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toebean5's review against another edition
4.0
Well, really I listened to this as an audiobook, and that might have made all the difference. While I didn't get to see the photos that the book has, the audiobook had the advantage of being read by the authors- complete with accents and all. Reading something and pretending like Stephen Colbert is saying it is one thing, but having him read it to you, acting out every inflection is a completely different and wonderful thing. I highly recommend for a car ride.
murph_the_serf's review against another edition
3.0
While funny, I don't think it lived up to the abilities of Sedaris and Colbert. Part of what makes them great is their performances and, while there's absolutely nothing wrong with be that great of a performer, it does mean something is missing from the writing.
kristianawithak's review against another edition
3.0
So ridiculous. If you want a good laugh and lot of craziness it's fantastic. It's Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert and someone else I don't know, but if he's friends with those two than he's all right in my book.
mbenzz's review against another edition
1.0
This is without a doubt the stupidest book I have ever read. This book is about nothing more than a bunch of low-life degenerates who gathered together and called themselves a town. Their only purpose in this book is to try to cheat the government.
Russell Hokes was extremely annoying, and his lame 'jokes' got real old real fast. Not to mention that they weren't funny, not even a little bit. It's not that I took offense to anything he wrote, it's just that everything he wrote was unbelievably stupid.
I think you have to have a really bizarre sense of humor to find this book entertaining. All I know is I will never read another book by any of these authors ever again.
Russell Hokes was extremely annoying, and his lame 'jokes' got real old real fast. Not to mention that they weren't funny, not even a little bit. It's not that I took offense to anything he wrote, it's just that everything he wrote was unbelievably stupid.
I think you have to have a really bizarre sense of humor to find this book entertaining. All I know is I will never read another book by any of these authors ever again.
zephyrreads's review against another edition
3.0
More Metaphors? God Colbert, shut up. Good character portraits!
roserin25's review against another edition
2.0
For something written by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert, who are all really funny, I was expecting way more. This book seemed to be weird just for the sake of being weird, so it was hard to stay focused on. Maybe there were drugs involved?
amberhayward's review against another edition
2.0
This was a pretty cute book. I mean, I guess it is not conventionally cute, but I don't know how else to describe it. It starts of kind of like a David Sedaris short-fiction-story which makes sense because Amy Sedaris is one of the 3 authors. The last 4 or 5 chapters were kind of slow to me, but the whole book was quite funny- it has a lot of obvious jokes as well as a lot of subtle word-play type gags. Also: pictures! If you know Amy Sedaris' work, you know she is kind of in to dress-up and she & her Strangers With Candy cohorts dress up as the characters in the book with photography by Todd Oldham (he also did all the photography for the awesome I Like You also by Amy).
shane_tiernan's review against another edition
4.0
I did this on audio back in 2006 (read by the authors) and it was great. Found it at Borders for 50% off so I picked it up and Shelley and I are reading it now. This has pictures so that should be great.
stronlibrarianvibes's review against another edition
5.0
I actually got this as a book-on-CD from the library. I needed something to laugh at on my drive to and from work. This fit the bill perfectly. The story is rather intriguing, and it could have been a serious commentary on what constitutes community amongst folks if the book wasn't so dang funny and outrageous. The characters are...well, let's just say I don't think I've encountered their parallels in the annals of literature. Their accounts of life in Wigfield make you want to stay as far away from that godforsaken fictional place as possible. What makes the characters even better is the vocal stylings of the authors: Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello. Hearing their characterizations just makes this book.