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Advantages: Hilarious, light-hearted and easy to get into
Disadvantages: Quite short

Quite simply the funniest book I've ever read, and one that highlights the genius that hides behind Karl Pilkington's clueless exterior. The book is made of up transcripts from the podcast series featuring Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington and Steve Merchant. All of the transcripts make the adaptation from sound to print very well and I defy anyone to read through them and not laugh out loud on several occasions. Added to the transcripts are amusing ... Read review

Advantages: Good read very funny
Disadvantages: none

...enjoy it as it's about the history of comedy, featuring some of the best one liners ever from all the great comics. It's really interesting too, I first just jumped through and read all the funny jokes that are usually in bold on a separate page but then reading it properly it goes through why we use comedy, when the first joke was ever told, all things ,ike that and it's interesting to read why people are funny etc. I got the hardback version on ... Read review

Advantages: Funny in places
Disadvantages: Lacks consistency

...aware of Jeremy Clarkson through the excellent TV programme Top Gear, a show that is not just for petrol heads as it is also one of the funniest programmes on TV as well given some of the stunts and challenges they do. In the show he is the arrogant, opinionated alpha male with a hearty dislike of Europe, foxes, anything environmentally friendly and French cars. Oh and political correctness. In addition to his TV work he also writes a newspaper column ...
...Apart from the toilet reading on offer at my sister house this was the first Clarkson book that I have read and I was interested to see if the humour generated on Top Gear could be translated into the written word. The book itself is made up of a series of short, two or three page, rants or observations on a myriad of topics that stretch from the opening page discussion of an additional public holiday to such varied topics as the joys of the circus, ... Read review

Advantages: Different, interesting read
Disadvantages: See the TV shows first?

...Louis Theroux's TV documentaries (and the man himself) or reading about strange people. Or both! The reason I bought this book was the former but the odd characters are rather interesting in themselves. I always found Louis's interaction with his 'subjects' rather fascinating as he skilfully befriended and questioned people with often, frankly, disturbing views on lifestyle and politics. If you have seen him on TV you will have seen that sometimes ...
...is about Louis's return to the USA to meet some of his 'most intriguing ex-interviewees', as he puts it. The most famous characters featured are Ike Turner (Ex-Mr Tina Turner of course) and April, Lamb and Lynx. The latter stuck in the mind of many when they saw the almost infamous documentary Louis made about the young twin fascists (Lamb and Lynx) brought up by their mother (April) to sing Nazi-themed songs to ultra right-wing rallies. I think ... Read review

Advantages: New and hilarious jokes. Jest at everybody's expense.
Disadvantages: Could have been longer. Will cause offense to many.

This was written by the collective that is the b3ta community: Thousands of people who rank amongst the funniest of the Internetters. I bought this for a family member during Christmas and this book far exceeded its cost in entertainment value during Christmas Day. I would recommend this to everyone with a very open-minded sense of humour but beware; there are jokes in here which will offend every culture, race, sex, minority and the occasional ...
...and I think that if the BBFC covered books, this would not pass the 18 certificate. I have one complaint with this book: With all the content from which the website the jokes originated, a fraction of the excellent jokes made it into this book. This could have been longer and made me laugh for longer, but overall an excellent and refreshing diversion from the generic joke books. ... Read review