Consumer Joe : Harassing Corporate America, One Letter at a Time

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Summary: Laughing Out Loud
Review: So I heard about this book from a friend, so I picked it up for a recent trip to NYC. I cracked it open @ the airport as I waited for my flight. "David Paulson's" letters are so quirky and bizarre, its hilarious. I just kept thinking, how does this guy come up with some of these scenarios and inquiries. Corporate America is just so white collar and by the book, it's refreshing that a handful of companies even played along. At one point I was lauging out loud for 5 minutes straight at JFK as I sat at the gate. I ended up taking the book into work and it was water cooler chat for a week. This is an excellent conversation piece or just a laugh out loud book to keep in your guest bath. I highly recommend this book.....

Rating:
Summary: Laughing Out Loud
Review: So I heard about this book from a friend, so I picked it up for a recent trip to NYC. I cracked it open @ the airport as I waited for my flight. "David Paulson's" letters are so quirky and bizarre, its hilarious. I just kept thinking, how does this guy come up with some of these scenarios and inquiries. Corporate America is just so white collar and by the book, it's refreshing that a handful of companies even played along. At one point I was lauging out loud for 5 minutes straight at JFK as I sat at the gate. I ended up taking the book into work and it was water cooler chat for a week. This is an excellent conversation piece or just a laugh out loud book to keep in your guest bath. I highly recommend this book.....

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Summary: An idelible character
Review: Sure the letters are funny, but the best thing about Consumer Joe is the guy who ostensibly wrote them, David Paulson. In him, Paul Davidson has created a vivid comedic character who writes with a hilarious combination of outrage and naivete as he huddles in his Beverly Hills apartment with (if his letters are to be believed) several cats (one of them injured), a thrill-seeking dog, and stacks of coupons sent to appease his urgent need for justice. Letter-by-letter, we learn more about this person and his equally eccentric extended family, until he becomes a fully-realized creation reminscent of Rob Long's brilliantly funny agent character in "Conversations with my Agent." Though the letters in the book gave me more than a few hearty laughs, discovering the character of David Paulson was an unexpected pleasure of reading this book.

Rating:
Summary: An idelible character
Review: Sure the letters are funny, but the best thing about Consumer Joe is the guy who ostensibly wrote them, David Paulson. In him, Paul Davidson has created a vivid comedic character who writes with a hilarious combination of outrage and naivete as he huddles in his Beverly Hills apartment with (if his letters are to be believed) several cats (one of them injured), a thrill-seeking dog, and stacks of coupons sent to appease his urgent need for justice. Letter-by-letter, we learn more about this person and his equally eccentric extended family, until he becomes a fully-realized creation reminscent of Rob Long's brilliantly funny agent character in "Conversations with my Agent." Though the letters in the book gave me more than a few hearty laughs, discovering the character of David Paulson was an unexpected pleasure of reading this book.

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Summary: Consumer Joe Blows!
Review: This book is a collection of send-ups that will keep you laughing for quite awhile. What happens to marshmallow fluff when you microwave it for ten minutes, and then freeze it? What happens when you complain about being on hold for too long? Can you make a fighting robot out of stolen spoons? It's all here. Paul Davidson has put together a collection of hilarious original letters, and their responses, to some of America's largest corporations. You'll read and re-read this for a long time. And if you don't, perhaps you can send him a letter of your own!

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Summary: Hilarious! Dissing corporate America has never been so funn
Review: This book is a collection of send-ups that will keep you laughing for quite awhile. What happens to marshmallow fluff when you microwave it for ten minutes, and then freeze it? What happens when you complain about being on hold for too long? Can you make a fighting robot out of stolen spoons? It's all here. Paul Davidson has put together a collection of hilarious original letters, and their responses, to some of America's largest corporations. You'll read and re-read this for a long time. And if you don't, perhaps you can send him a letter of your own!

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Summary: Finally fresh humor
Review: This is the funniest, wittiest and original book I've read in ages. With so much mundane humor out there it's refreshing to see some fresh and original humor. I read this book in one sitting, laughing out loud. Paul Davidson has a rare gift. I look forward to his next endeavor.