David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists: and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Bride

by David Letterman

"David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists and Zesty Lo-Cal Chicken Recipes"
by David Letterman and the "Late Show with David Letterman" Writers
It's like watching TV -- with the added danger of paper cuts!
Top Ten Apologies to People Buying This Book:
10. Cheap glue will only hold the thing together for about six days.
9. Some kids sneaked into the printing plant and added the word "ass" to a lot of the lists.
8. It costs about a dime to print one of these babies -- now take a look at the retail price, sucker!
7. We're using the money we make to buy "little Dutch girl" outfits for Dave's poodles.
6. The book was hastily assembled overseas by jabbering foreigners who don't give a damn about you or your family.
5. A drunk maintenance guy fell into the press and parts of him appear on pages 68-87.
4. Felt safe making jokes about the Amish on TV; forgot some of them might actually see the book.
3. Dave insisted on writing some of these and we had to play along.
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2. There is no remote control. Don't look for one.
1. The book ain't much better than the TV show.

Genres: Humor

176 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

David Michael Letterman is an Emmy Award-winning American television host and comedian. His first major success occurred on the long-running NBC television program, Late Night with David Letterman, before moving to CBS in 1993 to his current place on the Late Show.

Letterman's ironic, often absurd comedy is heavily influenced by former Tonight Show hosts Steve Allen, Johnny Carson and Jack Paar.

Reviews

[Gemma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly funny, but some of the jokes felt a bit forced to me. Like he didn't have enough for ten items per list, so had to just make up a few to have that many.

[R Solomon · Rating 1 out of 5]

As much as I absolutely love Dave, I can't rate this very high.

If the premise is the title of the list, then the punchline is item #1. Attempts 10 through 2 are extra punchlines, and who tells a joke with multiple punchlines? The "top ten" format was doomed from the start. It wasn't very funny on Letterman and it's even less so in print.

I have cut out the wedding dress pattern, however. Should I ever find myself a husky bride, I will be prepared.

[Sam Wagner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked the style, the fast-paced nature of the book. There were a few things that I thought were funny, but I just wasn't amused by most of it. I would recommend this book to people who currently enjoy Letterman's top-ten lists; I've seen them on air, and knew I generally didn't find them funny, but anyone who does would really enjoy this book.

[Melissa Mclees · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was kind of humourous and kind of stupid.

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adored the Title!

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very odd, but good.