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Popbitch: Celebrity Excess And Other Monkey Business Hardcover – 16 Oct. 2008
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Regarded as a cross between Private Eye and Smash Hits, Popbitch has achieved massive mainstream recognition having gained the reputation as being first with countless celebrity scoops, way ahead of the tabloids. If you want to be among the first to learn about the activities of David Hasslehoff, Lembit Opik and Britney's dogs you need to be plugged into Popbitch.
Here at last is the long-awaited edited collection of the best - and worst - stories, exposes and llama pictures from the past eight years, along with new material including analysis of the celebrity phenomenon, a knit your own otter pattern, a glossary to the all-important Popbitch nicknames (know your Fat Tongue from your Fat Dancer) and the world's first start your own celebrity rumour board game.
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- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCentury
- Publication date16 Oct. 2008
- Dimensions23.98 x 1.91 x 24.28 cm
- ISBN-109781846053825
- ISBN-13978-1846053825
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"It's very rude, and it's very funny" (Observer Woman)
"genius ... it is by turns scabrous (cut-out-and-keep celebrity cock puppet), sweet (knit-your-own otter pattern) and daft - a picture of someone's chin made up to look like Jodie Marsh" (Independent on Sunday)
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A Christmas annual filled to the brim with rudeness
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This is an alternative history of the 21st century, where otters are gods, Steps are good and celebrities are objects of amusement. With jokes, games, our guide to libel and plenty of stories to get your teeth into, welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Popbitch. You'll wonder how you ever lived without the Celebrity Penis Chart game.
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- ASIN : 184605382X
- Publisher : Century
- Publication date : 16 Oct. 2008
- Language : English
- Print length : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781846053825
- ISBN-13 : 978-1846053825
- Item weight : 1.02 kg
- Dimensions : 23.98 x 1.91 x 24.28 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 921,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,317 in Humour Collections & Anthologies
- 2,513 in Almanacs & Yearbooks (Books)
- 8,524 in Cultural Studies
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 November 2008I bought this on impulse and it's an absolute belter.
Forget the coffee table (although, it's very nicely bound & put together actually- unlike the intentionally random popbitch email), this book is the perfect loo-read (no, not the singer).
I do mean this as a compliment by the way, you can pick it up, enjoy a few moments of 100% hilarity and leave until you next pass by...
i hate xmas shopping so i think i may just buy everyone i know a copy of this.
It's pretty much the perfect present - except for maybe my grandparents... they might not be ready for 'popbits', 'chad wegkamp' and his huge testicles or 'otter or rotter'.
I've loved the Popbitch email for yonks - so this is a very nice suprise & bloody good value too.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2009More than your typical lightweight end-of-year annual fluff, this book turns out to be a comprehensive review of 8 years of the best of Popbitchery. Arranged in sections, summarizing the main stories and pop hits from each year the Mailout has been available, the sections are interspersed with pieces that focus on specific subjects (e.g. family tree of drug names, A-Z of Germany, Nordic Metal Act or Tolkien character, A chart of notable celebrity manhoods, A copy of the first edition of the mailout, etc). Absolutely the best reference point for PB newbies wanting a bit of background on how names like Derek & Skeletor, Chazbaps or The Mekon came about. Not just for Christmas, it's a great read anytime. Must have!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2008I've been an avid reader of the Popbitch newsletter for a long time and this is basically the newsletter but in a book form. With more pages. And pictures. And it comes in a 10'' format which will please 10" maxi single nostalgists like me.
Very, very funny, silly, original (chin faces, disturbing yet hilarious reenactment of famous events using knitted or articulated dolls) and sometimes bizarre but in a good way.
Perfectly suitable for Popbitch virgins too.
If you like laughing about gossip and fame-obsessed celebs, this is a no-brainer.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2008This book is an absolutely brilliant read and completely charming. I picked up a copy recently and I couldn't stop giggling so I brought it. It's very silly but also contains some really shocking celebrity gossip. Some of which I can't believe they got away with printing - they even reveal the answers to a load of blind items.
It's stuffed with things to read (and even do, I can't wait to try and knit my own otter) so will keep you amused for hours.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 November 2008Popbitch: Celebrity Excess And Other Monkey Business
If you want to know what celebrities really get up to, this is the book for you! Popbitch doesn't just cover the same old stories as Heat et al, it gives a real insight into their sometimes bizarre world. Mix these stories with pictures of otters and other cute animals and you've got a riveting read.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2008Hilarious and irreverent, in this book Camilla Wright has taken pop culture to an illegal interrogation room in Eastern Europe, poked it with witty sticks and got it to spill its darkest secrets. It should have people guiltily chortling into their Turkey this Christmas.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2009The book is like the e-zine, only in colour, and longer. How can you go wrong? Deep dish gossip and trivia on celebrities whom, if you didn't hate them before, you will, after reading this book.
Funny, well written, and engaging.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2008This is not your normal 'humorous', 'perfect christmas present' booky wooky. Because it is actually very funny and clever. It is a perfect christmas present. Also i like the hard black cover