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The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book [Paperback]

Jim Berg (Author), Tim Nyberg (Author)
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September 15, 2003
Halloween and duct tape-it's a marriage made in nutty heaven. Presenting the loopiest duct tape book of them all: a guide to using the universal adhesive for disguise, decoration, tricks, and treats on the holiday where everyone's encouraged to act a little crazy.

The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book is a four-color, fully illustrated holiday sourcebook offering more than 101 clever costume ideas, plus dozens of other creative and mischievous uses for duct tape. There are costumes that are quick and easy-Shaving Accident Guy: apply a short strip of red duct tape to your face, and attach a disposable razor to one end. Off-the-wall-Floor of a Movie Theater: Make yourself a sticky-side-out duct tape vest, and cover with popcorn kernels,candy wrappers, and crushed paper cups. Batty-Chia Pet: cover yourself in duct tape (sticky side out) and roll around on freshly mown grass. Ambitious-Marilyn Monroe: Use a tight wrapping of white duct tape over your upper torso and a wire-rigged fly-away dress on your lower half. And congenial-Siamese Twins: Duct tape yourself to your best friend or spouse. Plus how to make giant bats and spiders to scare the kids; holiday pranks (duct tape down the trigger of an air horn and toss it on someone's roof); even a dieting tip: wrap candy in duct tape before eating-all the calories are trapped inside! Halloween will never be the same.

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About the Author

Jim Berg, with Tim Nyberg, started the duct tape craze in 1994 with the publication of their bestselling The Duct Tape Book. They are relentless proselytizers for duct tape and host the hugely popular, mega-award-winning www.ducttapeguys.com Web site.

Tim Nyberg, with Jim Berg, started the duct tape craze in 1994 with the publication of their bestselling The Duct Tape Book. They are relentless proselytizers for duct tape and host the hugely popular, mega-award-winning www.ducttapeguys.com Web site.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (September 15, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0761131876
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761131878
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Tim Nyberg started out his writing career as a graphic designer and illustrator. With his wife, Julie, they created four creative children's books, the "Jake's Unfolding Adventures" series. The series was heavily illustrated and literally unfolded like a road map as the story built.

Then, the Duct Tape Books happened (the complete story is at http://www.ducttapeguys.com/jimntim). This is where Tim met his friend, Tony Dierckins, Duct Tape Book one editor and subsequent Duct Tape Book co-author. With Tony, Tim continued the Duct Tape book genre and delved into other humor topics such as, "How To Get Rid of a Telemarketer," "When I'm an Old Man, I'll Wear Mixed Plaids," "the WD-40 Book" and "The Habits of Seven Highly Annoyiing People." And with Joey Green, "The Bubble Wrap Book" and "The Warning Label Book."

The Duct Tape Book genre introduced what Tim calls "Intelligent Stupidity" - which he and his co-Duct Tape Guy, Jim Berg, have woven into a popular stand-up comedy act which has toured throughout North America, England and Germany (the Germans didn't get it). They have been seen frequently on a variety of television shows from TBS's "Man Made Movie" to "The History Channel" dispensing the history of duct tape. Now with seven books and ten Page-A-Day Calendars in their Duct Tape Trilogy, their "breathtakingly stupid" writing career documenting the myriad uses of duct tape continues without any signs of stopping.

Tim's solo humor writing career includes "The Practical Joker's Handbook," "The Beanie Basher's Handbook" and "99 bottles of Beer on the Wall - the complete lyrics" (AM Universal, fall 2006).

Weary of many people asking Tim how to get published, Tim launched http://www.monkeymarketing.com to dispense his usual advise. He has future plans of writing a book detailing his free and cheap (although bestsellingly effective) book marketing ideas.

Tim is 30-years into a happy marriage to his "best friend" and constant source of critique and encouragement. They have two grown kids - a daughter who's a wonderful music teacher and incredible jazz singer, and a son who's an amazingly prolific and thoughtful writer and also a skilled jazz drummer.

Keen on any creative endeavor, Tim has recently taken up fine art. His online gallery may be viewed at http://www.octanecreative.com/art.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Hilariously creative!, October 4, 2003
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This review is from: The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book (Paperback)
This book is not only the most creative effort of the Duct Tape Guys (by far), it's colorful (full color throughout), funny, and actually useful as a year around costume idea book. Their sixth book, "Duct Tape Halloween" definitely sets the new standard for duct tape books! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Duct Tape revisited, November 9, 2007
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tinman "tinman" (Blowing Rock, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
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Deftly handling a subject as sticky as it is diverse, this "How To" book really tells it well. With comedic presentation and careful illustration, this should be on everyone's "Halloween How To" shelf.

Careful, it's hard to put down, as is the book!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not instructional, October 31, 2011
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This is basically a book of ideas for duct tape costumes, not an instructional book. At the beginning of the book, it does tell how to make duct tape fabric, but other than that it is not very informative.
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