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Summary: Dave Barry drops off
Review: Although I love Dave Barry, and his writing always cracks me up, this is by far the least funny of his books. A far better book to start with is Dave Barry's Greatest Hits, or Dave Barry's only travel guide you'll ever need.
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Summary: Vintage Dave Barry
Review: Dave Barry Is From Mars And Venus is probably his best work yet (even displacing the hilarious Dave Barry Does Japan). All the essays touch some hidden button that makes the audience gasp while holding its sides with laughter, "Yes! I know exactly what he's talking about!" Also notable are the small handful of essays where he sheds the slapstick facade for a few seconds for a rare look at the bitterness and anger he feels towards certain institutions of America. Definitely a must-buy for any Dave Barry fan.
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Summary: OH GOD
Review: For English I read a non-fiction book, which was Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus. I read a bit of it, to give my self an excuse for not studing, and that bit turned into the whole book, I couldn't put it down, except from the times when I laughed so hard I could feel my stomach muscles harden from laughing so hard. In fact right now I'm trying to get a P.E. contact, for the reading of hilarious books by the funniest man I have EVER heard of. I especially enjoy his views on the tabacco industry, DAMMIT! AND THOSE STUPID GUYS WHO REV THEIR ENGINES IN HANDINCAPPED PARKING LOTS WHO HAVE JOBS IN THE TABACCO INDUSTRY AND SMOKE CIGARS IN PUBLIC PLACES, I'm done, sorry about that. Say Dave, I know you're a little old, and married, but if your son is anything like you, I would like to meet him.
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Summary: ...and he is also the best one from the Earth!
Review: For starters, this could easily be the best Dave Barry's collection of columns ever.
His account on the Very First Thanksgiving, his solution to the Drug Problem (thru the use of modern packaging) and his depiction of the fears that bees inflict upon him, are just some of the bits that really make this one of his best books. Dave Barry is the master of humor synthesis. And in "...from Venus and Mars" he demonstrates it again and again. He also goes back to the typical use of hyperboles (the closing of an article re-taking a priorly referred subject) and also is great again on his "mind" and "I.Q." level comparisons. His keen (real keen) sense of observation it's poured easily and with grace on these pages. You cannot avoid laughter. But it's a laughter with a sense of "familiarity": I'm laughing at this, yes. But, oh, my gosh, this is also SO TRUE!. If you don't know the works of Dave Barry you are just missing the works of (as the New York Times once put it) "the funniest man alive". Read this book. It's a great start for a great addiction. And, in the end, you'll be experiencing the same consequence than me: mainly, the need to have, read. and re-read ALL of his books. By the way, a piece of advice on the picture that appears on page 143. The person shown on the left IS Stephen King, and it's not a fake picture. The caption in this picture is funny, as the rest of the captions in the other black and white Dave's pictures that appear randomly thru the book. It's great to see a younger Dave Barry (and to see even a photograph of his Catholic Confirmation certificate) to feel closer to the life and circumstances of one of the finest humor brains ever: the brain of the author of "...from venus AND Mars", Mr. Dave Barry. Believe me. It's impossible (absolutely IMPOSSIBLE) not to laugh reading him! Get this book and ...enjoy!
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Summary: are lobster related to insects: my answer is yes!
Review: i am an avid dave barry fan and this is one of the best book i have read. with the new topics of dave barry, you will laugh till you side hurts. some of the newer topics are "lobster related to insects?" and "insect intelligence" this book is great. also recommened is "dave barry in cyberspace" and "dave barry is not taking this sitting down" and one of the best is "dave barry talks back"
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Summary: are lobster related to insects: my answer is yes!
Review: i am an avid dave barry fan and this is one of the best book i have read. with the new topics of dave barry, you will laugh till you side hurts. some of the newer topics are "lobster related to insects?" and "insect intelligence" this book is great. also recommened is "dave barry in cyberspace" and "dave barry is not taking this sitting down" and one of the best is "dave barry talks back"
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Summary: I love Dave Barry
Review: I mean, i love his writing. I read it every night, almost like a daily devotional or something.
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Summary: Wet-your-pants funny
Review: I've read a lot of Dave Barry books, and they are all very funny, but this one is the best. Story after story, this book will amaze you with Barry's humor and criticism of the modern world. It's one of those books that you can read over and over again and get the same laughs
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Summary: Wet-your-pants funny
Review: I've read a lot of Dave Barry books, and they are all very funny, but this one is the best. Story after story, this book will amaze you with Barry's humor and criticism of the modern world. It's one of those books that you can read over and over again and get the same laughs
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Summary: One of Barry's best
Review: Some of my favorite Dave Barry books are his collections of columns, particularly because I never seem to be able to keep up with his weekly column in the Sunday paper. This is one of those collections of columns, and one of the things I like about it is that he put in a lot of columns along with the columns he wrote about the responses he got from those columns. And believe me, this guy gets some very interesting people writing him nasty letters and sending him newspaper articles. Read this book, you'll love it!
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