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This is a very funny book (Sunday Telegraph )
...intentionally or otherwise, this is hilarious. (Zoo Magazine )
...intentionally or otherwise, this is hilarious. (Zoo Magazine )
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This is a very funny book Sunday Telegraph ...intentionally or otherwise, this is hilarious. Zoo Magazine
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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
There are some comedians who are just not funny off stage. They hate people spotting them when out and about because they know they'll never live up to expectations. They can 'do' funny but they AREN'T funny - not in real life. Then there are those who can make anything funny, even the lamest joke - Tommy Cooper was one of the best examples. Karl Pilkington is another: he simply IS funny...and he's not even a comedian.
Ricky Gervais, a very shrewd man, spotted this from the off. He's probably even a little envious: while Ricky meticulously plans every aspect of his comedy, Karl just opens his mouth and funny things come out!
No, this book isn't 'well-written' - the grammar is all over the place and it's full of throwaway slang...but that's not a criticism, it's a strength! Ghost-writers of footballers' autobiographies spend ages deciding how much to change the ramblings that have come from the mouths of their often less-than-articulate subjects. The trick is to make it seem authentic yet understandable. However this evolved from Karl's brain to his mouth to the page has been just right: as several of the other reviewers point out, it feels just like he's talking.
So it's 'what I did on my holidays' by a rather odd, yet very likeable and very funny man - and, you have to acknowledge, pretty gifted illustrator. It'll have you in stitches.
Ricky Gervais, a very shrewd man, spotted this from the off. He's probably even a little envious: while Ricky meticulously plans every aspect of his comedy, Karl just opens his mouth and funny things come out!
No, this book isn't 'well-written' - the grammar is all over the place and it's full of throwaway slang...but that's not a criticism, it's a strength! Ghost-writers of footballers' autobiographies spend ages deciding how much to change the ramblings that have come from the mouths of their often less-than-articulate subjects. The trick is to make it seem authentic yet understandable. However this evolved from Karl's brain to his mouth to the page has been just right: as several of the other reviewers point out, it feels just like he's talking.
So it's 'what I did on my holidays' by a rather odd, yet very likeable and very funny man - and, you have to acknowledge, pretty gifted illustrator. It'll have you in stitches.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Karl Pilkington comes off as good on paper as he does in voice. Something not everyone can do. This book contains extracts from his diaries---the diaries that a lot of people had been clamoring for for a while, and with good reason.
While some of his anecdotes are not new, that is, if you've been listening to his podcasts, they're still funny nevertheless.
You don't have to be a fan or have heard him on the radio to love this book. I'd put it in same category as David Sedaris and his NPR rants which somehow turned into his books, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Naked." Would also recommend the book "Do Ants have Arseholes?" for another funny read.
While some of his anecdotes are not new, that is, if you've been listening to his podcasts, they're still funny nevertheless.
You don't have to be a fan or have heard him on the radio to love this book. I'd put it in same category as David Sedaris and his NPR rants which somehow turned into his books, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Naked." Would also recommend the book "Do Ants have Arseholes?" for another funny read.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was worried, worried that for all the fame Karl Pilkington has enjoyed this past year or so, he'd have gained some actual - genuine - knowledge, and by default this book would have become less enjoyable, clouded by information and 'facts' that actual rang true.
I needn't have worried. Karl remains as impervious to knowledge as a moth does to the damaging effects of hot light bulbs. He seeks knowledge, but when it happens upon him something gets twisted in the transmitter and it comes out of his mouth adapted, totally different to the true meaning.
Not that his wonderful theories don't have some basis, that they somehow make sense despite the absurdity of the claim. How about his assertion that we're all told to eat five portions of fruit a day only because there's so much 'rubbish fruit' they're trying to get rid? They're even palming it off in shower gels such as 'hint of kiwi', says Karl by amusing way of 'proof'.
Where as Karl's previous book 'The World of Karl Pilkington' suffered somewhat because you couldn't hear his perfect dead-pan delivery, this book revels in the fact that it is one long ramble, about his holidaying life and what his girlfriend's parents have for tea each night.
You learn next to nothing about the places he visits, but then surely that was to be expected. He devotes a chapter to his Madeira holiday and I don't think he mentions what it was like once.
All in all this is a good read with lots of chuckle-out-loud moments. Karl is here to stay it seems, and still wonderfully unaware of what all the fuss is about.
I needn't have worried. Karl remains as impervious to knowledge as a moth does to the damaging effects of hot light bulbs. He seeks knowledge, but when it happens upon him something gets twisted in the transmitter and it comes out of his mouth adapted, totally different to the true meaning.
Not that his wonderful theories don't have some basis, that they somehow make sense despite the absurdity of the claim. How about his assertion that we're all told to eat five portions of fruit a day only because there's so much 'rubbish fruit' they're trying to get rid? They're even palming it off in shower gels such as 'hint of kiwi', says Karl by amusing way of 'proof'.
Where as Karl's previous book 'The World of Karl Pilkington' suffered somewhat because you couldn't hear his perfect dead-pan delivery, this book revels in the fact that it is one long ramble, about his holidaying life and what his girlfriend's parents have for tea each night.
You learn next to nothing about the places he visits, but then surely that was to be expected. He devotes a chapter to his Madeira holiday and I don't think he mentions what it was like once.
All in all this is a good read with lots of chuckle-out-loud moments. Karl is here to stay it seems, and still wonderfully unaware of what all the fuss is about.
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Ha Ha LOL funny
Taking the form of diary entries and the occasional poem. His writing is a weird hybrid of childlike whining, absurd non-sequiturs and embelished speculation. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Machine
As it is
Karl Pillkington has the ability to say it as he sees it but in a way that makes you want to chuckle. Read more
Published 1 month ago by vicky
He writes the way he talks.
Boy,Karl is hilarious. He may not be genuis but he has a unique perspective about the world. It is an interesting insight about his thoughts and you will have laughing fits. Read more
Published 3 months ago by gabbi123
Excellent!
Got this as a present for my friend, and they absolutely love it! Never stops reading it! Great laughs and the normal Karl randomness, for a good price! Fans of Karl must buy! :)
Published 3 months ago by Matt42
Readable but that's about it
Bought this for my husband who finds the TV series 'an idiot abroad' quite funny. He and I have both read this now and both thought it was 'ok'. Read more
Published 3 months ago by viv
Easy Reading and Funny
This book will not win any prizes for literature but if you are looking for an easy read and a good laugh whilst laying in bed then this is a great book for picking up and having... Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Symonds
"its very alright"
The book was actually bought for my son, who kindly passed it to me to read afterwards. As we both enjoyed the 'Idiot abroad' series, we enjoyed this book followed too as it... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ZL's Dad
ALL HAIL KING KARL
A brilliant read from the funniest man on the planet to date!! I just ish there was an audio book available to hear him read it out himself ! excellent and a bargain !
Published 4 months ago by VicToria
happy happy happy
i bought this for my teenage son having read a few pages on Amazon (chuckling all to myself). we both have found this very funny, observational, and if you like the 'idiot abroad'... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. J. Howe
Laugh out loud funny
What makes this book so appealing is that it reads exactly as if Karl Pilkington is talking to you with his mundane rambles, so if you're a fan of `An Idiot Abroad' or `The Ricky... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nicola F (Nic)
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