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Title: Nick Bakay's Tale of the Tape : Taking on the World of Sports, One Fight at a Time by Nick Bakay, Robin Bakay, Drew Friedman ISBN: 0-7868-8879-2 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 05 May, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tale of the Funny
Comment: One would expect a book with such subjects as Bill Clinton, Castro, political conventions and mud-flap girls to be the long awaited autobiography of the forty-second President. Or, maybe, the new tell-all book by former advisor Dick Morris. But no, it is the often witty and always hilarious Nick Bakay's Tale of the Tape! It is penned by husband/wife writing collaborators Nick and Robin Bakay. Eerily illustrated by caricature artist Drew Friedman, Tale of the Tape is a collection of nearly ninety of Nick and Robin's innovative way of looking at people, places and things...ripped right out of the current popular culture. The Bakays take two, sometimes seemingly, unrelated items and see how they measure up to a sample of standards. Have you always wondered who is better, Mike Tyson or Michael Jackson? Well, the Bakays answer that for you by seeing how they compare in such areas as Role Models (Mike: Sonny Liston, Michael: Wayland Flowers' old Puppet, Madame), Potential Opponents (Mike: Tonya Harding, Michael: Child Services) and many others. Each entry is set up with a few words explaining actually why the two subjects should be critically compared, and ends with a summation pointing the reader to the conclusion he/she will undoubtedly already know...which is superior! I found myself laughing out loud and unable to put it down until I finished all 191 pages. That has not happened since I read Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom. Like Albom, you may know Nick from his on camera work on ESPN, but definitely know his off camera work as Producer of The King of Queens and as the voice of Salem the Cat on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, as well as many other guest appearances on radio and television. Robin appears on ESPN with Nick, and has been collaborating with him since 1992 on various writing projects. Buy it! You will not need to be a sports fan to love it, and it would make a great gift.
Rating: 4
Summary: A non sport's fan's journey
Comment: I know nothing about sports but I know what makes me laugh and this book with its healthy dollop of irreverent pop culture cross referencing had me laughing. I remembred Nick Bakay from the "smelly car" episode of Seinfeild so I picked up his book when I saw it at the store. I almost put it down when I saw the ESPN affiliation but I'm glad I didn't. Funny stuff from a world I don't live in. I docked it a star because of the cheap paper but even that might be a plus considering where I most likely will be reading it.
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Title: Zamboni Rodeo: Chasing Hockey Dreams from Austin to Albuquerque by Jason Cohen ISBN: 1550549456 Publisher: Greystone Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Bad Guys Won! A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best by Jeff Pearlman ISBN: 0060507322 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title:To Live and Die in L.A. (Special Edition) ASIN: B00005JLJW Publisher: MGM/UA Video Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $16.38 |
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Title: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ISBN: 1594200092 Publisher: The Penguin Press Pub. Date: 26 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title:The Office - The Complete First Series ASIN: B00009ZY9E Publisher: BBC Video Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $20.99 |
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