Some comedy books I've just found

[JCBillington]

There are no less than 4 second hand bookshops and 4 charity shops in town, but there is one I hardly ever bother with because it is expensive and the bloke tends to hassle you. Anyway, I was passing today, and with it being nice, there were a load of racks outside, including one of humour, with a new label saying Buy One Get One Free.

I got Neil's Book of The Dead, Captain Kremmen and the Krell, Jasper Carrot's Sweet and Sour Labrador and A Little Zit on The Side for £2.75. Apart from the Krell book they are all mint as well. I used to have the two Jasper books as a kid, so I'm very much looking forward to them. There was more as well, the NOT! book, a spitting image book, Everett's autobiog etc. I may have to go back there when I get paid.

[Ambient Sheep]

Prepare to be mobbed by some of the people on here!

[Banana Woofwoof]

Prepare to be mobbed by some of the people on here!

Mugged, more like!

[Jemble Fred]

Never even seen Neil's book of the dead, that'd be a dream spot – why are all the charity shops round here so shit?

It's possible there might be a few copies of Nicholas Craig's 'I, An Actor' going for 99p in a local book shop though if anyone's interested?

[JCBillington]

The guy gave me a transparent plastic bag with no handles. I wondered why I was getting such funny looks in the bank, until I realised that I had a picture of Japer Carrott holding a slice of Labrador meat tucked under my arm.

[neveragain]

It's possible there might be a few copies of Nicholas Craig's 'I, An Actor' going for 99p in a local book shop though if anyone's interested?

Ooh, just got that the other day. Well, other week. Haven't actually read it yet. Seems lovingly typed.

[Munday's Chylde]

I used to have a copy of the Not! book when I was a kid, someone mentioned in the comedy connections thread something about a re-issued version with a different cover. It really doesnt matter anymore since I no longer have it but would someone be able to show me a picture of the cover so I can see, just out of interest, which one I had?

[Jemble Fred]

No pic of it (although I do have that red cover copy), but I am right in saying that they showed only the new cover on last night's documentary? I thought it was a bit shit of them at the time.

[TJ]

Captain Kremmen and the Krell

Woah woah woah... is this scanner-friendly?

There was more as well, the NOT! book, a spitting image book, Everett's autobiog etc. I may have to go back there when I get paid.

Get all of those, they're all great!

[TJ]

Never even seen Neil's book of the dead, that'd be a dream spot – why are all the charity shops round here so shit?

It's possible there might be a few copies of Nicholas Craig's 'I, An Actor' going for 99p in a local book shop though if anyone's interested?

Me!

[Gavin]

Never even seen Neil's book of the dead, that'd be a dream spot – why are all the charity shops round here so shit?

It's possible there might be a few copies of Nicholas Craig's 'I, An Actor' going for 99p in a local book shop though if anyone's interested?

Me!

Me too!

[Munday's Chylde]

No pic of it (although I do have that red cover copy), but I am right in saying that they showed only the new cover on last night's documentary? I thought it was a bit shit of them at the time.

didnt see the documentary - i need a memory jog - i recall the NOT! being in a little black box in the top corner (like an old tabloid newspaper) and I recall a picture of pamela stephenson inside holding her blouse open to reveal her bra - it was a spoof american express advert i think.

[Gavin]

No pic of it (although I do have that red cover copy), but I am right in saying that they showed only the new cover on last night's documentary? I thought it was a bit shit of them at the time.

didnt see the documentary - i need a memory jog - i recall the NOT! being in a little black box in the top corner (like an old tabloid newspaper) and I recall a picture of pamela stephenson inside holding her blouse open to reveal her bra - it was a spoof american express advert i think.

[JCBillington]

Captain Kremmen and the Krell

Woah woah woah... is this scanner-friendly?

It is, I'll give it a go when I get chance.

There was more as well, the NOT! book, a spitting image book, Everett's autobiog etc. I may have to go back there when I get paid.

Get all of those, they're all great!

I will, though I have the NOT! book already.

To make people more jealous, the Jasper and Neil books are most definitely unread, though have clearly been stored for a long time - the shop in question used to be more of a new bookshop than second hand, and he always used to have a big humour section at christmas where I would spend my book tokens as a kid. I'm guessing he's just got a load of stuff from the attic.

[R. Sparts]

i recall the NOT! being in a little black box in the top corner (like an old tabloid newspaper) and I recall a picture of pamela stephenson inside holding her blouse open to reveal her bra - it was a spoof american express advert i think.

The cover was a spoof of James Goldsmith's short-lived 'NOW!' news magazine

..and yes it was a spoof Amex advert, "Would you like to feel my tits now sir"

[JCBillington]

..and yes it was a spoof Amex advert, "Would you like to feel my tits now sir"

"Put your head in between them and go bibble bibble bibble" IIRC

[ninestonecreature]

Anyone looking for 'I, An Actor', head over to Amazon Marketplace, where there are several copies going for pennies, literally.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/detail/offer-listing/-/0330309722/all/202-7996924-6615059

I mean, it'll actually work out at a couple of quid once you add on the postage, but still a bargain.

[R. Sparts]

..and yes it was a spoof Amex advert, "Would you like to feel my tits now sir"

"Put your head in between them and go bibble bibble bibble" IIRC

That's it!!

[Sherringford Hovis]

i need a memory jog - i recall the NOT! being in a little black box in the top corner (like an old tabloid newspaper)

It was intended as a parody of NOW! magazine - not today's heat-esque sleb-schlock, but some (possibly Robert Maxwell? Tiny Rowland?) half-arsed early eighties attempt at producing a European weekly new mag in the same vein as Time in the States.

[Munday's Chylde]

cheers for the piccie gavin, that was the one i had, definitely.

[Ambient Sheep]

..and yes it was a spoof Amex advert, "Would you like to feel my tits now sir"

"Put your head in between them and go bibble bibble bibble" IIRC

<pedant mode>
"Certainly Sir, and would you like to rub my tits too?"
"Put your head between them and go blubble blubble blubble with American Express"
</pedant mode>

File under Things You Don't Forget When You're Fifteen Years Old.

[Ambient Sheep]

It was intended as a parody of NOW! magazine - not today's heat-esque sleb-schlock, but some (possibly Robert Maxwell? Tiny Rowland?) half-arsed early eighties attempt at producing a European weekly new mag in the same vein as Time in the States.

James Goldsmith.

[weekender]

On a slightly related note, Hay-on-Wye is pretty good for comedy books if anyone's passing there.  I got loads of old Python books when I last went (some bookshop in a castle, they have loads of really rubbish books outside with honesty bins - just begging for people to take the books away), and I also had a lovely conversation with the old man behind the counter as to why he trusted me with the key to the locked cabinets with the rare books (which are in huts outside the castley thing), when I was wearing an England football shirt and a shaven head.  Apparently he was too scared to do anything else, and was constantly surprised by my politeness and subsequent maths ability combined with honesty when I pointed out that he'd undercharged me.  

It's a lovely day out, well recommended.  Books are good.  Am I in the right forum?

[Pepotamo1985]

I'm still desperately searching for the Adam & Joe book. Is it available anywhere at all?

[waste of chops]

I'm still desperately searching for the Adam & Joe book. Is it available anywhere at all?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64230&item=5180320776&rd=1

Currently £22 though (and that's from a 99p start...)

[Pepotamo1985]

Cheers, a certain A&J fansite insists that it's constantly listed, but I've never seen it.

[Jack Skellington]

A few weeks back I managed to pick up a copy of the scripts to The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer from a book fair at uni for 3 quid. Bargain.

Bob: I watched My Left Foot last night.

Vic: Oh, with Daniel Day Lewis?

Bob: No, just me and the wife.

Vic: That's very funny that.

[jutl]

Never even seen Neil's book of the dead, that'd be a dream spot – why are all the charity shops round here so shit?

It's possible there might be a few copies of Nicholas Craig's 'I, An Actor' going for 99p in a local book shop though if anyone's interested?

There's a great bit in Alec Guinness' final volume of autobiography (it's a kind of diary thing) where he earnestly attacks 'Nicholas Craig' for his nonsensical approach to the business of acting. The old Knight had read a bit of the book in a Sunday Supplement, and not realised that it was a parody.

[Jemble Fred]

Aw bless (Isn't it nice to patronise the great and the good?).

Offer's very much closed now, by the way.

[Bert Thung]

My favourite page from Nicholas Craig - A Great Actor Explores Himself