Robert George Reisner (1921–1974)

This is a collection of interviews with people who knew and played with Charlie Parker, so the five stars aren't for the writing. They're for the fact that the many and diverse interviews make you feel you once hung with Bird. What an honor that would have been, as difficult and unpredictable as he was. If you love his music, you'll love this.

A classic of 1950s humour. What a great time that was: Bob & Ray, MAD magazine, Ernie Kovacs, Groucho on TV . . . and these crazy guys. The schtick is very simple: out captions onto famous works of art. Example: Andrea Mantegna famous painting of Judith holding the head of Holofernes -- with the tag-line : "I like to make a clean break to an affair." Or again, one of my all-time faves: Botticelli's BIRTH IOF VENUS, with the nymph bringing a robe to cover the gloriously nude young goddess, show more with the caption "Slip into this; it's a raid." Tell me that I'm easily amused, I can take it. show less

Disappointing. I thought it would be funnier. I did, however, love Venus de Milo saying "I met a very disarming gentleman last night."

A friend of mine found this at a used book store years and years ago and i borrowed it from him years and years ago (oops). Its great to look at, includes stuff from ancient Rome, always intended to use it in a short story or something just rediscovered it in a packed away box--thanks LibraryThing.