Idiot Letters

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Summary: So many complaints, so little time...
Review: I picked this book up just yesterday in the Humor section of a local bookstore while reading some Far Side comics. I didn't expect to read Paul C. Rosa's Idiot Letters much since I am a big fan of Larson's comics. However, I found myself reading letter after letter written by Paul on his "relentless assault on Corporate America." This collection of letters written by Paul during 1993 is an example of comedic genius. Paul Rosa wrote to a plethora of corporations that head various franchises/products. Each letter follows the same basic format -praise for the company/product, obscure questions/concerns, and finally a humorous closing of anticipation for a response. However, Paul makes each letter unique by addressing his humorous questions/concerns specifically to a company's product, or in the case of a letter to CITGO, an advertisement. Paul wrote a letter to the Consumer Relations departement of CITGO concerning an actual advertisement by company. In the advertisement, a Bald Eagle hovers, for the lack of a better term, over a CITGO station with its wings fully extended. The eagle is digitally made as large as the gas station and the advertisement reads (not accurate): "Get a ahold of the power" or something like that. Paul writes to the company as a idiot and expresses concern and fear of such a large animal flying over his home state of Colorado. He writes that he and his wife are both concerned and says he will take action if needed to protect himself and his family from this "monster". He mentions that he will use his gun however, "it'll take a canon to take this it down!" CITGO's response? Well, that's for you to find out by reading Idiot Letters.

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Summary: Not for those with a weak bladder!
Review: I picked this up off a friends coffee table at a party and began laughing so hard that the flood of tears of comic euphoria began to drench the pages of the book. My wife struck a deal with me, put it down, and I could buy it the next day, which I did! This is the funnies thing I have ever read in my entire life (and I have read a lotta stuff). An absolute MUST have!

PS Paul, if you read this please send me an XL T-shirt!

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Summary: It's funny and all.
Review: I think this fine fella is really, really funny the way he writes his cotton pickin' funny letters there to the big ol companies! Buy this swell book then get yourself thirty-two more for your pals and folks and stuff! So darn funny I almost busted my guts out with the big laughing!!!

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Summary: If you like this book
Review: If you like this book, you'll also like, "Letters from A Nut."

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Summary: What Prank letters should be!!!
Review: Most prank letter books are written by a fictitious person. This greatly reduces the humor and purpose of the prank. So far I've only come across two prank letter books written without the cowardly use of a pseudonym. Idiot Letters and Hire Me Dumbass (by Joe Mozian) are both written by real people. Their authors are gifted in the odd art of prank letter writing and accept full responsibility for their actions. While Idiot Letters does get a bit far-fetched on occasion, it is funny. Hire Me Dumbass however is honest from cover to cover, and hysterical to boot. If you are a first timer to prank letter books, both Idiot letters and Hire Me Dumbass are the best places to start.

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Summary: buy this book!
Review: Paul Rosa's book is hilarious! One of the funniest books I have ever read. I almost cried from laughing so hard at his letter to CITGO gas. I am looking forward to idiot letters two

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Summary: Universal hilariousness!
Review: Since I've been living in the U.S. just for 3 yrs or so from a different cultural background, I could hardly adapt for American jokes, but today I found the missing piece of my life here in the U.S.! I couldn't stop laughing at the bookstore where I found this book accidentaly, so I bought it to keep reading in my car in order to burst my big laughing. At the parking lot, every stop light, I couldn't stop reading. So I recommend this book for everyone, especially for those who are tired living in the different culture and hungry for laughing like me. This book makes my life lighter. I especially love the CITGO!

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Summary: Funniest book I've read in a long time
Review: The real question in this book is who is the idiot--the author or the corporate types who answer his crazy letters. I vote for the latter. This book is a collection of letters ranging from the amusing to the hilarious bizarre. Paul writes from the persona of his cat, a fourth grader, a hillbilly, just to name a few. I especially enjoyed the rule changes he suggested to the NFL--moving goalposts, a pentagonal field, etc. I liked this book much better than Letters from a Nut because each letter is different and funny in an original way, rather than written in a format. People searching for deep hearty laugh should buy this book.

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Summary: Mildly amusing but hardly worth the purchase
Review: This book is cute but goes on far too long. The author succeeds in showing how you can twit officials in businesses and corporations without their (or their surrogates) catching on for a while (though not always). But he drones on. I recommend that you read it over an expresso in a local store and spend your money on one of Amazon's better book

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Summary: Super Keen
Review: This book is very funny -- sledgehammer premises ("I glued my hand to a vase, etc); but with perfectly precise wording.
Rosa writes from the perspective of a naive someone who is amazingly! as enthusiastic about consumer products and their advertising as Corporations pretend to be. This must lead the Corporate letter readers to wonder "is this person really stupid enough to believe our hype? Hmmmm." Brilliant premise played out with sledgehammer and razor wit. If you like "is this guy serious???" humor, you'll love this.