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Mar 28, 2009
This collection of essays embraces both the comedic and the poignant, and offers reflections on family life, politics, good deeds, religion, fruit, and, of course, nudity. While some of the essays are quite humorous, and others really quite touching, most strike a careful balance between the two to deliver some thought-provoking material with a sardonic twist. (Perhaps this trend comes from Zweibel's years as a writer for Saturday Night Live?) None of the essays were laugh-out-loud funny, and no
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Jan 08, 2012
The back of the book looked promising: rave reviews about how funny it was, the type of person that would like the book, and okay, yeah, the cover & title were both funny and caught my eye. 7 pages into it, I thought "it's gonna get better", 27 pages...."the funny stuff must be in the middle!" Page 47--"well, this is a complete waste of time and the most UNfunny book I've ever read." I gave up and took it straight back to the library. Not at all impressed and wo
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Aug 04, 2009
This book looked funny, but I just couldn't get into it. Some of the stories I thought were just plain stupid, others were pointless. I read about 50 pages and decided it just wasn't my cup of tea.
Jun 08, 2010
This was a decent book. There were a few passages that had me laughing out loud, but for the most part it was just OK.
Sep 08, 2008
See my reviews at the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Book Nook at www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook.
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