More Letters from a Nut

Letters from a Nut #2

by Ted L. Nancy

Seinfeld. For more than 33 million viewers, the Emmy Award-winning television show has become a Thursday night ritual. Now, even though the show has ended, Jerry Seinfeld's distinct brand of humor can still be yours. Ted L. Nancy's first book, Letters from a Nut, with an introduction by Jerry Seinfeld, now has more than 750,000 copies in print. In More Letters From a Nut, master-prankster Nancy shares even more sidesplittingly funny letters he has written and the unbelievable true responses he has received.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Comedy

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 13, 1998

About the author

Ted L. Nancy is the pseudonym used by the comedian Barry Marder, author of a number of prank letters which have been published in a series of bestselling books under the titles Letters from a Nut, More Letters from a Nut, Extra Nutty!: Even More Letters from a Nut, and the new book All New Letters from a Nut.

Reviews

[Noah Goats]

I enjoyed this absurd little book of letters. From the letter of a man complaining to the hospital because his wife left him while he was in a coma (so she could be with another man who was also in a coma), to the man worrying to the San Antonio Spurs about their plan to change their name to the San Antonio Paper Towels. The letters pretty much all range from amusing to hilarious with only a few duds.

We also get the responses to Ted Nancy's letters, some of these are funny because of their perfectly humorless way of responding to Ted's insanity, but some are quite dull and seem to exist mainly as filler in this book's desperate attempt to get to 200 pages.

[Pamela Pickering]

Although I haven't totally completed this book I'm going to mark it as complete anyway since I feel I have a pretty good feel for it. Very amusing! Some of these letters are hysterical! Although some of them fell flat, a good portion of these letters had me giggling uncontrollably. I would recommend to read this book in spurts as the letters could get old. It would be a good book to place in a guest room or (ahem) a bathroom--please ignore the spurt association with that one!

[Erin Roethe]

At first this was funny, however when you read a bunch of letters in a row to yourself it gets real old, real quick. We did read a couple out loud at our book club meeting for fun and that seemed to go better for me. If you have a hard time getting into these try reading a couple at a time to a group and you'll appreciate the humor a lot more.
Favorite Letter: Mosquito Restaurants

[Vicki Hill]

it's three stars if you're reading it alone...but goes to five stars if you're in a giant suburban with a group of women you went to high school with, on one your road trips and a certain person (who loves this book to the point of practically having it memorized) is desparately trying to read you the letters while laughing so hard she's practically in tears

[Seirra]

I picked this up on a whim from a used book shop and I knew it was going to be a winner. I'm not really the kind of person to just purchase a random novel without knowing a stitch about it, but I had this gut feeling that I could not let this one go. As a lover of fictitious reading this nonfiction made me have hope for future acquisitions within this genre that I typically steer clear from.

Okay, personal noting aside More Letters from a Nut is this fantastic collection of letters written by a guy with some serious issues and perhaps even grudges against companies. It's absolutely, ridiculously, and most importantly one of the single most entertaining books I've discovered in awhile. I was so enamored with the lunacy of its content that I binged on this for three days.

Whoever Ted L. Nancy is, (which his identity was disclosed nationally by Jerry Seinfeld) he is a comedic genius with a twisted sense of humor. Naturally, I approve. He has written major corporations from hotels, celebrities, book publishers, cruise lines, to the government itself with demented stories and requests in hopes of eliciting a worthy response. The greatest thing about this is reading the companies replies back. One letter is written to Penguin Publishing House about Nancy pitching a novel idea about his real-life encounter with aliens and how they did weird things to him and he liked it and that he has photographic proof that they also tickled him, which—ironically enough—he did not enjoy.

Any reader who is stuck in a reading hiatus (such has been myself lately) will plow through this one with glee. It's super funny, thoroughly enjoyable, incredulous, and it may even make you blush. Don't even pause to scoop this one up, this book is for every adult whose capable of reading and it'll have you painfully laughing into the late hours of the night—of this I am guilty. This is the second book in an assemblage of letters and does not need to be read in order as each individual page is their own standalone correspondence. I have already ordered the rest of Ted L. Nancy's books and can't wait till they arrive!

[Julie Suzanne]

Found this in the library book sale pile and was attracted to it because it mentioned Jerry Seinfeld in the corner (who only wrote an introduction to the letters in the book). I was delighted to find it to be a collection of correspondance in business letter format. 5 minutes into what was supposed to be a cursory glance to see if I wanted it, I was laughing so hard (in the library) that I made a complete fool of myself. I was clutching my stomach and laughing uncontrollably. I immediately purchased the book and brought it home to share with my 9-year-old son, who was soon joining me in painful fits of laughter. It ended up having medicinal qualities to it because my son's painfully plugged up ear finally "popped"(if that isn't the ultimate praise for a book, I don't know what is)!

Seriously, reading this book was equivalent to the abdominable workout I should have been doing in its place because I was in a fit of laughter for over an hour as I read the entire book. I can't WAIT to read the original!

[Richard Kelly]

This book is a series of ridiculous letters that are sent to different companies and their responses.

It is a hilarious idea and many of them are very funny, but as a normal read this gets old quick! The letters all read kind of the same and the responses are often times similar and many of them are nothing but an advertisement for the companies products.

There are a few letters in here that are worth the entire thing. The letter to the city of Lewisville Texas claiming that he owns their city, the letter to the San Antonio Spurs afraid they are changing the team name to the Paper Towels, and a couple others.

This isn't a great book, but fun for passing some time. Would be a good library check out, coffee table book, or even something to leave in the bathroom.

[Tricia]

While waiting for a meeting to end, I sat in the library and read this book. I'm assuming it was suppose to be funnier than the Author believed this world would turn into, but this is everyday life now. Stupid letters from stupid people wanting attention. I didn't hate it, I liked seeing the replies and that companies at that time still did reply. I didn't have a lot of expectations, it was a very fast read, in under an hour I completed the book so overall it wasn't that bad.

[Carrie Allen]

I was so disappointed in this book. I have also read the original Letters From a Nut, and it was funny. This one was a real stretch. It seemed like more an act of desperation than actually funny material. Aside from a few parts that made me smile a little, it just wasn't even worth reading. Too bad because it is such a good idea, in theory.

[Gabriel]

I really enjoy his observational humor and he does a tremendous job of keeping most of the jokes a guiltless crime by not overtly making fun of the respondents. The only complaint I have with this book is you kind of feel like you've read the entire book after about 4 chapters.

[Anneliese]

This is a compilation of real letters written to government officials, restaurants, hotels, etc. that are so funny and unbelievable, I had to read some of them over and over again! Some of the things you dream of saying but don't.

[Stinkydiver]

This book isn't bad, but I recommed reading it in short bits. A page here, a page there. I made the mistake of reading it for long periods of time, and letters become repetitive, and weren't as entertaining.

[Stefanie]

Originally I was giving this four stars, because after reading the first one and half of this one I felt like I was just reading the same few letters with words that had been rearranged. But five stars just for the mosquito letter and the Beatlemania hospital stay.

[Judity]

This book was a gift I'm finally getting around to reading. Already my neck is quite sore from shaking it in disbelief because of the letters people actually wrote. If you're in need of a few laughs, this is the book to get.

[Suleman Ali]

'More letters from a Nut' is pretty much more of the same as the earlier 'Letters from a Nut'. Not that this is a bad thing. In fact the quality remains consistent (both in terms of the humour and how bizarre the letters were).


Very funny and truly bizarre, this is a very enjoyable read.

[Joe Romaninsky]

Some Good Laugsurreahs

These surrealistic letter
were some hysterically funny letters and I laughed to the point
if tears a few times. However, shortly after the halfway mark, I was only
chuckling occasionally and tiring of the book.............Lucy

[Yilin Wong]

OK picked this one up because passed by Geffen Playhouse and they have this on stage with pretty good review. Looked it up and turned out to be a book adaptation. Was going to get the first one but this is the only one that I could find in SRLF ┑(￣Д ￣)┍

Not that funny.....

[Thomas Cavanagh]

great

[Sara]

This book is a hoot.

[Chris]

just as satisfying as the first.

[Allison]

the sequel... more funny stuff

[James]

More of the same as the first Letters From a Nut - good for a laugh or three any time you want a break from serious reality.

[Dannielle]

Starting to blend together!

[Imageseer]

Very funny...sounds like Sienfield's humor and most likely his zany work.

[Joey]

This is another hilarious book, just like the first one :)

[Tracy]

Funny book, but not as good as the first one.

[Elizabeth]

Love me some Seinfeld!

[Rachel Wagner]

Hilarious!

[Kelly Fitzsimmons]

Hilarious. Found myself laughing out loud and reading parts over again.

[Hannah]

Sequels are never quite as good as the first are they? It seems silly to say, but this one seemed contrived. I still read and enjoyed it, but I would have been happier stopping after #1.