Parody Books

It was a pleasant surprise to find a modern (1993) release of this book. Fans of Max's other works will enjoy this book because of the thorough introduction by N. John Hall. Many of the writers parodied by Max were familiar to me in name only. By including samples of each writers work and style, Mr. Hall helps us to appreciate the brilliance of" A Christmas Garland."

As a witness and participant in one of the bloodiest battle in human history, Wheeler returns to his roots of light verse. He brings out a laughter with rhyme on ordinary subjects that in this day and age we seem to busy to stop and take notice. Makes an excellent gift.

Mr. Spitznagel has allowed us to laugh at ourselves with his irreverant parody aimed at the cigar craze of the '90's and at the Cigar Aficinado magazine. I think Mr.Shanken, the author of the Cigar Aficinado and Wine Spectator magazines ( I subscribe to both ), should be flattered by this book. It allows us to laugh at ourselves and is wonderfully written and illustrated. I have given it as a gift to many friends along with the magazine........but it's getting difficult to find so I would recommend you get them now for Xmas gifts.

City Girl Philosophy is the perfect blend of practical and lighthearted advice. Ranging in topics from career, money and men, reading these pages brought a smile to my face. City Girl Philosophy can be defined as having great style, excellent friends and the perfect attitude. Her manners are impeccable: she knows the rules of borrowing clothes from friends, is mindful of how she treats others and is never rude. Not based on geography, you can be a City Girl as long as you have the right outlook on life.

Want to increase your City Girl quotient? Here are some guidelines:

* Debating what to wear? "The perfect size is the one you're wearing whenever you're happy, regardless of the number on the tag." (p.13)

* There are different ways to gauge job satisfaction. While money is always nice, find out what else motivates you.

* Trying to find a prince in a sea of frogs? "If you need a man, a jar lid must be stuck. If you want a man, he's very lucky. Remind him often." (p.67).

I think this is a perfect gift for someone who's just graduated college but I think this would also make a wonderful gift for your friends. Knutson has a great sense of humor. Her writing is upbeat and focuses on how fabulous you already are. She reminds us to enjoy life.

I also really enjoyed the artwork. The colors used for headers, borders and motifs match the accompanying artwork. Most of the figures have matching shoes, hats, and purses. They are also doing fun things: eating ice cream, meeting friends for an al fresco lunch, going on vacations, etc. The figures don't have faces so it's easy to imagine yourself in the pictures.

Knutson has also written and illustrated Shoe-ology. I really enjoyed City Girl Philosophy. and I'm going to read Shoe-ology next!

Armchair Interviews says: Read City Girl Philosophy and get in touch with your inner diva.

If you have written something funny and you're wondering, "How in the world would I go about publishing this?", this is the perfect book for you. Or, if you haven't yet written anything funny, want to try your hand at it, and don't know where to start, this is the book for you.

This book gives detailed suggestions on how to break into any number of comedy markets, including stand-up, television, film, radio, books, theater, newspapers, magazines, and even greeting cards and corporate speech-writing. The author is himself an accomplished comedian. And, though the book is serious about getting you started, it does make you laugh from time to time.

To supplement his own advice, the author includes numerous quotes, suggestions, and anecdotes from other famous comedians and comedy professionals, such as the vice-president of development at Comedy Central, and writers for shows such as Saturday Night Live, the Jon Stewart Show, Cheers, Frasier, Married with Children, and many more. And finally, the author includes no shortage of further reading suggestions including books, periodicals, and directories of contact names.

This book is such a fun read! I recommend it to all - it's laugh-out-loud funny! I also love that there is a "devious" reversible cover so that you can shamelessly take it with you wherever you go and "always have a lie at hand" - so funny, so clever!

You know those humor books that try to be slyly funny but just come off as lame? This is NOT one of those. There are many laugh-out-loud moments here, including once where I was cracking up so hard I had tears in my eyes. The tone is a perfect combination of matter-of-fact and absurd. Great illustrations, too. Not for neurotics alone, it contains valid observations about the lives of all of us.

Through an in depth study of global average temperature vs number of pirates, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster once and for all proves in the existence of a deity and boy was every body really, really wrong up until this point. But now that the truth has been revealed, you too can be touched by his noodly appendage. Just ask yourself the simple question, WWFSMD?

as a team penning rider, I bought 3 shirts for my team. We will wear it next show.

This book, which is a parody of Cosmopolitan magazine, was given to me several years ago as a gift. It is absolutely hilarious! It parodies the magazine using cows instead of people.

Some of the articles are "Do You Have A Job? How to Tell for Sure", "How to Milk Your Ex for Everything" and features like "Mr. Avail-A-Bull." The "advertisements" are pretty funny too. My favorite was for the "Sometimes" sanitary pad. "Sometimes. . . When always is too much, and never is not enough."

This book is written by a former pig farmer turned comedian. He has other books like "Penthorse" and "Playboar" which are also animal based parodies of popular publications. His latest effort is "Vague" magazine.