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Summary: Pop Up Book for Adults
Review: Having read many books by Henry Beard, I have come to expect some good laughs. Where's Saddam? did not disappoint me. I found the humor to be timely and topical. I probably enjoyed it the most because of the many happy hours I spent reading the Where's Spot? books to my children. Where's Saddam? managed to capture the playful spirit of these childrens' books. The illustrations are delightful. Even my Republican husband laughed out loud at this one!
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Summary: A view from Baghdad
Review: I came upon this book while serving in Baghdad and laughed out loud. Given the conditions under which we are living, any opportunity for a laugh is welcome. Especially for those of us with kids who have read so many of these "pop-up" books at bedtime, the wit and humor in an otherwise serious situation is a welcome break. I do understand and respect the views of those who found the book objectionable, but with respect, I disagree.
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Summary: It's Still Funny
Review: I first heard about Henry Beard's book when it came out and couldn't wait to buy it. I got sidetracked and then came across it again only very recently. Though the book is now dated in the sense that we (more or less) know where Saddam is, the humor is still there.
Henry Beard's aim is not to make light of our soldier's dying. It is to raise questions about the aims and policies of a President whose choices put them in harms way where they continue to be.
Beard is brilliant and his book is a gem. It is still worth reading.
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Summary: Author's Regrets Since His Comedy Turn Into Today's Reality!
Review: I read this book when it came out and knew it would not be so funny when President Bush & Company finally captured Saddam Hussein. Today that question is answered; the joke is on political candidates, pundits and the author who doubted his capture using humor, but also on the American people in the end. The book was complete political satire by others saying it was underground gibbet humor. When American sons and daughters are dying over real values needing changed in Iraq and the Arab world, nothing is funny. Yet, I find any speech needing to go underground in American not grounded in reality either. Therefore, the book was just plain mean in the end, and even if you find it humorous, I doubt you will enjoy it, especially today since it is now quite wrong too. Today, the real question is whether Saddam was captured or rescued after being held for the US$25 Million by is own family. A number of questions are raised by the disheveled, weary, and trodden state Saddam Hussein revealed in video upon his capture. The public needs a new book answering many questions unlike this book, in my opinion. Just looking at Saddam can see the simple facts. He was beaten, weak, and starving. The length of his hair and beard reveals no shampoo or shave for weeks. If he was simply using a clever disguise he did so quite poorly too, I might add. Moreover, the hole dug in the floor of a cellar on the farm was one to keep him in it, not escape from it. It was only 6` by 8` at best and had no sanitary arrangements. There is no way Saddam could rise out of the hole without someone on the outside removing the mud and brinks that covered it. Thus, if Saddam is so clever, why did he not have a hole with a secondary means of escape? I found it more interesting that two men with unused assault guns and a pistol and US$750,000 had no communications equipment meaning no one could ever warn them of anything. If the FBI or anyone stumbled on them, it would seem he was actually a hostage being used for ransom. I will await someone else to write about this in another book. This book of so-called gallows humor meant to hurt President George Bush for political fodder not hilarity did nothing for the author's crusade. The same can be said of the so-called capture of Saddam Hussein. Unlike this book we need a proper closing not laughing at ourselves!
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Summary: Author's Regrets Since His Comedy Turn Into Today's Reality!
Review: I read this book when it came out and knew it would not be so funny when President Bush & Company finally captured Saddam Hussein. Today that question is answered; the joke is on political candidates, pundits and the author who doubted his capture using humor, but also on the American people in the end. The book was complete political satire by others saying it was underground gibbet humor. When American sons and daughters are dying over real values needing changed in Iraq and the Arab world, nothing is funny. Yet, I find any speech needing to go underground in American not grounded in reality either. Therefore, the book was just plain mean in the end, and even if you find it humorous, I doubt you will enjoy it, especially today since it is now quite wrong too. Today, the real question is whether Saddam was captured or rescued after being held for the US$25 Million by is own family. A number of questions are raised by the disheveled, weary, and trodden state Saddam Hussein revealed in video upon his capture. The public needs a new book answering many questions unlike this book, in my opinion. Just looking at Saddam can see the simple facts. He was beaten, weak, and starving. The length of his hair and beard reveals no shampoo or shave for weeks. If he was simply using a clever disguise he did so quite poorly too, I might add. Moreover, the hole dug in the floor of a cellar on the farm was one to keep him in it, not escape from it. It was only 6` by 8` at best and had no sanitary arrangements. There is no way Saddam could rise out of the hole without someone on the outside removing the mud and brinks that covered it. Thus, if Saddam is so clever, why did he not have a hole with a secondary means of escape? I found it more interesting that two men with unused assault guns and a pistol and US$750,000 had no communications equipment meaning no one could ever warn them of anything. If the FBI or anyone stumbled on them, it would seem he was actually a hostage being used for ransom. I will await someone else to write about this in another book. This book of so-called gallows humor meant to hurt President George Bush for political fodder not hilarity did nothing for the author's crusade. The same can be said of the so-called capture of Saddam Hussein. Unlike this book we need a proper closing not laughing at ourselves!
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Summary: A welcome relief!
Review: One very patriotic activity is to keep smiling cheerfully when things look bleak. This task Henry Beard, former editor of The National Lampoon, and his colleagues, carry off well in their incomparably witty volume. I loved the one about weapons of mass distraction! I giggled, I chuckled, I whooped with all their rib-tickling fun! This book is not only delightful, it's probably very good for the health of the nation.
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Summary: Bull's-eye
Review: The name Henry Beard always guarantees humor delivered right to the target. This book will be making people laugh long after the Weapons of Mass Destruction have not been found.
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Summary: Where's Saddam? The answer is we've got him!
Review: This book was funny, but as of today, outdated. I am sure its price will go down now, as it quickly becomes a piece of nostalgia. It will be fun to have around for novelty's sake. Good for future generations to show them the debate that was going on in this country.
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Summary: Where's Saddam? The answer is we've got him!
Review: This book was funny, but as of today, outdated. I am sure its price will go down now, as it quickly becomes a piece of nostalgia. It will be fun to have around for novelty's sake. Good for future generations to show them the debate that was going on in this country.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: This is just a great book to give your friends. Apparently inspired by the Where's Spot pop-up book,the illustrations and pop-ups are very funny, and so is the narration. Is Saddam in...Hell?...Las Vegas? Our Prez, outfitted like John Wayne, in full western gear, is on a determined hunt. Even Republicans I know think it's funny.
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