Stan MacK's Real Life Funnies: Guarantee, All Dialogue Is Reported Verbatim [Paperback]

Stanley. MacK (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (Paper) (February 1979)
• ISBN-10: 0399123067
• ISBN-13: 978-0399123061
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,819,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Glimpse into 1970's New York March 20, 2011

By M. Ash

Format:Paperback

As everything in this book was actually overheard by the author, it provides a unique insight into what was happening in New York City circa 1975-1978. Real Life Funnies was a comic strip that appeared in the Village Voice. Stan Mack is a great cartoonist. I love his cross-hatching. But it is his ear for the silly things that people say that makes this book so fun. Either as humor or historical document, it is worth a couple of bucks. Many of the events covered in the book are things that I knew nothing about and later researched on the web.

3.0 out of 5 stars What Some Might Consider Sophisticated December 6, 2008

By John S. David

Format:Paperback

As this is not my type of humor in reading material, I only wish to describe it. It's basically NY metropolitan area material overheard by a comic illustrator and editorial art director. The author worked for "The Village Voice" where these comic strips ran. Some titles of these strips are "Friday Night at Maxwell's Plum", "Two Sex Scenes: Westchester and Manhattan", Vernal Equinox at the Hayden Planetarium", "Thanksgiving Weekend, Port Authority", "Walking Tour: SoHo Art Through Anarchist Eyes", "Views From the Suburbs", "Indoor Activities at Grossinger's", "Symposium on Marriage at St.John the Divine" and "Bug Watch in Rye, New York". I would classify the humor as "New Yorker" magazine style but I could be mistaken.