Scotch & Toilet Water?: A Book of Dog Cartoons

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In the funniest dog cartoon book ever, beloved New Yorker cartoonist Leo Cullum pokes gentle fun at the foibles and eccentricities of cavorting canines and their human owners. Or is it the dogs who are in charge?

As his enchanted fans well know, Cullum's dogs are an eclectic and enterprising lot. They are lawyers and doctors and businessmen, and more than a few like to sit in bars and debate the predicaments of life. Whether they portray a confounded dog therapy patient searching for the reason he is barking, or an exasperated dog humoring his human owner's need to keep throwing a stick for him to fetch, the 125 laugh-out-loud cartoons in this book tell us almost as much about people as they do about dogs.

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If you're a dog owner...........2007-07-27

Already a New Yorker cartoon fan, I was excited to find this book in my vet's waiting room and had to get a copy for my husband. It's too funny. The facial expressions alone are worth the price.

If you love dogs..........2007-01-31

...you'll love this book. Just flippin' hilarious. A great gift, too.

For Chloe, My German Shepard.......2006-02-17

As xpected, this was (is) great. It has given me LOL & tears.

Tickle your funny bone.......2005-09-24

Smart, crisp cartoons - many followed by a chuckle or a good belly laugh. My older son and I spent a good part of a rainy afternoon laughing together. As a woman who lives with four dogs, Cullum really hit the spot on many of the witty quips.
Kate Nicoll, MSW of Soul Friends

Laugh-OUT-LOUD Funny!.......2004-11-09

Whether you are a fan of New Yorker cartoons or not, this collection should touch your funny bone. I will only say this: I kept this book at my bedside, allowing myself only three or four cartoons a night, and those cartoons always left me laughing out loud and feeling ready for a good night's sleep.

Oh, did I mention that I'm not one who normally laughs out loud?

Enjoy!

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The most commonly used printing paper for photographic images during the nineteenth century was based on a prosaic medium—egg whites. The earlier salt paper print and calotype negative, while satisfying the need for inexpensive and multiplicable pictures, failed to yield precise detail. The collodion process increased image resolution on the negative, but the need for a smooth paper on which to print the finely detailed negatives became apparent. The answer came in 1850 when Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard revealed his process of adhering an emulsion to a paper base by using albumen from egg whites. Beginning in the 1850s the combination of wet collodion negatives and albumenized print paper became the major photographic method for the third quarter of the century. The technical and aesthetic role of the albumen print in the history of photography is the subject of Robert A. Sobieszek's essay and the basis for his selection of images in this Text/Fiche.

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A Greatest Hits package to die for, in which the inimitable, Pulitzer-packing humorist applies himself to taxes, toilets, airbags, baseball, beer commercials, and numerous other American artifacts. A typical bit, from a piece on legalized gambling: "Off-Track Betting parlors are the kinds of places where you never see signs that say, 'Thank You for Not Smoking.' The best you could hope for is, 'Thank You for Not Spitting Pieces of Your Cigar on My Neck.'" Happy? There's plenty more where that came from.

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WHEN DAVE BARRY IS ON THE LOOSE, NO ONE IS SAFE!

What Dave Barry did for the men's movement in his Complete Guide to Guys and for foreign relations when he did Japan he now does for . . . everything in America. The rapacious observer of Tupperware ladies and leisure concept salesmen sounds off on:

Football--Football is more than just a game. It is a potential opportunity to see a live person lying on the ground with a bone sticking out of his leg, while the fans, to show their appreciation, perform "the wave."

Sailing--There's nothing quite like getting out on the open sea, where you can forget about the hassles and worries of life on land, and concentrate on the hassles and worries of life on the sea, such as death by squid.

Gambling--Off-Track Betting parlors are the kinds of places where you never see signs that say, "Thank You for Not Smoking." The best you can hope for is, "Thank You for Not Spitting Pieces of Your Cigar on My Neck."

"The good news: he's funny as ever. The bad news: the book is only 304 pages."
--Los Angeles Daily News

Customer Reviews:

Funny Dave.......2007-07-17

As an Irish person, living in a small town in rainy Ireland, it is unusual to find a book by Dave Barry..(hooray for Amazon). I don't know anyone who has any idea who he is, and why should they.. he is or was(?) a journalist for the Miami Herald, and is a well known funny man in the States, and no singular Irishman or woman has any reason to know of him.. and isn't it a shame. I love funny books. I have some great ones...but Dave is one of the funniest guys I've never met. This book is full of anecdotal ravings and mad perceptions but, you know he is really so funny, you don't care if he talks of giant carnivorous fleas somewhere in the mid-west, or helping his son with a science project waiting for the ants to bite. (ME thinks him an entomologist at heart).. but he has such a funny way of putting things, that no matter what the subject matter, you will read it and enjoy it. Let's face it, in this violent, crime filled world, isn't it still nice that you can have a smile put on your face!

not 100% funny but he doesn't need to be .......2007-03-07

A typical Barry column in this collection is like some Mel Brooks movies I've seen- he throws so much humor (or at least intended humor) at you that even if only 10% of it is funny, you are still laughing at least once or twice per essay. The ideal way to spend time when you are trapped at, say, a haircut appointment or a Greyhound bus (which is where I was when I read this fun little book!)

Fun to read a bit at a time.......2007-01-27

I enjoyed this book partly because it is about 80 separate columns in one book. It's easy to skim the titles and choose one that sounds right for your mood. I read it before going to sleep over the course of a couple of months, one or two chapters most evenings. I didn't really read them in any set order and occasionally had to guess if I'd already read the chapter before looking at the first paragraph or two. Some of the stories are "laugh out loud" funny while others are just okay.

It's certainly reasonably priced even if some of the material is a bit dated.

I would recommend this book to any Dave Barry fan.

Audio Version a real treat.......2006-10-03

My cassette tape version was read by John Ritter who was one of the few people who could actually read Dave Barry correctly - he put the emphasis in the right places and pauses to make the jokes work perfectly.

On to the material -

It was a bit up and down, but mostly up (even the downs weren't down very far). His time-share condo essay is a gem that should be printed off and handed out to people before they go into a time-share condo presentation. His "Diplodocus" essay was funny and touching all at the same time. One of his best ever. The "Can New York Save Itself?" essay was a prime example of Dave taking a joke and running it into the ground. It was mildly amusing but it kept going and going and going and going and ... you get the point.

So, this one gets a B+.

6 Stars.......2006-09-13

I don't read much, I just don't really like to. But reading this book is not like reading at all. This is by far the funniest book I have ever read. Dave Barry is the funniest man alive. I don't laugh much or loud, but as I was reading this book to myself I would find myself laughing out loud very very often.

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DAVE BARRY'S GREATEST HITS

Manufacturer: FAWCETT COLUMBINE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GYA0K0

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DAVE BARRY'S GREATEST HITS
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Fawcett Crest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RB3E4G

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Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Rh Value Publishing
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0517064405
Release Date: 1991-03-26

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Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1989
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NXJ4EW

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Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Columbine Trade
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NY4A4U

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Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Fawcett Columbine, NY
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ASIN: B000KAJFPG

Dave Barry's Greatest Hits & Dave Barry Turns 40

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Dave Barry's Greatest Hits & Dave Barry Turns 40
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LA1UEY

Dave Barry: Four Complete Books (The World According to Dave Barry Containing Dave Barry Talks Back, Dave Barry Turns 40, Dave Barry's Greatest Hits) PLUS Dave Barry Slept Here, a Random House Audio Book

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Dave Barry: Four Complete Books (The World According to Dave Barry Containing Dave Barry Talks Back, Dave Barry Turns 40, Dave Barry's Greatest Hits) PLUS Dave Barry Slept Here, a Random House Audio Book
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Wings
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517149184
Release Date: 1996-02-27

More of Dave Barry's Greatest Hits: All New & Original Material

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Dave does it again!

More of Dave Barry's Greatest Hits: All New & Original Material
Dave Barry
Manufacturer: Audio Literature
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 0787110175

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Dave does it again!.......2000-10-22

In this audiotape, Dave Barry has once again proven that he is the funniest man in America, and we should encourage him. This is probably the only person in the world who could write a column about an article that appeared in a tabloid newspaper about giant killer fleas, and actually be funnier than the original article! Mr. Barry covers the gamut, from toilets that communicate with each other to fishing trips where his son and a doomed worm are competing to see which can be the most pitiful. I have read virtually all of Mr. Barry's books, and this is the fifth audiotape of his that I have heard. This rates very high among them, being a compilation of some of his best writing. This tape has the added benefit of being narrated by John Ritter(of Three's Company fame), who has wonderful comedic inflection. If you are already a Dave Barry fan, this is a needed addition to your collection. If you haven't yet discovered him, this is a perfect place to start!

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Includes The Palm Beach Story, Triumph over Pain/The Great Moment, The Miracle at Morgan's Creek, and Unfaithfully Yours.
Humorous, sophisticated, and superbly crafted, the cinema of Preston Sturges maintains an enduring presence in the small canon of films that enjoy critical acclaim, scholarly attention, and popular admiration. Following the enthusiastic reception of Five Screenplays by Preston Sturges, the University of California Press returns with Four More.
This volume contains three scripts widely regarded as among the filmmaker's best: The Palm Beach Story, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, and Unfaithfully Yours. Based on the actual shooting scripts rather than the final screen versions, these screenplays contain scenes that were not filmed or that disappeared on the cutting room floor.
In the fourth script, Triumph over Pain/The Great Moment, Sturges dramatizes the career of W.T.G. Morton, the doctor who first demonstrated the use of ether and thus revolutionized surgery. Arguably the most important biographical film project of the 1940s, this film was recut and rearranged by Paramount before it was released. By reprinting Sturges's original script and explaining its transformation, Brian Henderson has, in effect, discovered a new work by Sturges.
In the introductions that precede each screenplay, Henderson examines every important aspect of the screenplay's composition. He analyzes Sturges's process of constant revision, discusses variant drafts and fragments of drafts, and describes the writer/director's relations with Paramount executives, the Church, the Hayes Office, and Darryl Zanuck.
Alone or as a companion to the earlier volume, this work will be welcomed by scholars, film buffs, screenplay writers, and admirers of Preston Sturges.

Customer Reviews:

Preston Sturges' Screenplays.......2006-12-05

This book is a wonderful compilation of Preston Sturges' screenplays.
It's very good for all who love the great director.

Three Fine Comedies and One Odd Misfire.......2005-11-26

This volume contains some of Sturges' best work, including the immortal comedy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, together with The Palm Beach Story and Unfaithfully Yours. Five stars for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, perhaps the funniest, most subversive movie of the 1940's.

The biggest curiosity here, though, is Sturges' script for his odd dental-anesthesia biopic The Great Moment. This film was heavily altered by the studio prior to its release. Sturges' original script would probably have been a better picture, but it's hard to imagine this project succeeding in any case.

Great comedy films.......2001-11-23

Contains the screenplay for "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (to my taste, the most hilarious film of all time). When I worked as a cataloger at Newport Public Library, I constantly told my co-workers that I thought Preston Sturges wrote better dialogue than Shakespeare. I could prune lines from "Hamlet," but I couldn't cut a single line from "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek."

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Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level General Music
June M. Hinckley
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Education
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ASIN: 1565450841

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The purpose of the Strategies for Teaching series is to help music teachers implement the K-12 National Music Education Standards and MENC's Prekindergarten Standards. Hundreds of music teachers across the country participated in this project, the largest such participation in an MENC publishing endeavor. Each publication focuses on a specific curricular area and a particular level. Each includes teaching strategies based on the content and achievement standards, a preface and an introduction, and a resource list.

Strategies for Teaching Elementary and Middle-Level Chorus (Strategies for Teaching Series)

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Strategies for Teaching Elementary and Middle-Level Chorus (Strategies for Teaching Series)
Judy K. Bowers
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Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level and High School Guitar (Menc's Strategies for Teaching Series)

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Strategies for Teaching Middle-Level and High School Guitar (Menc's Strategies for Teaching Series)
James L. Jordan
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WARNING: These Are NOT Hard Crossword Puzzles!!!

The New York Times Super Saturday Crosswords: The Hardest Crossword of the Week
The New York Times
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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Binding: Paperback

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The Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle is the most challenging puzzle of the week, which is why it has gained such an eager following. The most serious solvers know that actually finishing the puzzle is no small feat. Collected for the first time in a convenient and portable book form, Super Saturday has 75 puzzles sure to test not only knowledge but patience as well.

Customer Reviews:

WARNING: These Are NOT Hard Crossword Puzzles!!!.......2005-12-31

I was completely disappointed in this book. It is quite possible that these puzzles ran on Saturdays in 1993 and 1994, as the copyright notation indicates. They are not, however, remotely in a league with the current Saturday level of difficulty. This is deceptive advertising at its most crass. It reflects very poorly on the editor, Will Shortz (who currently edits the NYT puzzles and surely knows that what I am saying is true), on the Times itself, and on Amazon, which ought to stop selling this slim but nevertheless sleazy volume.

The New York Times Super Saturday Crosswords: the Hardest Crossword of the Week

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The New York Times Super Saturday Crosswords: the Hardest Crossword of the Week
The New York Times
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTFJVM

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