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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. http://thmazing.blogspot.com/2009/07/...  thmazing | Nov 11, 2009 |  It is an unusual book. It made me want to go and try it. I also like what Seinfeld had to say about him. Did not realize there were more of them. How fun! (  ) sharpiegirl | May 22, 2009 | This book is like nothing I've ever encountered before. The author makes up letters pretending to be various wacky people in distress, or having odd requests, or wanting to make marketing suggestions- to huge corporations, famous people, large establishments, ritzy hotels, etc. The crazy thing is that then he mails them off- and more often than not, gets a response that tries seriously to deal with the customer service problem he presents. I have to admit some of the premises were rather lame, and a lot of them are repeated with only slight variations. But I read at least half of the letters out loud to my husband, and we laughed ourselves silly over it. from the Dog Ear Diary (  ) jeane | Mar 28, 2009 | ROFL. That is the best way I can describe this book. My family got tired of hearing me burst out laughing that they forced me to read these letters out loud. That in turn made them even funnier as we all laughed together. Something about these is irresistible and I just can't seem to get enough. My personal favorite: writing a casino to make sure he can wear his lucky shrimp costume while gambling. ( ) joeythelemur | Oct 1, 2008 | Such an odd book. It often made me laugh outloud. What a clever idea. (  ) erniepratt | Sep 23, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0380973545, Hardcover)What if you wrote to the Baseball Hall of Fame offering to donate a full set of Mickey Mantle's toenail clippings? Why, they'd be glad to have 'em--even if you are "a Level 4 bed-wetter." Cooperstown is only one of many institutions terrorized in Letters from a Nut, a collection of crazed correspondence by Ted L. Nancy. The name is a pseudonym, perhaps for Jerry Seinfeld, who wrote the introduction. Seinfeld never comes clean, but the yocks sure sound like his material. And the letters have his prints all over them--who else would write the L.A. Lakers posing as a rabid fan who wears pants with a see-through back end, "for medical reasons"? Whoever wrote it, the book's a real lark. Where else can you meet "Pip, the Mighty Squeak," a man who gambles in a giant shrimp costume, or a corn that looks like Shelley Fabares? Only inside the fevered brain of Ted L. Nancy--whether he's Jerry Seinfeld or not.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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