Review: Great stuff!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
This is the first time in years I've read a joke book and said, "crap!" when I hit the last page. As with all joke books, I had heard some of them before but the percentage of "repeats" was very low. Other reviewers claimed plagiarism and they may be right, but I've not read the original pieces so pass no judgement. I do know that one "Yo mama is so ugly they could stick her face in dough and make gorilla cookies" is an old Red Foxx line, but that was the only obvious case of "borrowing" I was immediately aware of.I got a huge amount of out-loud laughs from this. So did my wife and son. I took no offense at the humor although I do know that some other reviewers felt the book was blasphemous. As Steve Martin once said, "comedy ain't pretty. Wear a cup." Comedy requires thick skin.I gave this 4 stars instead of five because of several instances where the same joke is repeated virtually verbatim. Otherwise, for the price ($.99 at the time of my purchase) it was money well spent and more than worth it in the entertainment value received. The book has at least as many laughs as any Judd Apatow comedy that you would drop $40 to see with a date at the movies. Who could ask for a better bargain than that?