It was an internal nervous haha funny......
357578
No, I don't think that this work is in the same category as David Sedaris for so many reasons. Yes both authors are humorist and both are gay but that's about it. Sedaris apparently comes from a quirky but loving family and Burroughs basically had no family at all (well at least the one he had wasn't one that you would necessarily contend was ''loving''). Sedaris sees the funny sardonic side in the events and people he writes about and Burroughs almost seems to need to see the funny sardonic side in order to balance out the horror of his childhood. The most distrubing parts of this book are hard to read and difficult to laugh at because you want to try to add som levity where the author obviously wants you to see levity. However, there are some genuine laughs, food for thought and blessings for a somewhat normal family life for most of the readers. Burroughs is an excellent writer and I am looking forward to reading other books written by him. Good summer read as compared to the follow up book I read, ''The Devil Wears Prada'', but that's another review.
26323
Really enjoyed it. At times the jumping time frames got confusing. The repeating was getting a bit annoying. But other than that, moments of truly laughing out loud. The detail used to describe some of the food, really left a nasty taste in my mouth. Sure hope all of it wasn't true, if so, I just want to hug him, lol
2006991
It's hilarious pic, I laught a lots. Here with the sugar daddy may not necessarily they feel like that or may be even worst haha
4500170
Was so much fun that I ended up in the ICU...had to get some anti-fun IV infusion. It was sick!
4401673
Absurdly funny, sometimes it sneaks up and grabs you how unbelievable someone would actually write such a ridiculous letter, I haven't read it all yet, but pieces here and there especially when i need a reminder that you can't take anything seriously, and how is it they bend over backwards to placate an off the wall consumer...wow.  it will make you laugh
3470727
That was brilliant! I have that dry, sarcastic sense of humor, often at inappropriate times and without a filter, and it made me LOL over and over again! And the Billie Jo/Jean part? I died. I tried to read the scene to my husband, but it got lost in translation...or he couldn't understand me through my laughs and snorts. Holy crap. But seriously, that was great.
3616431
It was advertised as humorous wherein I was expecting a belly full of laughter.  It was not what I expected.
639046
It was raunchy and crude.....but it was funny.  Maybe I was in the perfect frame of mind- but I found myself laughing out loud at the ridiculous one liner chapter headings.  This book was well written and the characters were well thought out.  Nice to read a book without all the heavy angst that is so popular right now.  Try this one.
3593574
He turned out to have a rather ominous expression that actually bothered some people. I thought it was funny.
4575526
ok, this may not be the most entertaining review, like most of the other hilarious posts are, but it is a very honest one..... These were over hyped for me. I wanted to try these guys out and see if all the talk was just talk, which it most definitely was for me, or if it would legitemently make me poop my brains out. SPOILER ALERT, it didnt. I ate about 30 bears, which is more than enough to get the effect that so many go into such great detail explaining, but it just gave me mildly irritating gas, and that was at its worse. I mean at first i was really scared my stomach was roaring, and this made me nervous about what i thought was coming, that being a multi hour toilet fest, but it never came, i just farted quite a bit, and had a mildly bad stomach ache. so in conclusion....meh
2766482
I'm picky about what I read and often stop reading books after a few chapters.  If I'm not loving them, they're not worth the time.  I like 'em smart and humorous, and this one was a hoot.  I laughed out loud several times, but the big, stupid smile on my face for the entirety of my wait at the doctor's office was rather embarrassing. Couldn't be helped. The book's really freaking funny.
3992734
I have no idea who John Mulaney is, and when I finally popped in his CD "The Top Part", I wasn't expecting much. And to top it off, when I first started listening to his CD, I wasn't in the best mood. Stuck in a traffic jam where it took me 1 hour to go 3 miles, I wasn't exactly in the right frame of mind for a comedy album.

And while the comedy starts a bit slowly with Mulaney talking about drinking until passing out, things really begin to pick up when he brings up his love of the TV show "Law & Order". Soon I was laughing out loud when he describes the similar characters on each show & the fate of Jerry Orbach's eyes. I loved the bits about "Scarface" & "King Soloman" too. The only time for me that the comedy missed the mark was when Mulaney started talking about "the best meal he ever had".

I have to admit "The Top Half" really saved my sanity during one big old nightmare of a commute. If Mulaney could get me laughing while stuck on that miserable highway sucking in gas fumes for over an hour, then I'm sure you'll find it just as funny.

Overall this was a pretty funny disk, and I will be sure to keep an ear and eye out for anything Mulaney does in the future.
1969720
Funny as hell!  Me and my guy friend loved it.... my girlfriend and my guy friends girlfriend thought it was stupid.... whatever....
1450102
I don't often read funny books...I don't know why, I probably should, maybe it would jolt me out of the perpetual bad mood I seem to be in these days, but the fact remains, I usually pass up the humor for a good spurge of gore or zombies with anger management issues; so when my husband handed me a book with probably one of the most intriguing titles I have read in a while... I just couldn't say no.

"The Reformed Vampire Support Group" by "Catherine Jinks" was hilarious. Not in a joke-after-joke-pun-after-pun way, but more the this-is-so-awkward-you-can't-help-but-laugh-at-it funny. Think "A Fish Called Wanda" meets "Grumpy Old Men" (come on...picture it...got it? Funny isn't it.)

The plot is written from Nina's perspective...she's a vampire (duh) but not the kind we normally think about. No, Nina and her band of vampire misfits are whiney, sickly, paranoid schizophrenics that spend more time in group therapy and fanging helpless gerbils than that do actually living their lives. That is, of course, until Cassimir (the original vamp) turns up ashes in his coffin and Nina decides she just can't take her pathetic life anymore. Her and friends (Dave the downer vamp, and a Catholic Priest) set out on a mission to track down the slayer and bring things back to order, only... after turning up at the wrong house they get more than could ever bargain for. (Lets just say a very angry puppy shows up.) The entire book is based around the groups fumbling attempts to be better than they are and to stop a slew of crimes that... incidentally they actually caused themselves.

There is an 80 year old granny vamp with bad hips and a crocheting fixation, a prescription sunglasses incident that has Nina a little wobbly, lots of angry bedroom captives, a failed arson attempt, a loopy newbie vamp that hurls while trying to hostage negotiate, creepy basements, and 1 very distressed mail carrier that jumps out of a 2nd story window.

The writing was charming, as if Nina was letting you in on little secret but sparing you the gory details, and the plot was extremely twisty turny but well executed. I laughed out loud several times, and at one point had the most bizarre, in my head, movie playing...but I will whole heartedly admit that I enjoyed it. So much so that I might actually consider reading the brighter side of life more often.

Happy reading my fellow Groupers and remember: if at first you don't succeed, cower in a corner till the bad man goes away.
3010673
I got this for a joke on a co-worker!  His mother told him a couple of years ago she was going to kick him out of the house and let him live in a FedEx Van, if he didn't go to college!  Well, I just had to get this van when he signed up for classes this year!  He was really worried that the threat had come true!!!!!!  I can hardly wait to see him for myself and see what his reaction will be to me!!!!!
1262911
This was pretty scary because it could really happen. We could easily be in the wrong place and not know it. You need to pay attention when someone has a funny feeling about stuff.
1776766
It was very funny and strange when I used it, so I accidentally went all over my legs and the floor due to laughing so darn much , yes I had to wash. So the next time I tried it with patience and I didn't make any accidents.