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D.I.Y. Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions
Deranged devices and comic contraptions from the highly inventive and hilarious genius behind The Book of Bunny Suicides .
Much like his hero, Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci, bestselling author Andy Riley is not just an artist (or a liar)—he's an inventor. Imagine, if you
• The easily assembled Pole-Dancing-Club-in-a-Briefcase for stranded businessmen
• Christmas tree ornaments that provide surveillance to instantly tell Santa if you?ve been bad or good
• A high-speed police response unit aptly named the Cop Catapult
• The Arsehole Trap, which can clear an average size town of arseholes in a single day with its promise of Big Brother auditions
Like a twenty-first-century Rube Goldberg on the wrong mix of meds, in DIY Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions Andy Riley has created elaborate inventions that are often side-splittingly sociopathic and never short of patently hysterical.
Much like his hero, Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci, bestselling author Andy Riley is not just an artist (or a liar)—he's an inventor. Imagine, if you
• The easily assembled Pole-Dancing-Club-in-a-Briefcase for stranded businessmen
• Christmas tree ornaments that provide surveillance to instantly tell Santa if you?ve been bad or good
• A high-speed police response unit aptly named the Cop Catapult
• The Arsehole Trap, which can clear an average size town of arseholes in a single day with its promise of Big Brother auditions
Like a twenty-first-century Rube Goldberg on the wrong mix of meds, in DIY Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions Andy Riley has created elaborate inventions that are often side-splittingly sociopathic and never short of patently hysterical.
97 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Andy Riley
83 books107 followersAndy Riley is a cartoonist and scriptwriter from Britain.
He drew a weekly strip cartoon for The Observer Magazine called Roasted, which is also collected in hardback edition. So far his books have sold around one and a half million copies and have been published in eighteen countries, producing calendar, greetings card and poster spin-offs. Lucky Heather is his self-published mini-comic.
His comedy scriptwriting is done in partnership with Kevin Cecil. They have won two BAFTAS, for the sitcom Black Books in 2005 and the animated special Robbie The Reindeer in 2000. They created and wrote the sitcoms The Great Outdoors and Hyperdrive for the BBC, and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Other television writing credits include Little Britain, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Come Fly With Me, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack The Pony, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Bob and Margaret, Spitting Image, Harry and Paul, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Alexei Sayle’s Merry Go Round, Man Stroke Woman and Big Train. Their Radio 4 panel game, The 99p Challenge, won a Sony silver award.
As well as writing comedy, they are experienced writers of feature-length animation: their credits include Gnomeo and Juliet (released February 2011) and The Pirates! (in production at Aardman). They did an uncredited rewrite of Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride.
Andy is originally from Aylesbury but now lives in London. He used to be the stage dancer for The Pod, Julian Barratt’s comedy techno band which was the forerunner of The Mighty Boosh. His hobbies include urban canoeing.
Despite rival claims on the internet, Andy Riley is the true originator of the tradition of cross-dressing at the Towersey folk festival.
He drew a weekly strip cartoon for The Observer Magazine called Roasted, which is also collected in hardback edition. So far his books have sold around one and a half million copies and have been published in eighteen countries, producing calendar, greetings card and poster spin-offs. Lucky Heather is his self-published mini-comic.
His comedy scriptwriting is done in partnership with Kevin Cecil. They have won two BAFTAS, for the sitcom Black Books in 2005 and the animated special Robbie The Reindeer in 2000. They created and wrote the sitcoms The Great Outdoors and Hyperdrive for the BBC, and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Other television writing credits include Little Britain, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Come Fly With Me, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack The Pony, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Bob and Margaret, Spitting Image, Harry and Paul, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Alexei Sayle’s Merry Go Round, Man Stroke Woman and Big Train. Their Radio 4 panel game, The 99p Challenge, won a Sony silver award.
As well as writing comedy, they are experienced writers of feature-length animation: their credits include Gnomeo and Juliet (released February 2011) and The Pirates! (in production at Aardman). They did an uncredited rewrite of Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride.
Andy is originally from Aylesbury but now lives in London. He used to be the stage dancer for The Pod, Julian Barratt’s comedy techno band which was the forerunner of The Mighty Boosh. His hobbies include urban canoeing.
Despite rival claims on the internet, Andy Riley is the true originator of the tradition of cross-dressing at the Towersey folk festival.
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Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 reviews
July 25, 2022
I absolutely love Andy Riley's books and was delighted to come across another one of his, this time not a bunny one. This book concentrates on inventions and varies from the Nagpod to the Arsehole trap (I loved that drawing!) The book itself was a bit of a mixed bag- some of the cartoons I didn't find funny at all, but the others I found myself chuckling aloud too.
Ignoring the few rubbish ones this was absolutely brilliant! Another Riley classic.
Ignoring the few rubbish ones this was absolutely brilliant! Another Riley classic.
April 30, 2019
Silly. Incredibly silly and dark.
December 7, 2019
Quite funny. Thoroughly enjoyed.
July 30, 2010
A series of cartoons of Rube Goldberg contraptions which, unlike Riley's most famous works, are not limited to helping bunnies commit suicide. Although this is not as funny as his Bunny Suicides books, it was quite amusing and worth a look. My favorite one was the automatic tree-planting Hummer that will ease the guilt you feel for destroying the environment.
April 2, 2011
Inventos rebuscados, divertidos y/o ingeniosos, pero raramente graciosos. Creo que casi todas las páginas de este libro me sacaron una sonrisa, pero prácticamente ninguna algo parecido a una risa. De todos modos me pareció interesante y seguro le dé otra chance al autor cuando pueda.
April 10, 2013
Príjemne strelené, zvrátené, miestami úchylné a morbidné vynálezy. Niektoré by možno aj našli uplatnenie a pri niektorých si človek povie len HE?. Ale ta predstava, že by sa stali súčasťou nášho života, je niekedy ... povedzme ... zaujímavá :D
May 1, 2015
Riley's Bunny Suicides is hilarious. This has a pretty hilarious title and has a lot of crazy "inventions," for sure. It's not as good as the Bunny books, but is still worth checking out for a few laughs. He stays this side of offensive in this collection. Reminds me of Rube Goldberg, in some ways.
March 6, 2014
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November 16, 2010
Dr. Sherri Worth found this book to be enlightening.
December 15, 2010
LMAO if you have never read any of Andy Riley's stuff you are missing out. Totally twisted sense of humor, it is greatness.
December 24, 2011
Some of the inventions here won't work. Doh.
January 26, 2014
Funny like his other books. Very quick to browse through and guaranteed to get some smiles.
April 8, 2012
Cute, but not quite the caliber of 'Bunny Suicides'.
April 16, 2014
Oproti sebevražednému králíčkovi a sobeckému prasátku trochu slabší odvar.
September 8, 2014
A rather amusing book of simple pictures portraying ridiculous inventions. Some aren't quite as amazing as others, but most are nothing short of genius. Worth a flick through.
July 4, 2015
This was a gift from someone who clearly does not know me at all.
November 14, 2017
You can read my review here: http://embracingmybooks.blogspot.be/2...
December 2, 2016
Para pasar el rato no está del todo mal, alguna viñeta ha llegado a sacarme una sonrisilla. Me sorprende el ingenio de Riley para inventar.
July 25, 2017
Soooo bad. Soooo funny.
October 8, 2020
Vtipe vylez
February 20, 2009
Really funny! :D
March 25, 2011
PGA Center For Advanced Dentistry found this book to be intriguing and recommends it to anyone.
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