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Title: Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin ISBN: 0-399-12304-0 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: June, 1979 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (17 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hilarious in spots, always whimsical, sometimes odd.
Comment: I was fortunate enough to find a hardcover version of Steve Martin's "Cruel Shoes" (was there ever a paperback version?) in a local used book store at a very good price. It consists of a series of one to four page comic vignettes, the titles of which are sometimes much funnier than the texts themselves (e.g., "How to Fold Soup"). There are also a few semi-serious poems thrown in near the end, which seem oddly out-of-place in this book -- but no more so than Steve Martin's own unique brand of humor itself sometimes does. I rate this a "7" because sometimes it gave me tremendous belly-laughs. Other times, however, it just left me saying, "Huh?" to myself, as I turned the page. I personally enjoy what some people contemptuously brand as "silly humor" ("Monty Python's Flying Circus," etc.) but sometimes Martin simply misses the mark. ALSO: be aware that a couple of his vignettes may be inappropriate for younger or more sensitive readers. A few of the pieces in this collection are classics, though, and if you can get as good a deal as I did (I think I snapped it up for under $5.00 US in the early 1990s), I recommend that you do. -- Ron Henzel
Rating: 5
Summary: The Day The Dopes Came Over
Comment: Cruel shoes was what made me think Steve Martin was funny, because the movies I've seen him in in my lifetime (I'm 19), he wasn't that great.. but this book is hilarious. It's off the wall and it's the kind of funny that is funny because it doesn't really make any sense at all.. it's just really stinking funny.. I read the whole book at one time because I couldn't put it down. Well, I could put it down, but I chose not to. You get the idea. Read it.. good stuff.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Comic's Classic
Comment: Cruel Shoes is Steve Martin's masterpiece book. While some of the passages seem to make little to no sense, other passages are laugh-out-loud brilliant.
The best passages in the this book are "Cruel Shoes" and "The Diarrhea Gardens of El Camino Real". These passages poke fun at women's desire for shoes and environmentalists with the wrong idea. Other classics include "The Turds", "Wrong Number", and "Comedy Events You Can Do". "The Last Thing on My Mind" is the kind of thought prvoking comedy that is the trademark of George Carlin. "Society in Aspen" also has its moments including naming Jesus as a frequent horse shoe player.
The only soft spot in the book is the poetry. I am not sure where Martin was going with it, but it really does not work. Also many of the pages are pictures which seems somewhat wasteful when the pictures are poor quality.
With all of the classic humor in the book, there is no reason it should be out of print. It is a bargain at the available used prices.
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Title: Pure Drivel by Steve Martin ISBN: 078688505X Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 06 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Pleasure of My Company: A Novel by Steve Martin ISBN: 0786869216 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Shopgirl by Steve Martin ISBN: 0786885688 Publisher: Theia Pub. Date: 05 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Underpants : A Play by Carl Sternheim by Steve Martin ISBN: 0786888245 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 20 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays : Picasso at the LapinAgile, the Zig-Zag Woman, Patter for a Floating Lady, WASP by Steve Martin ISBN: 0802135234 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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