Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 96 pages
- Published by: Methuen Publishing Ltd September 1, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0413776425
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0413776426
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Book Dimensions:
10.6 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 14.9 ounces
Product Description
One of the most original and groundbreaking humor classics of all time, the
Papperbok was compiled for Methuen in the early 1970s by the young Monty Python team at the height of their surreal powers and was published on the heels of the improbable success of the
Monty Python's Flying Circus television series.
A surreal delight, the
Papperbok was a testing ground for ideas equally as fresh and funny as the Flying Circus material. It is full of colorful and rude illustrations by Terry Gilliam, oddball instruction sheets, cod schoolboy stories about adventure and mischief, misleading horoscopes, informative and thrilling features-such as "Hamster: A Warning," "The Python Book of Etiquette," and "The London Casebook of Detective Ren Descartes"-zany competitions, fake editorials, spurious film reviews, and some of the oddest miscellany ever pressed between the pages of a book.
The extraordinary comic genius of Monty Python is on full display in this humor classic, too-long unavailable and now back by popular demand.
Reader Reviews
I read this book and couldn't stop laughing! From the inside of the cover (containing a library sign-out sheet filled with famous peoples' poorly forged signatures) to the last page (teach yourself surgery w/ blood stains) the humor is sharp, hilarious, and purely Monty Python. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF THE MOVIES "MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL", "MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE", AND "MONTY PYTHON'S THE LIFE OF BRIAN". Also strongly recommended for fans of British comedy and people who love the unusual! PLEASE NOTE- This book has no story to it (excluding a short story here or there)! It is mainly a collection of humorous things (e.g. phony ads, fake articles/magazines, spoofs, and things that defy all explanation).
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