You are cordially invited to celebrate
A Parody of
The New York Times
Wedding Announcements
by
Kasper Hauser
Along with fully illustrated guides to:
Wedding-night sex,
Honeymoon hot spots,
Formalwear malfunctions,
and much, much more.
At four o’clock in the Afternoon.
Or is it three o’clock?
Didn’t you bring the invitation?
Huh? Where the hell is the turnoff?
Back there. I think I saw a paper plate and some balloons.
What's wrong?
I just need to eat something. I'm fine.
Remind me how we know these people?
“In this collection, Kasper Hauser reminds us that a wedding announcement is a window into the most goofball daydream a couple can have about itself.... These are not parodies, but little human stories, full of want and hope, even when they involve falconry.”
---from the foreword by John Hodgman
Average Rating:
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After a great review on a podcast I bought the book. Its a dud.
Not expensive and not worth even that. Not offensive just opaque and boring.
Rating:
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This has some laugh out loud marriage reviews, but there are many that are simply too silly or not very clever. The concept is certainly brilliant, and even though the execution here falls flat more often than not, it's still got some gems in it. I suspect that one could compile some very entertaining marriage reviews from real newspapers, or take existing marriage reviews and make a few subtle changes and create a book that's even funnier than this, but these guys had the idea, so hats off to them
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My husband and I were driving home from work, in separate cars. As soon as we reached home, the first thing we talked about was the NPR review and interview on "Weddings of the Times". I ordered a copy to give to him for Father's Day. We're still laughing, as is my 88 year old father in law, 31 year old son-in law and anyone else who comes to our house and picks the book up. I highly recommend this book.
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Did you ever hear about a book with a great idea and think why didn't I think of that? Than you pick it up and realize that it was so brilliantly executed that you could never have nearly that clever so just sit back and laugh your head off? That is pretty much how you'll feel if you pick up "Weddings of the Times."
The idea of satire based on NY Times wedding announcements sounds so simple and you might wonder how it could be done for laughs page after page. These clever authors are way ahead of you. Using the premise as a launching off point they poke fun at every target at hand. The obvious like social climbing and bragging? Please. Move onto porn, Nigerian email scams, religious zealotry, and strange hobbies. I could quote you examples, but that would deprive you of a chance to laugh, not to mention I couldn't capture the excellent photographs which are included.
What can I say? What are waiting for, buy the book already!
