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Title: Idiot Letters by Paul Rosa ISBN: 0-385-47508-X Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the funniest books I've read.
Comment: A very funny book! The author writes letters to various large corporations (usually to the customer service departments), and asks them some inane question(s). If he doesn't get a response, he writes an angry letter and threatens to stop using their product. In these letters, he usually mentions his job, which is always different (in one letter to Rand McNally, he claimed he was a travelling salesman who sold llama collars and feeding troughs).
The responses are really quite funny, as many of the companies didn't realize the original letter was a joke. (Check out the reply from Xerox, for instance -- being able to read this letter alone is worth the price of the book). A few companies did catch on, however.
Rating: 5
Summary: Get this book if you want to laugh!!
Comment: This is one of the funniest books I've ever had the fortune to stubmble upon, it had me laughing out loud, which is quite rare. In his outrageous book Paul Rosa crafts numerous letters to corporations, from the perspective of an idiot. Also included in the book are the responses from the companies.
One of his letters is to the m&m company, in which he complains that their slogan "Melts in your mouth, but not in your hands" is discriminatory and insensitive to those who don't have one or more hands. He then goes on to explain how he lost his arms in an encounter with a grizzly bear, and suggests that they change their slogan to "Melts in your mouth but not in your hand(s) (if you have any)." Other examples are letters to:
McDonald's - Says he's been eating at McDonald's every day since he was a kid and now weighs over 600 pounds. He then wants to know if he should be concerned about his health.
Guinness Book of World Records - Claims to have carried his cat (Jesse) for years without ever putting him down, and wants to know if it's a world record.
Johnson and Johnson - Tries to sell his "invention", which consists of a three-pronged Q-tip, claiming that two swabs for each Q-tip aren't enough, and that using two is a waste, since he only uses one side of the second one ("saving the Q-tip seems barbaric"). He inlcudes a crude sketch of his idea and labels it "schematic"
What really endeared me to this charming book is that Paul Rosa is such a gifted writer, he has a certain way with words that makes reading his letters a delight (in one letter he emotionally writes "tears of joy are decorating my keyboard even as I type" to the manufacturer of Cat's Pride cat litter.)
Almost as funny are some of the responses he gets, although most are usually short and formal cookie-cutter repsonses. Nevertheless, it's satisfying to know that people actually read his ridiculous letters and had to dignify them with a response.
Refreshingly creative and witty, this book will have you smiling long after you've finished reading it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Super Keen
Comment: This book is very funny -- sledgehammer premises ("I glued my hand to a vase, etc); but with perfectly precise wording.
Rosa writes from the perspective of a naive someone who is amazingly! as enthusiastic about consumer products and their advertising as Corporations pretend to be. This must lead the Corporate letter readers to wonder "is this person really stupid enough to believe our hype? Hmmmm." Brilliant premise played out with sledgehammer and razor wit. If you like "is this guy serious???" humor, you'll love this.
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Title: Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy, Jerry Seinfeld ISBN: 0380973545 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: More Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy ISBN: 0553109588 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 13 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Lazlo Letters: The Amazing, Real-Life, Actual Correspondence of Lazlo Toth, American by Don Novello ISBN: 1563052857 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Hire Me Dumbass! by Joe Mozian ISBN: 0971974705 Publisher: Dumbass Publications Pub. Date: 14 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Extra Nutty! Even More Letters from a Nut! by Ted Nancy ISBN: 0312261551 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 14 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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