Who You Callin' a Cheetah?

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Summary: Great fun with puns
Review: If you appreciate a good pun, then get ready to laugh. "Who You Callin' a Cheetah?" is a humorous collection of illustrated puns done somewhat in a style similar to Far Side. Some were so funny that I just had to share them right away, and others were only mildly humorous. Then when I shared the book with someone else they thought some of the other ones even more humorous. Well I guess that has always been the case with puns, everyone has their idea of what is funniest. It is a fairly short book and can be read through in about fifteen minutes or so at the most. I would say that it makes a nice short diversion on a busy day to pick it up and enjoy one or two of the puns except I found I couldn't put it down until I had read them all.

Rating:
Summary: Great fun with puns
Review: If you appreciate a good pun, then get ready to laugh. "Who You Callin' a Cheetah?" is a humorous collection of illustrated puns done somewhat in a style similar to Far Side. Some were so funny that I just had to share them right away, and others were only mildly humorous. Then when I shared the book with someone else they thought some of the other ones even more humorous. Well I guess that has always been the case with puns, everyone has their idea of what is funniest. It is a fairly short book and can be read through in about fifteen minutes or so at the most. I would say that it makes a nice short diversion on a busy day to pick it up and enjoy one or two of the puns except I found I couldn't put it down until I had read them all.

Rating:
Summary: Great fun with puns
Review: If you appreciate a good pun, then get ready to laugh. "Who You Callin' a Cheetah?" is a humorous collection of illustrated puns done somewhat in a style similar to Far Side. Some were so funny that I just had to share them right away, and others were only mildly humorous. Then when I shared the book with someone else they thought some of the other ones even more humorous. Well I guess that has always been the case with puns, everyone has their idea of what is funniest. It is a fairly short book and can be read through in about fifteen minutes or so at the most. I would say that it makes a nice short diversion on a busy day to pick it up and enjoy one or two of the puns except I found I couldn't put it down until I had read them all.

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Summary: Next Step Up from the Far Side
Review: If you loved or even liked the Far Side you have to get this book. I've even gone so far as to hang some of the jokes up in my cube. Now all my coworkers want to borrow it. The jokes are clean enough so my daughter can read it, but have the subtlety that only adults can appreciate. Check it out!

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Summary: Next Step Up from the Far Side
Review: If you loved or even liked the Far Side you have to get this book. I've even gone so far as to hang some of the jokes up in my cube. Now all my coworkers want to borrow it. The jokes are clean enough so my daughter can read it, but have the subtlety that only adults can appreciate. Check it out!

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Summary: Another Far Side
Review: J. Tom Cooper, a radio network book review editor., January 16, 2004,
A great source of puns and groaners
Michael Zittel and Lloyd Leifer have a winner in this book. If you don't like one illustrated pun, the next one will make you laugh. It reminds me a lot of Gary Larsen's Farside humor. It is well worth the $9.95 you pay. Put it on a coffee table or even next to the toilet for short-term diversion and laughter.

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Summary: Visual/Verbal Treat
Review: Oh that every waiting room, subway car, bus, or departure lounge would have a book like this available. A sweet confection of a book that is at once both funny and clever. There is a 2005 calendar made from this book too that I have spotted around the web; both make great gifts for anyone who appreciates the idiomatic richness of our language - and a good groanful pun.

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Summary: Writer plays out plays on words
Review: We played a game around the office. We took turns reading the captions under the pictures in "Who You Callin' a Cheetah?" and guessing the accompanying picture. Here, let's play:
"Monica was jealous because Marvin was always siding with the neighbors."
Now take a guess at the illustration. If you guessed a woman nervously looking on as Marvin helps the neighbors attach siding to their house then you pretty much understand the concept behind Lloyd Leifer's first stab at professional authorship. (Insert picture of Lloyd thrusting a dagger into Stephen King here.)
Reminiscent of Gary Larson's "Far Side" strips, but lacking the biting wit, the illustrations, sketched by the capable hand of Michael Zittel, dutifully follow Leifer's gloriously obvious puns straight into coffee-table perdition.
On the other hand, it's kind of fun guessing at those pictures. Let's play again:
"As usual, the tamales disagreed with Milton."
That's right, the tamales are actually standing up on the plate arguing with a frustrated Milton. And the book goes on like that for another 80 pages.
Some people, like Leiffer, really love puns and it doesn't matter how forced, obvious, or ridiculous they may be. If you are one of those people then you are probably still laughing as you imagine Mexican food challenging a balding, overweight man named Milton and this puny paperback primer is for you.
Others, however, are still puzzling over why a lion is playing poker with a tiger and a cheetah. A fifteen-year-old, for example, who skimmed the collection of capricious cartoons, needed the cover explained three times before her eyes brightened with epiphany. This book would be good for her, too. With a little patience she could actually improve her verbal acumen, gradually grasping the multi-meanings of words like "customs," "swat," "chum," and "retainer."
Still, for the most part, making choices like "sit," "raise," and "stay," Leifer plays on simpler, duller words. (Insert picture of Leifer frolicking on top of a statuesque "blunt.")
Well-intentioned, harmless fodder for the whole family, "Cheetah" invites the readers to have some fun crafting their own puns. How bad could they be?
Pick up a copy of "Who You Callin' a Cheetah" and find out.