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Summary: extremely funny *and* edifying
Review: A couple of years back, there was a best-selling book called Life's Little Instruction Book that contained all sorts of homespun wisdom about how best to live your life. Well, Instructoart is like a Life's Little Instruction Book for modern living, covering everything from the proper way to give an air kiss to how to remove pubic hair from soap, complete with detailed diagrams. Sprinkled in among these descriptive how-tos are hilarious observational nuggets about, say, the difference between cats and dogs, and how men turn everything, even urinating, into a competition. As a bonus, Vescovo's book contains a detailed appendix that shows the genesis and development of each piece, giving the reader a window into the author's sometimes-twisted-but-always-entertaining imagination. I often enjoyed these notes and sketches as much as I did the final pieces.I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for some good laughs and maybe even to learn a thing or two. After all, you never know when you're going to be called upon to do the hokey pokey or make a farting noise with your armpit...
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Summary: Read it in the store
Review: I did. It's about three times shorter than it should be, suitable at most for a 15-minute skim while the partner is looking for a real book in some other part of the store. I mean, is this all? By the time the book goes into the self-indulgent 'notes' section, you realize that without this filler the book would be slimmer than a kiddie title. It's a funny little trope; I'll grant that. But apparently either complacency or lack of ideas cut off the faucet before the job was done.
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Summary: 10 thumbs up
Review: It's times like this that I wish I had 10 thumbs, so that I could give this book 10 thumbs up. Even if having 10 thumbs meant a lifetime of ill-fitting gloves and awkward handshakes.
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Summary: A Seinfeld for the Pop Art World
Review: Matthew Vescovo does for the obvious what Seinfeld did for the mundane--made it clever and hilarious! This is a very enjoyable and smart book. It calls attention to common place things and occurances that we all experience everyday and gives it an irreverent twist. Kudos to Matt Vescovo! I look forward to future lessons!
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Summary: Fresh idea, brilliant execution
Review: Matthew Vescovo has the rare ability to find humor in life's details. Think Seinfeld, think Curb Your Enthusiasm, think The Simpsons. Add in laugh-out-loud airplane-style illustrations that bring his observations to life, and boom - the result is a hysterically funny book. This book would be a great gift for anyone. Except for that guy who likes unfunny, uncool stuff.
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Summary: Funny stuff
Review: These glimpses into our daily life are very funny. Next time you shake a hand or unwrap a piece of gum, you'll wonder if there's a lesson behind it.
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