Shawn Wayans Books

Written by comedians Shawn Wayans (television's "In Living Color"; "Scary Movie"; "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"), Chris Spencer ("Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"), and Suli McCullough ("Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"), "150 Ways to Know If You're Ghetto" is a hysterical satire of life in the ghetto. With outrageous, comical illustrations by George Hay, the books looks at life in the ghetto in a humorous view, by poking fun at stereotypes that are obviously true.

This book will make anyone laugh, especially if you grew up or live in any huge urban metropolis where a ghetto exists. I grew up in New York City, and can I tell you that I could not stop laughing after reading this book, because it is so, so true. I have known girls whose names start with "La," "Ta," and "Sha". I know people who still think that Tupac Shakur faked his death, and I surely seen people jump into fights that don't involve them. These and the other 147 reasons are guaranteed to make anyone who grew up in such cities as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles roll on the floor laughing.

Being a small, thin book with only 79 pages should make this an easy read while you commute or travel, however I must warn you that people will stare at you if you start to laugh too hard. In the same way the Wayans' brothers spoofed the blaxploitation films of the 1970's with the film "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," the authors of this book do the same when it comes to urban life. Hysterical in every sense of the word, "150 Ways to Tell You're Ghetto" will keep your funny bone entertained for hours.

Written by comedians Shawn Wayans (television's "In Living Color"; "Scary Movie"; "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"), Chris Spencer ("Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"), and Suli McCullough ("Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"), "150 Ways to Know If You're Ghetto" is a hysterical satire of life in the ghetto. With outrageous, comical illustrations by George Hay, the books looks at life in the ghetto in a humorous view, by poking fun at stereotypes that are obviously true.

This book will make anyone laugh, especially if you grew up or live in any huge urban metropolis where a ghetto exists. I grew up in New York City, and can I tell you that I could not stop laughing after reading this book, because it is so, so true. I have known girls whose names start with "La," "Ta," and "Sha". I know people who still think that Tupac Shakur faked his death, and I surely seen people jump into fights that don't involve them. These and the other 147 reasons are guaranteed to make anyone who grew up in such cities as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles roll on the floor laughing.

Being a small, thin book with only 79 pages should make this an easy read while you commute or travel, however I must warn you that people will stare at you if you start to laugh too hard. In the same way the Wayans' brothers spoofed the blaxploitation films of the 1970's with the film "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," the authors of this book do the same when it comes to urban life. Hysterical in every sense of the word, "150 Ways to Tell You're Ghetto" will keep your funny bone entertained for hours.

- you know you're ghetto if...
it takes 3 people to write a 78 page book!

- you know you're ghetto if...
the shout-outs at the end of the book are longer than the book itself!

This is a pretty old book but everything continues to apply. I know someone who fits every image...every page. Once you pick it up, you can't put it down. After laughing til your eyes run and your stomach hurts, you'll know you 'had enough', but will you lay it down? Hell no! You keep on laughin' (holding your stomach) til everything aches. THEN YOU PUT THE BOOK DOWN!

I was surprised at how good this book was, simply because of the authors. When I think about funny jokes I usually don't think of Chris Spencer (the original host of the short-lived Vibe show) and I sure don't think of Shawn Wayans. But most of the jokes in this book are actually pretty funny, with the exception of a few that make absolutely no sense (for example, "You know you're ghetto if you missed the birth of your child because you were playing Sega.") The funniest part of the book, though, has to be the back cover, where Damon Wayans pops up and says, "You're ghetto if you read this entire book in the store and don't buy it." Jokes like this are pretty out of style now, but this book was good for the late `90s.

I don't know what to say except that I highly recommend this for a quick laugh. I've read through it several times and laugh at each read.

What a terrible attempt to bite Bertice Berry's book!! These were not nearly as funny as Bertice's! Gimme a break guys, better yet get some ideas of your own. I would have never published this after Bertice did her thing(even if you thought of this idea before she did). She beat you to it!