Rating: Summary: Good stuff, but not as good as previous two Review: I enjoyed "Letters from a Nut" and "More Letters from a Nut" a great deal. While this book is extremely funny, and is worthy to stand next to its previous volumes, it isn't quite as good. Whereas in LFAN and MLFAN, Ted L. Nancy had a wild method of writing to various people/companies, in which he would make himself appear to be a real-but-nutty individual, many of the letters in EN:EMLFAN are pure gibberish. I imagine many of the recipients thought the jokes were typographical errors, and not the mark of a wackjob.In addition, the series of letters which appears to be the funniest is censored for some reason. This is not explained. If Seinfeld decided not to enclose the material for whatever reason, I could understand that, but I wish he would have either provided his reason or omitted the section entirely. Again, despite its weaknesses, EX:EMLFAN is a very funny book, and I highly reccomend buing it if you enjoyed LFAN and MLFAN.
Rating: Summary: Good stuff, but not as good as previous two Review: I enjoyed "Letters from a Nut" and "More Letters from a Nut" a great deal. While this book is extremely funny, and is worthy to stand next to its previous volumes, it isn't quite as good. Whereas in LFAN and MLFAN, Ted L. Nancy had a wild method of writing to various people/companies, in which he would make himself appear to be a real-but-nutty individual, many of the letters in EN:EMLFAN are pure gibberish. I imagine many of the recipients thought the jokes were typographical errors, and not the mark of a wackjob. In addition, the series of letters which appears to be the funniest is censored for some reason. This is not explained. If Seinfeld decided not to enclose the material for whatever reason, I could understand that, but I wish he would have either provided his reason or omitted the section entirely. Again, despite its weaknesses, EX:EMLFAN is a very funny book, and I highly reccomend buing it if you enjoyed LFAN and MLFAN.
Rating: Summary: Good stuff, but not as good as previous two Review: I enjoyed "Letters from a Nut" and "More Letters from a Nut" a great deal. While this book is extremely funny, and is worthy to stand next to its previous volumes, it isn't quite as good. Whereas in LFAN and MLFAN, Ted L. Nancy had a wild method of writing to various people/companies, in which he would make himself appear to be a real-but-nutty individual, many of the letters in EN:EMLFAN are pure gibberish. I imagine many of the recipients thought the jokes were typographical errors, and not the mark of a wackjob. In addition, the series of letters which appears to be the funniest is censored for some reason. This is not explained. If Seinfeld decided not to enclose the material for whatever reason, I could understand that, but I wish he would have either provided his reason or omitted the section entirely. Again, despite its weaknesses, EX:EMLFAN is a very funny book, and I highly reccomend buing it if you enjoyed LFAN and MLFAN.
Rating: Summary: On top 5 books ever! Review: I haven't read the previous 2, but this is the funniest book I have ever read. Trust me. Just read it. I don't want to give any of it away. Go to your local library and get "Even More Letters From a Nut."
Rating: Summary: Uncontrollable sniggers - but uneven Review: I picked this off a display table and opened it at random to find the author (as a 2'1" ex-circus-midget) applying to the Oklahoma department of Corrections on the basis that he can hide in rolled up carpet, and had once guarded a parrot. I sniggered loudly enough to wake the shop owner. When I got home I was lucky enough to be further treated to the problem of the haunted sponge; Al Gore's Chinese restaurant; and his plea to the German Dental Association to transplant 36 Chihuahua teeth into his mouth. There is a certain sameness to some of the later entries, and many of the responses are so dull that they replycorrespondent managed to be funnier than Nancy himself: the very witty respondant at the King Bag & Manufacturing Co came up with marvelous slogans for the recycled food product "Cushion Crunch" that Nancy purportedly manufactured. I gave the book 3 stars because of its unnevenness and because I probably should have waited for the paperback. The collectionw ould have been stronger as a slimmer, more selective volume. Recommended to fans of Bill Bryson and Pythonesque humor.
Rating: Summary: BEYOND BELIEF Review: I picked up the latest Ted book at my local book shop and found it to be the funniest of the 3. I have been a side-splitting, teary-eyed, laugh-out-loud Ted fan for several years now and wish I could buy a patch for what this guy is able to do to me. My friends all love the book and we sat around reading the letters outloud for hours. Ted you are either a true genius, or someone I never want to meet. Great Job!
Rating: Summary: Read it on the can and laugh your a** off ! Review: If this isn't the best bathroom book in the world, I don't know what is. You can read a couple of letters, then leave it for the next visit. It is painfully funny. You wonder: 1. How does "Ted" think these up? 2. What is the initial reaction of the recipient? 3. Does the person on the other end of the letter reply in serious or jocular spirit? 4. Is the Tonga Visitors Board preparing for Ted's visit? God, it is funny! Great "guy" gift book.
Rating: Summary: Read it on the can and laugh your a** off ! Review: If this isn't the best bathroom book in the world, I don't know what is. You can read a couple of letters, then leave it for the next visit. It is painfully funny. You wonder: 1. How does "Ted" think these up? 2. What is the initial reaction of the recipient? 3. Does the person on the other end of the letter reply in serious or jocular spirit? 4. Is the Tonga Visitors Board preparing for Ted's visit? God, it is funny! Great "guy" gift book.
Rating: Summary: Funny, but a pretty blatant ripoff... Review: If you want the real thing, check out "The Lazlo Letters" by Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci). He did the same thing in the 1970's and was much funnier.
Rating: Summary: Lazlo Letters Rip-Off Review: Nancy's collection of bogus letters is hilarious indeed, and I'd give it 5 stars if it (and its two prequels) weren't such transparent rip-offs of Don Novello's "The Lazlo Letters" (1977). I should think the author would want to acknowledge Novello for providing what must have been the inspiration for this series.
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