenty of other factors involved (A big lollapalooza in Mungers terms). The timing can be complicated. But you'll never get that answer going deeper into a finance book.
The book leaves you wanting alot more. More examples would have been nice.
"Invert" I still don't quite get. A quote from the book.."many problems can't be solved forward". That could be a profound answer, but you don't know what to do with it.
Still, an amazing book. A must have for any business/investing library.
An inspiring book written by those who know Mr. Munger the best, his family, his friends, and his partners........2007-07-27
You should not buy this book if you are looking for the newest fad on stock picking or a 'how to' guide for making money. No book can pick stocks for you, but there are many for sale if you want to buy one.
Study this book if you are interested in the character, discipline, focus, thought processes, and wit Charlie Munger and those closest to him. This is a wonderful biography of an important and admirable man, written from many perspectives. It is funny, touching, thoughtful, honest and truly well done. It leaves you with a desire to read or re-read books from every topic ranging from thermodynamics to psychology. This book truly leaves you wanting more, and that is the most powerful sentiment that a book can leave a reader.
Overrated.......2007-03-12
This is a great book and worth reading; worth purchasing...i would say no. Munger goes over the necessity of multiple mental models (which i agree with) again and again and again and again, but does a poor job of describing each. As a reader you begin to think to yourself "ok, i know i need these mental models now what...".
Some parts that i believe need some elaboration are as follows: probability, engineering princibles, the intial process of picking stocks.
The book leaves you wanting more, a lot more.
One-stop shop for worldly wisdom.......2007-02-18
This book took me a looong time to read, but that's because its nearly 500 pages are so saturated with information and original ideas, you will have plenty to learn and will want to fully explore and take advantage of all Charlie has to offer. You MUST be an active reader to derive any benefit from the framework he has laid out. I don't think a quick skim will do it any justice, or even be worth your time.
The whole purpose of this book is to provide you with a strong mental foundation for success in life... I call it the "inner game." Only then are you truly ready to take on the world in business or make astute investment decisions. For specific investment advice, look no further than Buffett. What you get from Munger is both harder to obtain, and more important to master. Application of investment technique should be the easy part. Key teachings I found important were:
the importance of using the multi-disciplinary approach and interrelated mental models formed from the big (often elementary but rarely used), important ideas of various disciplines
realizing your mental circle of competence, and specializing
the lollapalooza effect
avoiding the man-with-the-hammer problem, and many other psychological tendencies he discusses
his emphasis on ethical behavior (where else do you find this?)
comparison of the stock market to the pari-mutuel betting system
the idea of betting big when the odds are in your favor (Buffett's idea as well)
What I like most is that he has a no-nonsense attitude, and this quality of genuineness makes him more likeable, and easier to learn from. He has a dominant personality and seems more opinionated and less mellow than Buffett, so yes, sometimes he may come across as arrogant, but I'm sure it's hard to downplay such a great life. But anyway, he is supposed to be the teacher, so you must put your own ego aside.
You also get a nice biography at the beginning, giving you some background information about him. Of course Charlie, a self-proclaimed "biography nut," would agree that learning about the lives of other successful people is very important step to success. Since he has led a very honorable life, it would be a great thing if people try to walk in his footsteps.
My only complaint is that somebody decided to put huge boldface italicized duplicate excerpts in the middle of most pages, absolutely killing the flow of the text and slowing me down considerably. I would have tried to simply ignore them, but some of the quotes were not duplicates from the text so I read every single one. I didn't mind the extra information offered in the margins, and in fact found most of it both helpful and interesting. The caricatures were amusing. Remember Charlie is supposed to be a down-to-earth guy, so they wanted to give the book this kind of feel. Also, there was a lot of redundancy of ideas, due to the fact that ten separate speeches were compiled and the topics often overlapped, but I know the value of repetition, and if it has helped drive the key ideas home, it has served its purpose well.
Overall, I'd recommend it to anyone. It stands alone as a masterpiece. For serious investors, I think you will possess the greatest investment capabilities if this book is supplemented with readings from Buffett and Graham. The results of this powerful combination, used effectively, is certainly what Munger would call a lollapalooza effect.
Great Book--Worldly Wisdom.......2007-01-25
This is an absolutely fabulous book. I love it. I am an avid follower of Charlie Munger, going to the annual meetings etc. So I thought that this might only be a rehash of existing speeches and talks, which admittedly form the bulk of the text. But it is much more--Munger has revised and added to some of his talks. The editor, Peter Kaufman, has added other materials. Munger's son's comments about dinner table conversations with his children (and grandchildren) are worth the price of the book.
Simply, the book imparts the wisdom of Charlie Munger, from the dinner table to the boardroom.
Now to the bad: as marvelously as the book portrays Munger's wisdom, graphically it is one of the silliest books I have ever seen. The illustrations and pictures range from trite to dreadful. They are poorly chosen, poorly reproduced, sophomoric at best: a picture from Star Trek to illustrate second order consequences, inane caricatures of Munger and Buffett, etc. Visually, it is ghastly.
Nevertheless, this is still a 5 star book. So, here is a new Franklinesque proverb: Don't judge a book by its illustrations.
Book Description
One hundred political cartoons you wanted to see, but weren't allowed to: all were banned for being too hot to handle.
Think you live in a society with a free press? These celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise. Whether blasting Bush for his "Bring 'em on!" speech, spanking pedophile priests, questioning capital punishment, debating the disputed 2000 election, or just mocking baseball mascots, they learned that newspapers and magazines increasingly play it safe by suppressing satire.
With censored cartoons, many unpublished, by the likes of Garry Trudeau, Doug Marlette, Paul Conrad, Mike Luckovich, Matt Davies, and Ted Rall (all Pulitzer Prize winners or finalists), as well as unearthed editorial illustrations by Norman Rockwell, Edward Sorel, Anita Kunz, Marshall Arisman, and Steve Brodner, you will find yourself surprised and often shocked by the images themselves—and outraged by the fact that a fearful editor kept you from seeing them. Needed now more than ever because of a neutered press that's more lapdog than watchdog, Killed Cartoons will make you laugh, make you angry, and make you think. 100 illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Antidote to editorial timidity .......2007-05-30
If you're disheartened by pusillanimous publishers who lack the sand to back up their writers and cartoonists when they come up with controversial material, David Wallis is your man. In his previous work, "Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot To Print," he championed journalists whose articles were decommissioned by their fearful overseers; now in KILLED CARTOONS he's back with a book that does the same for editorial cartoonists. Clever, thoughtful, and brave.
Kartoons that did not see print.......2007-05-13
What a shame these weren't printed. All were to the point, and pertinant.
Wrong choice.......2007-05-13
The Book was good enough it just wasnt quit what I was looking foward to
Funny, but you don't want to laugh.......2007-04-28
I enjoyed KILLED CARTOONS immensely. The work illustrates beautifully why political cartoons are important. (And why they're capable of generating real controversy.) What Wallis understands is that cartoons have a contradictory function. One the one hand they have to amuse the reader, and on the other, they have to upset his/her equilibrium--ideally to the boiling point. Cartoons reach us on a visceral level, which is why I found Wallis' commentary (captions, if you will) a perfect complement to them. Wallis is a witty intelligent and apparently well-informed writer. This book came to me as a gift, I just bought his KILLED: Journalism To Hot to Print, with my own money.
Understand what you're getting.......2007-04-21
For the right audience, I'm sure this is a fine work. I was not the right audience. I wanted a book that presented the cartoons, with perhaps minimal commentary, and let me decide for myself. Instead, this provides pages of commentary and, actually, very few cartoons (94 in its 282 pages - I counted). If you're looking for a treatise on the myth of freedom of the press, using a few cartoons as case studies, then by all means look at this book. Just know what it is you are buying, and know that less than a third of the pages in the book actually show the "Killed Cartoons" that the title promises.
Book Description
Each week about fifty New Yorker cartoonists submit ten ideas, yielding five hundred cartoons for no more than twenty spots in the magazine. Arguably the most brilliant single-panel-gag cartoonists in the world create a bunch of cartoons every week that never see the light of day.
These rejects were piling up in the dusty corners of studios all over the country. Sam Gross, who has been contributing since 1962, has more than 12,000 rejected cartoons. (Seriously. He's been numbering every single cartoon he's ever submitted to The New Yorker since the very beginning.) Enter editor Matthew Diffee. He tapped his fellow cartoonists, asking them to rescue these hilarious lost gems. From the artists' stacks of all-time favorite rejects, Diffee handpicked the standouts -- the cream of the crap -- and created The Rejection Collection, a place where good ideas go when they die. Too risqué, silly, or weird for The New Yorker, the cartoons in this book offer something no other collection has: They have never been seen in print until now.
With a foreword by New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff that explains the sound judgment, respectability, and scruples not found anywhere in these pages, and handwritten questionnaires that introduce the quirky character of each artist, The Rejection Collection will appeal to fans of The New Yorker...and to anyone with a slightly sick sense of humor.
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous!.......2007-09-27
This book is a must have for those who love New Yorker cartoons. They are even more amusing than some cartoons that are published, however, they are definitely not appropriate for all magazine viewers!!!
Rejected With Good Reason.......2007-09-23
I'm a fan of New Yorker cartoons and would be the first to congratulate the editorial staff on the fine job it's done these eighty years in discovering new talent, employing recognized masters like Charles Addams and Peter Arno, and knowing which cartoons fit the style and tone of the celebrated publication. The editors were wise to give most of the cartoons here in The Rejection Collection a big thumbs down. Sure, there are some concepts in this collection I liked and was surprised they weren't included in the magazine (Pat Byrnes' material most of all, the Marchetto quip on page 95, which was hilarious, and the Tom Cheney illustration on page 114, too) but mostly what's here is a gathering of gross, unfunny, perverse and mocking drawings that the readers of the New Yorker did fine without seeing at all. A much better collection would have dug into the vaults and let us see some rejected pieces that went back decades instead of just the 2000's. I understand a second volume of rejects is coming out this year and I hope it's not the letdown this one was.
You MUST have this book!.......2007-09-19
This is a hilarious and sometimes screamingly funny collection of cartoons that were deemed "too resque, silly, or weird" for publication. In other words, right up my alley.
As big as this volume is, it represents a small percentage of the thousands of brilliant items not fit for the New Yorker, and is absolutely over-the-top funny!
Not to be read in public..........2007-09-05
....unless you don't mind being seen cackling, gasping for breath with beer
running out of your nose.
You already know that these are cartoons by New Yorker cartoonists that were
rejected by that magazine. If you're a regular reader of the New Yorker, this book
will be a revelation: the difference between these cartoons and the ones that get
published is not just that these are much funnier. The difference lies in the
exuberance and boundary-pushing that's the hallmark or true art. Or at least
true cartoons. There's less of the insider-joke smarminess that congratulates you
for being hip enough to get what the joke is. Seeing what the magazine didn't
want to publish has diminished my respect for it just a bit. (I'm not cancelling my
subscription though.)
There's the cartoon of the couple sitting on a couch. Through the window, we see
the full moon. The man is visibly turning into a werewolf. The woman observes:
"You're lucky. I'm turning into my mother." Then there's the Roadkill Zoo and the
Santa with a craving for venison and the ventriloquist who getting drunk while
his dummy barfs and. . . . . . .
_Lynn Hoffman, author of bang BANG, which was rejected once or twice itself
A Funny Twist on the Usual New Yorker Cartoons.......2007-08-01
The New Yorker cartoons are always fun to read. This book of rejects contains many that can be categorized as "Things you think about but would never dare put on paper." They are laugh-out-loud funny. In addition to the rejected cartoons, each cartoonist was asked to complete a questionnaire, including his/her explanation of what an ink blob reminded him/her of. A most enjoyable read.
Book Description
You don't have to be a genius to sound like one. Here's a collection of the most profound and provocative wit and wisdom in the English language in two lines or less. Edited by entrepreneur John M. Shanahan, who created the wildly successful Hooked on Phonics program, this wonderful book presents the best that has been thought and said on every imaginable topic.
Classified by such themes as "Truth, Lies, and Deception," "Men, Women, and Relationships," and "Passions, Virtues, and Vices," these quotes contain timeless messages for all humankind. Oscar Wilde: "A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position." Charles de Gaulle: "The cemetery is filled with indispensable men." Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Sophocles: "Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it."
Perfect for anyone who has ever been left speechless, this book will make you as glib as Oscar Wilde, as profound as Winston Churchill, and as wise as Aesop. Inspirational, entertaining, and thought-provoking, this is one collection that no library or bookshelf should be without.
Customer Reviews:
You've got to be kidding!.......2007-06-08
If this editor really thinks these are the most brilliant thoughts of all time, he needs to get out more. A few gems, but mostly tired truisms from the 1900's and before. Nothing much new. I found this book disappointing and boring, which is unfortunate, since it includes a CD with all of the content included. But here is some good news; if you are looking for something similar that will really inspire and entertain you a far better choice is-
"A Dancing Star: Inspirations to Guide and Heala wonderful book that was given to me by a friend 10 years ago when I became ill with a chronic disease. I still read it all the time.
I have two copies - i can't be without it!.......2006-10-18
This is an amazing quote book. I manage a large office of creative staff and I
also attend many business functions where I am often called upon to make
speeches. I use the quotes in this book when communicating with my staff and
colleagues. I like to throw in a few quotes from Mr. Shanahan's book, it never
lets me down when I need to make a point subtly and eloquently.
I find a great way to start the business day on a positive note is to
open up The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time' (in Two Lines or Less) and
read a relevant quote to my team.
I have a copy at my office and another at home.
Lots of Profound Quotations.......2006-04-26
I REALLY like reading quotations & this book is FULL of them, BUT the author, John Shanahan, has attempted his 15 minutes of fame by including his own quotations, most of which I read & said, "HUH??" because they are not up to the same quality as the others. However, it IS his book! Great read, tho!
Literature ?.......2006-03-14
As books of this type go it is about what I expected, a real novelty. I may find a few items to quote, but most are not very profound nor of great interest.
Carry right too far and it becomes wrong.......2005-11-15
As I have just finished reading the book of Baltasar Gracian "the art of worldly wisdom" which is a must on every serious readers shelf , I picked up this book to relax my mind and enjoy it.....I must admit that it is very easy read and one can finish it in a couple of days since most quotes can be found written at the back of public toilet doors. A good book overall but far from brilliant.
Pascal Hagge
Book Description
In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes, is a hopelessly terrifying place–with endless comic potential.
–If your girlfriend gives you some “love coupons” and then breaks up with you, are the coupons still valid?
–What kind of performance pressure does an endangered male panda feel when his captors bring the last remaining female panda to his cage?
–If murderers can get into heaven by accepting Jesus, just how awkward is it when they run into their victims?
Join Simon Rich as he explores the extraordinary and hilarious desperation that resides in ordinary life, from cradle to grave.
"Hilarious." –Jon Stewart
Customer Reviews:
Impressive beginnings.......2007-09-22
Ant Farm is a promising seminal work by Simon Rich, recent graduate of Harvard University and former president of The Harvard Lampoon. It weighs in at a fighting trim 139 pages. Although, if one were to remove all the blank pages and Roman numeral chapter pages, it would be lighter than Kate Moss after Lent. The majority of the short, one to four page, bits are creative and funny leaving one wanting more. Unfortunately, there are several that seem uninspired, such as a one page piece titled 'If Life Were Like Hockey' which probably took less than a minute to write and has a lame punchline. The bits called 'Rebellion' and 'Jesus' just seem weak.
Overall the book is solid, but it doesn't have the absurd feel that I remember in National Lampoon many years ago or more recently in The Onion. It frequently makes one smile, but rarely laugh out loud. However, I do predict a great future for 22 year old Simon Rich based on this impressive start. He's currently a good lightweight who might someday develop into a great heavyweight.
Silly Short Stuff.......2007-08-28
These stories are very very short which is good. If they were any longer they might well result in emotional damage to the reader. Mr. Rich's imagination takes us where few have gone before.
I mean what would you do if an angry murderer threatened you with death if you didn't come up with the correct answer to a trigonometry problem (sin2x=2cosinxsinx)? Have you ever thought how difficult it would be to wage war using Swiss army knives? Is it really true that God intervenes to help Orel Hershiser pitch his way to victory? Is it a fact that scientist Stephen Hawking is really a time traveler? Is it possible for ants to dig to freedom from a glass walled ant farm?
Do these story topics pique your interest? If so cough up 10 bucks and buy the book. If they leave you cold, well, hey spend the money on a six pack, and have fun that way.
Is this funny or not?.......2007-08-28
In the interest of total objectivity I attached myself to the Universal Laugh-O-Meter (available from the Harvard Lampoon for more money than you've got) as I read this. But first I had to calibrate the meter. I showed myself the clip of George W. Bush strutting across an aircraft carrier with the banner "Mission Accomplished" overhead wearing the cod piece and carrying the helmet under his arm, looking like he just got back from a swell bombing mission over Baghdad.
Laugh-O-Meter: 10! Very funny!
I watched a clip of Bill Clinton solemnly weighing the meaning of certain words before coming up with "That depends on what the meaning of 'is' is."
Laugh-O-Meter 9! Very funny, but not quite hilarious.
Then I watched some old "Laugh In" skits...
Laugh-O-Meter 3 to 4. Moderately unfunny!
...some early Saturday Night Live...
Laugh-O-Meter 7. Funny for sure!
...and finally I studied shots of Alberto Gonzalez pondering...pondering...not recalling...not recalling...lying under oath...furling his brow...pondering...not recalling...
Laugh-O-Meter 6.5. Just plain funny!
So armed, I started reading Simon Rich's book. Wow. There's a lot of air in the book, two nearly blank pages every chapter break, plenty of spacing between lines, etc., and even so the book's only 139 pages long. I was done in twenty minutes! I got a print out of the Laugh-O-Meter's ratings. Here are some highlights:
"the ride back to beersheba" (titles are in lowercase so you don't have to hit the shift key--got to love the efficiency of the text messaging crowd) in which a modern day Abraham is returning from the mountain having almost killed his son in the name of The Father and is now working hard to keep Isaac from telling mom about it. He says to his son, just say it was "pretty normal." (p. 4)
Laugh-O-Meter 5. Mildly amusing but deep!
"a conversation at the grown-ups' table as imagined at the kids' table" (p. 5)
Laugh-O-Meter 8. Very funny! But more than that, slyly true! (MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy." Later: "MOM: I had a lot of wine, and now I'm crazy!")
But then things started to get unfunny. I recorded a couple of 2's and a 3 and then there was "math problems" which peaked at 4.5, in which a math teacher's Unit 4 Test (with word problems) inadvertently projects onto his students his marital and drinking difficulties, including a geometric calculous of how far he must stay away from his ex-wife by court order amid calculations about the price of rum.
After that there were a few sparklers, e.g., "what goes through my mind when I'm home alone (from my mom's perspective)." "Hmm...Better go through the medicine cabinet and drink all the medicine for no reason. Wait, what's this? A note telling me not to 'drink any medicines'? Thank God! I was about to do that. I was about to drink all the medicines and kill myself because I'm retarded." Notice that this is actually from the kid's perspective imagining his mom's rationale.
Laugh-O-Meter 7! Funny!
But that was about it. Rich is best when he uses the something-seen-as-happening-from-another-person's-perspective comedic technique, especially kids looking at adults. He is at his worst when at the end of the book he gives us some army/war type of humor. Never been there. Never done that. Laugh-O-Meter 0.1. Kind of like a Harvard undergrad trying to imagine combat. Huh? My mom would NEVER let me go! Be serious.
Consequently, although this is not what you might call laugh out loud funny, it does perhaps somewhat inadvertently probe beneath the flimsy veneer of a certain world view that I might call prep school ennui (I have to go to school because I am going to inherit the world because my dad says so, but my mom still hasn't picked up the wash, and anyway I've got some serious pimples to pop, etc., etc., and so on, give me a total break and no I will not loan you my blue blazer cause you barfed on the last thing I lent you and besides it doesn't fit because you've still got CHILDHOOD OBESITY, dumbfart.)
By the way, the title piece is about ants trying to tunnel their way out of the glass enclosure of the "ant farm" as seen from the ants' point of view. Laugh-O-Meter 5. But good at describing symbolically the human predicament as seen from a kid's perspective.
Not Funny.......2007-08-25
This book was not in the least funny. I am sorry I spent the money on it. I have a good sense of humor and I didn't even as much as crack a smile.
Not Funny.......2007-08-13
I feel cheated. Not only did I find this book not funny, but it was hardly enough non humour to warrant writing a book.
Average customer rating:
- little black sambo
- Review of book purchase.
- Important historically, but not delightful
- Rembering the good old days
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The Story of Little Black Sambo
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The jolly and exciting tale of the little boy who lost his red coat and his blue trousers and his purple shoes but who was saved from the tigers to eat 169 pancakes for his supper, has been universally loved by generations of children. First written in 1899, the story has become a childhood classic and the authorized American edition with the original drawings by the author has sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
Little Black Sambo is a book that speaks the common language of all nations, and has added more to the joy of little children than perhaps any other story. They love to hear it again and again; to read it to themselves; to act it out in their play.
Customer Reviews:
little black sambo.......2007-09-16
check book dimensions. I was surprised at the size. My mother read this book as a child and has always wanted a copy. I knew of the controversy but had never seen the book myself. After buying it I was eager to see what the fuss was about. I don't get! Apparently it is the pictures which were not done buy a professional(in 1899). As for the name sambo, it was turned into a slur by some bigot and probably would have happened with any name chosen. I'm sure many will be offended when I say "get over it" you brought more attention to this "offense" than it ever would have gotten otherwise. EVERYONE has had an unflattering portrayal at sometime. Let it go. I thought it was a cute story.
Review of book purchase........2007-09-10
I was very pleased with my purchase - prompt and efficient service, reasonable price. I was a little surprised that the book was "mini" size and wished that had been indicated; but I liked it nevertheless. I would definitely purchase again.
Important historically, but not delightful.......2007-04-26
To me, it is not a matter of being offended or not. But if you can read this without any discomfort you need to review your history. Of course kids can like it, but they like throwing rocks at ducks too. What is disturbing to me is how anyone can be nostalgic for a colonial past. Sambo is very lovable, but that is the point. It paid to maintain that the 'primitive' races were childlike, endearingly innocent. This idea of a paternalistic love actually supported Western dominance. They were the 'white man's burden,' permanently in childlike relation to the West, incapable of self rule or living in a modern world. In exchange for being guided to civilization, their natural resources could be had for the superior races. The childlike, innocent native is cut from the same cloth as the threatening cannibal, or the easily scared servant, or the lazy slave. All of these stories came out of that system of beliefs. This is not an Indian folk tale, however clever and tricky Sambo is. This is not, as one reviewer writes, "A loving attempt to reach across the racial divide." The historical record contradicts this reading. Read just a line or two from the official reports written by colonial administrators like Helen Bannerman's husband. This kind of nostalgia erases the history of colonial rule. Maintaining divisions between a ruling class (British) and a subaltern class (colonial subjects) was the whole point of colonialism, of which this tale is a product.You and your children may find this character cute and cuddly, but stop and think about that. So are puppies. It is quite possible to love your mammy or your servant, just as you love your dog. (The mother in this tale is a direct relation of Aunt Jemima and her pancake mix, introduced at the Chicago World's Fair just two years previously) Exactly WHO is nostalgic for this past? I understand how remembering black slaves and coolies as 'happy darkies' is a lot less painful than actually remembering the truth. This was not a simpler time but one in which brutal subordination of a people was sanctioned by the state. If you miss that 'simpler time' I hope you don't live next door to me. My children would not be safe.
Rembering the good old days.......2007-03-09
My wife and I had this book when we were children. We are now in our late 60s.And often talked about this book. Didn't know we could still buy them. This was a great little book.Think every one should read this book. keep up the good work. Thanks
Noteworthy Because of its historical context.......2007-03-05
I recall Little Black Sambo from my childhood as well. My Aunt worked as a domestic for a Jewish household and they would give her their children's discarded playthings to take to her nephews. Little Black Sambo was among the offerings. I remember reading with fascination the story of this child and I knew nothing at the time of its racist connotations. Unfortunately, despite the denial of some of the prior reviewers, it cannot be ignored that this book might be considered offensive to some. Just like the black lawn jockeys that were so popular at one time, and the Aunt Jemima pancake box before they took the bandana off of her head, these icons represent post cival rights era reality. I supppose some of you see nothing wrong with the Little Rascal character Farina with the rags tied in his head, or Buckweat either. I would not advocate banning any of the aforementioned symbols, because I think they should be cherished as a sign of just how far we've come. I have mammy salt and pepper shakers, cookie jars, etc., because as a Black man in America, I want to remember and cherish the past. If I find the version of this book I had as child in which Sambo was jet black with white eyes and huge red lips, I'd add it to my collection in a heartbeat!
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With his Daily Show appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, The Areas of My Expertise was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge. John Hodgman and his fur-hatted associate, Jonathan, have prepared an exclusive video for Amazon customers explaining the above.
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Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously)-a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom-all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius.
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boring and tries too hard.......2007-10-02
This is a random grouping of charts and graphs that attempt to be funny in the way of "The Onion" type humor. Unfortunately, the book fails to be even moderately funny.
Hodgman is Funny.......2007-09-19
I like Hodgman's humor and enjoyed this book quite a bit. I also would recommend Lloyd Dangle's latest book, "Troubletown Told You So: Comics That Could've Saved Us From this Mess."Troubletown Told You So: Comics that Could've Saved Us from this Mess
A must on audio.......2007-09-04
Although I imagine John Hodgman's "The Areas of My Expertise" would be both illuminating (containing, as it does, the sum of all human knowledge) and entertaining (written, as it is, by a man who has won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy, a Tony, the Pulitzer Prize and was named Miss Massachusetts 1989), it's even better when read by John Hodgman himself.
And that's even without the musical interludes by Jonathan Coulton and the 700 hobo names. The latter, incidentally, has proven invaluable in my personal life.
A must-buy for anyone who enjoys knowledge, learning, hobos or breathing.
Painful.......2007-08-12
I special ordered this book based on a glowing review from a good friend.
I have decided to ask this friend never to recommend anything to me ever again.
I didn't laugh at anything in this book. I smiled once or twice at certain parts. The author has a troubling obsession with werewolves and hobos that is tedious and fairly juvenile. The only person laughing is John Hodgman as he sleeps on a giant pile of money from people foolish enough to buy into the hype, and the publisher that was double-dog-dared to print it.
John Hodgman is why I run a PC.......2007-07-10
If you're looking for jokes of the keynote variety (this is not something I would recommend), do yourself a favor and buy a Reader's Digest.
If, however, you're a fan of humor (along the lines of Mark Twain, Andy Kaufman, Bill Cosby, Christopher Buckley, etc.), buy this book. There is a world of difference between jokes and humor. Jokes rely on a punchline; humor requires a humorist. For instance, it's impossible to "tell" a bit by any of the aforementioned people and produce laughter (except among people who are already familiar with the material).
Each has a unique voice and outlook that can be imitated but never duplicated. John Hodgman falls into this class of genuine humorists. If you find yourself understanding the distinction between jokes and humor, I would highly endorse purchasing both the paperback edition of this book--unabridged plus 100 additional hobo names--AND the audiobook, for the pleasure of hearing John Hodgman narrate in his incomparable, slightly lazy-eyed style.
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The Friars Club Encyclopaedia of Jokes: 2,000 One-Liners, Straight Lines, Stories, Gags, Roasts, Ribs and Put-Downs
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Introduction by Alan King. The most extensive collection of jokes ever compiled from Friars Club members and other comedians, this hilarious book covers every imaginable subject--from aging to dieting, fashion to fathers, birth control to male anatomy.
Customer Reviews:
well organized.......2007-01-26
a well organized collection of older and newer material. good as i reference or an tntro to jokesmithing.
Find a laugh at the place that you need it.......2006-01-24
Georgie Jessel would have loved this book. He was endlessly talking of the 'Friar's Club' in his old routines. But the truth is this book has quite a bit of material which comes from other sources. Never mind. There are jokes here for every situation and every occasion. The one- liners are conveniently indexed under subject making it easy to decide to be amused about something and finding a particular subject.
This is of course a book not to be ' read through' but rather dipped into here and there when one feels like a little chuckle or smile. There is however some bad taste dirty stuff which a number of readers have complained about, and which the editor might have done without. Of course in doing so he would have taken out one major element of 'Friar's Club ' humor.
Usually I find something disheartening about joke- books especially if they are too 'low in spirit'. I prefer a kind of mild humor as exemplified by this kind of joke.
"Behind every successful man , stands an amazed woman"
The work is not all jokes and has little stories and anecdotes also.
Enjoy.
Ladies and Germs............2003-08-19
If you have ever seen the Friar's Club in action, you already know that there is no safe haven from the one liners, roasts and put-downs. "The Friar's Club Encyclopedia of Jokes is no different. The book has over 2,000 jokes listed by subject from A-W, so unless you are a xenophobe, a yak, or a zebra, any person,idea, or subject is fair game.
This is not a book that you would read from cover to cover, Just leave it out on your coffee table, or pull it out from the bookshelves, open up to any page and start laughing. The only place I would not suggest to keep it,is on your night stand. You may wake the person next to you laughing out loud.
All the one liners and gags are grouped by subject. Actors, Baldness, Bankers, Divorce,Ethnic Jokes, Female Anatomy,Life, Politics,Television, Taxes, Weather, you name it, these big guns of comedy don't miss a trick.
This book may not be for everyone, as many of the jokes are crude,some may be considered R rated, and some being from a time when it was okay to laugh at yourself and life without being politically correct. Although none of the lines are intended to be mean spirited. I definately wouldn't keep it around children who can read!
You can almost hear, these legends spouting their stuff. Groucho Marx.."A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running"...Mae West.."I like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign"...Jackie Gleason.."When you leave New York, you're camping out." Joe E. Lewis.."A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on" (Those are some of the more tasteful quotes I could give without being edited or offending.)
It is quite a thick book at 496 pages of these priceless quotes and dialouges. There is an index of Humorists, making it easy to find your favorites, and an introduction by Alan King, listing it's most renowned memebers.
Many of the contributors(who some may consider as national treasures) are no longer with us, and this book is a treasure chest of their words. I would recommend it to anyone who needs a good laugh and can appreciate it for what it is.
"For the first year of marriage I had a basically bad attitude. I tended to place my wife underneath a pedestal."...Woody Allen
Badaboom.....enjoy...Laurie
Direct from the *true* Kings of Comedy, the Joke Enclopedia!.......2002-01-29
I love this great big joke book! I got it for Christmas, and each night before turning out the light, I'd read sections of it, and really enjoy it. To tell the absolute truth, I was *very* suprised to find MANY of the jokes from my collection of "Gross" and "Truly Tasteless" books included here, albiet in slightly altered form. I suppose there's a place in the Friar's hearts for occasional filth and rauch. But you know what? I still love it! Hey, I said I was suprised, I didn't say I didn't approve. More power to 'em, so much the better, I say. Ranging in topics from Drugs, Sex, Work, Women, Doctors, Lawyers, (a rather BIG section there) and yes, even the ethnic jokes, I guarantee you'll find the catagory in here to suit your taste, and then you'll find the perfect joke to make you split your sides! Check this one out today!
SUPER for speechmakers, comedians and BIIIIIIIG LAUGHS!.......2001-09-11
Even with Milton Berle's amazing, thick-with-laughs two volume Private Joke Files this is one of the best joke books on the market. Why? It truly contains great one-liners, straight lines, gags, roasts, etc. from the Friars Club, many of them attributed to the world's greatest entertainers and comedians.
Don't give this to Little Johnny (although he may indeed like it) since some jokes in this superb book are adult oriented (with adult language, too) and - yes -- some are politically incorrect ("She's so fat she's my TWO best friends." -- unattributed). But you'll howl with laughter as you read many of these.
And you can truly use them for any occasion or aim one at someone if you know his/her/its background ("You have to have a physical before you get into the Army. A doctor looks in one ear, another doctor looks in the other, and if they can't see each other you're in. If they can see each other, you become an MP." -- Joe E Brown). Some jokes aren't attributed but you'll find many jokes directly credited to classic and modern comedians ... EVEN BETTER: It is well-organized into topics and indexed according to performer. I read a lot of joke books. Some I read, find mildly amusing and file in the basement. This one stays on my self for reference (I am a ventriloquist believe it or not) -- and if I just need a pick-me-up belly laugh. WELL worth the price!!
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Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever
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Take it away! Jokelopedia is the mother of all joke books—an all-encompassing, gut-busting collection of more than 1,700 jokes for every occasion. 59 elephant jokes, including Why are elephants banned from pblic swimming pools They always drop their trunks. Dozens of knock-knock jokes, like Knock, knock./ Who's there?/Raven./Raven who?/Raven lunatic who wants to knock your door down! Plus teacher jokes, food jokes, gross jokes, and why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road jokes. And a whole section of tongue twisters, specializing in the yucky. Try saying "sneaking in my creaky squeaky reeking sneakers." but the jokes are just the beginning— Jokelopedia is loaded with joke-telling tips and profiles of famously funny people, from Will Ferrell to SpongeBob SquarePants (Hey, wait—is SpongeBob really a person?)Packed with 1,700 kid-friendly jokes, tongue-twisters, riddles, and puns, this new edition of JOKELOPEDIA is the bible for incurable jokesters, class clowns, and aspiring comedians. Here are doctor jokes, robber jokes, teacher jokes, why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road jokes. Lightbulb jokes, movie star jokes, gross-out jokes, vampire jokes, elephant jokes. The classics, fresh variations on the classics, and jokes with nothing classic about them. The guffaws are organized into categories for easy reference, and the book is sprinkled throughout with amusing facts, joke-telling pointers and tips, and informational spotlights on favorite funny people, including Mike Myers, Will Ferrell, and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Did you hear about the two antennae that met on a rooftop, fell in love, and got married?
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Customer Reviews:
My kids are in love with this book!.......2007-01-18
My seven year old thinks this book is the best gift he has gotten all year! He giggles and comes and tells us the joke he has read and then reads some more. If you want your boys to read this one will help. It doesn't hurt to bring a bit of laughter into the lesson either.
Jokes for granddaughter.......2006-04-23
I e-mail my [...] granddaughter jokes often, the cornier, the better. She loves corny humor. I thought I would have a never-ending supply with this big book of jokes, but I have to hunt to find short, simple jokes for her. I would say that the book is for an older audience than first graders. It has a lot of good material in general, but too many long jokes in my opinion.
suks comepletely.......2006-03-29
this joke book suks. if i can give it any star i want, i would give it a -10 stars. i never actually bought it, but i borrowed it from a friend. i needed a joke book for my anouncements on the intercom every morning, and it only lasted 3 days and i ran out of good jokes. some of the jokes arnt appropriate and most of them dont make sense. if your gonna buy a joke book, dont buy this!
Hey, kids like it.......2005-09-05
This book has some (okay, maybe even a lot of) un-funny jokes that don't make much sense (non-sequitar), but it has some good ones and my younger siblings enjoy reading it.
Some material not appropriate for children........2005-05-02
"If a nut on the wall is a walnut, what is a nut in the bathroom? A pee can."
"Why did the baby cross the road? She was stapled to the chicken."
Billing itself as "the mother of all joke books", The Jokelopedia has the apparent goal of turning your child (or grandchild, etc.) into a comedian. Categorized by subject matter such as a monster jokes, classroom distractions, family funnies, etc., the book contains riddles, jokes, cartoons, and tips from famous comedians. Many of the riddles have pun-ch lines consisting of puns: some that I consider funny, and many of which adults will consider groaners, but will get a lot of giggles from 8 year-olds.
Although I tend to like puns more than the average person, as a practitioner of non-violent communication, I don't recommend giving this book to children. I am concerned that roughly up to 10 to 20% of the laughs come at the expense of becoming desensitized to the suffering of animals and humans. For example, there's a joke about a woman who buys a parrot, and to get the bird to talk, she buys a mirror, a ladder, a bell, etc. She goes back to the store and reports that the parrot died. The clerk expresses his sorrow over her loss and asks if the parrot ever said anything to her. The woman replied that just prior to dying, the parrot said, "Doesn't that store carry any food?" So the joke is that the parrot starved to death because the woman was too stupid to buy food in addition to all the accessories. There are riddles that have punch lines at the expense of animal suffering, for example, "What's black and white and flat? A panda that's been run over." And the tacky frog in a blender joke, mentioned by a previous reviewer, could give a child the idea to actually try this (likely very few children but it's possible). Although much of the egregiously tacky material is in the "Snot funny" section, there is some in other sections of the book.
Another reason I don't recommend the Jokelopedia is because of the practical joke recommendations. The child who tries out these suggestions will probably think he or she is being funny, but those laughs come at the expense of being rude and crude to other people, and insensitive to their feelings. For example, one of their slumber-party jokes is to pour cold water over the shower curtain rod on someone using the shower. Another is to put another child's hand in a glass of warm water to get him or her to wet the bed. Yet another is to put some fake plastic vomit in the sink. One of the elevator practical jokes is to bet the other passengers that you can fit a quarter in your nose. Yuck. Another joke encourages lying: "Tell [your big sister] that one of her friends called (for this to work, be specific--use the real name of someone your sibling is close to and say one of the coolest kids in school is having a party tonight, but you can't remember all the details." In case your budding comedian runs out of practical ideas to play on siblings and parents (yes, a parental practical joke idea involving the kitchen sink sprayer is provided--don't say you weren't warned!), there are five suggestions for tormenting the pizza guy.
One could, as another reviewer did, rip out some of the pages prior to giving the book to a child, or perhaps cross out portions with a thick dark marker like it's a government document. (But if you rip out the page of slumber party practical jokes, the blurb on Lucille Ball is on the other side.) Had I received this book as a child with pages ripped out, I would have been extremely curious about what was missing and sought out another copy! Unless the authors write a new edition that takes out the practical and insensitive to suffering jokes, I don't recommend rewarding them by purchasing this book. That's unfortunate, because I think some of the puns are very clever, and encourage children to have fun with the language.
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