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Weddings of the Times: A Parody (Kasper Hauser Comedy Group) |  | Authors: Dan Klein, Robert Baedeker, John Reichmuth, James Reichmuth, Kasper Hauser
Creator: John Hodgman
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 568626
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0312380917
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.60708093543
EAN: 9780312380915
ASIN: 0312380917
Publication Date: June 9, 2009
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You are cordially invited to celebrate A Parody of The New York Times Wedding Announcements by Kasper Hauser Along with fully illustrated guides to: Wedding-night sex, Honeymoon hot spots, Formalwear malfunctions, and much, much more. At four o’clock in the Afternoon. Or is it three o’clock? Didn’t you bring the invitation? Huh? Where the hell is the turnoff? Back there. I think I saw a paper plate and some balloons. What's wrong? I just need to eat something. I'm fine. Remind me how we know these people? “In this collection, Kasper Hauser reminds us that a wedding announcement is a window into the most goofball daydream a couple can have about itself.... These are not parodies, but little human stories, full of want and hope, even when they involve falconry.” ---from the foreword by John Hodgman
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 Fun Gift for those getting married March 31, 2010
Suzanne V. Ebeling-urban (Connecticut)
This is a fun gag gift for the bride-to-be, I'd recommend it to help de-stress pre-wedding jitters.
 Reading the real thing is much funnier!! January 21, 2010
Freida (NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The parodies are way too zany and silly to be a good spoof of the NYTimes wedding section. The reason that the wedding announcements are so hilarious is because they are filled with the vanities, superficiality and incredible cheesiness that we love to mock in others. They are also the reasons why reality shows are so addicting. Take a look at an excerpt from a real announcement below. It's not the funniest I've come across, but it's pretty good considering it's was the first one I randomly picked from this week's announcements:
AS a reporter and weekend anchor in New York for WNBC-TV, Erika Tarantal goes to bed every Friday and Saturday night at 7 and wakes up at 2:40 a.m. She sleeps in a roomful of alarm clocks, surrounding her like mousetraps.
Friends describe her as gorgeous and grounded, someone who rarely loses her cool, or her to-do list. One friend, Sophia Demas, called her "an even-keeled ship of loveliness." Growing up in Elkins Park, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb of historic stone houses and artistic families, she learned the art of composure. She often posed for her parents, Stephen M. Tarantal, a painter and the dean of the College of Art and Design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and her mother, a sculptor and a professor at the university who is known professionally as Elsa Johnson. "We don't have photographs of me in the house, we have sculptures," said Ms. Tarantal, 30. Every Sunday, the family attended Quaker meetings, which involved more sitting in silence.
SOOOO cheesy!! LOL! I would be utterly embarrassed if I had friends sycophantically compliment me like that! An even-keeled ship of loveliness??! Are you kidding me? HAH! And she doesn't have photos but only sculptures of herself in her home because her mom's a sculptor?? This is way more entertaining than the parodies because they are REAL!
So save yourself some money and just go read the real thing...
 Not as Funny as I expected August 6, 2009
Dr. Jon (NE USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After a great review on a podcast I bought the book. Its a dud.
Not expensive and not worth even that. Not offensive just opaque and boring.
 mock marriage write ups July 19, 2009
R. Platten (Philadelphia, PA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This has some laugh out loud marriage reviews, but there are many that are simply too silly or not very clever. The concept is certainly brilliant, and even though the execution here falls flat more often than not, it's still got some gems in it. I suspect that one could compile some very entertaining marriage reviews from real newspapers, or take existing marriage reviews and make a few subtle changes and create a book that's even funnier than this, but these guys had the idea, so hats off to them
Wedding Humor July 4, 2009
Joanne E. Grainger (Centennial, CO)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My husband and I were driving home from work, in separate cars. As soon as we reached home, the first thing we talked about was the NPR review and interview on "Weddings of the Times". I ordered a copy to give to him for Father's Day. We're still laughing, as is my 88 year old father in law, 31 year old son-in law and anyone else who comes to our house and picks the book up. I highly recommend this book.
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