A hilarious, lavishly-illustrated, thoroughly absorbing and highly entertaining journey through the comedy minds that brought you Peep Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look, a whole load of radio shows and tours, and yes, those Apple Mac ads. Featuring / Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar's lengthy criminal record and family tree -- and Ginger's advice on how to steal things / Scenes from a bawdy 1970s hospital, where innuendo is the best medicine / Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit's guide to solving crime -- as a lopsided superhero duo / Ted and Peter's golden snooker moments and how to make their favourite alcoholic drinks / Numberwang to play at home -- and a behind-the-scenes look at the nation's top quiz show / Super-villains's hideouts -- the planning dispuites and the health and safety reports / Raymond Terrific's Big Talk newspaper column -- tackling current affairs in the most aggressive manner possible / An anxious Nazi writes home from the Eastern Front -- as it dawns on him that 'we're the baddies' And also featuring: / Football programme notes -- what they should really say / Quick solutions to social misunderstandings / Bitchy anecdotes from hammy actors / the best 'you're sacked' emails Plus David and Robert will write up the most poignant nuggets of wisdom they have learned over their combined seven decades, in the best 'how to' self-help book fashion. David will, among other things, outline: how to talk sport when you don't know anything about it, how to make the best of unrequited love and how to choose a career. Rob will, among other things, explain: how to buy drugs, how to choose cool music and how to get your own way.
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Praise for David Mitchell and Robert Webb: 'The new kings of comedy' Radio Times 'By far the funniest sketch show in ages ... fresh and full of invention' -- The Daily Telegraph 'Mitchell (the fat one who looks stuck-up and posh) and Webb (the thin one who looks selfish and stroppy) are talented writers and their current television series is genuinely worth staying in for. It's a reminder (for those who despair at the lame hamfistedness of Little Britain) that British comedians can be both funny and clever' Sunday Telegraph
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Immensely enjoyable,
By Mezzo Mia (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: This Mitchell and Webb Book (Hardcover)
I found the book delightful. I particularly enjoyed the "How to Cope With..." chapters.
Mitchell and Webb are clearly the brightest comedians of their generation. In the tradition of Monty Python, they have the ability to combine truth and nonsense in a way that consistently produces laughter. For those of us who appreciate a darker, more cerebral form of humour, Mitchell and Webb are a tonic against what is generally on offer.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fun - but not as much as the show!,
By Julius Forte "Jules" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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I found this show on BBC America by mistake, and loved it. Yes, Monty Python rears its silly head again and again (and again), but who cares? Nice to see it come back. Like Python the "skits" are not done like a Carol Burnett show, but with high production. A CSI (I hate those shows!) parody with cavemen, has the look of "Quest for Fire". A parody of 1700's sensibility is shot in one of the many amazing estates that dot England like Starbucks in the States. And the two guys are wonderful. In fact one reoccurring bit of a writer talking to a "creative" executive about his story is genius. So I was excited to get this book. The Monty Python books always seemed as good as the shows, why not this? And there are some good things. However, bottom line... it doesn't translate like Python. They don't have the graphic artist genius of Terry Gilliam for example to keep the style and feel of the show. And most of it, just isn't all that funny. But if you need a nice "bathroom" novel for yourself, and especially for the guest water closet, you could do worse!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Very Funny and Great Production,
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Not only is this book very funny, it is so "deluxe" that it's actually a lot BETTER made than I thought it would be! (How often can you say that about something you buy?) It's an oversize hardback that is "schoolbook style" -- meaning there is no paper dust jacket, because the art is printed directly on the glossy outer cover. Inside, the production is really lavish, with color and pix throughout -- even more elaborate than the great Monty Python books of yesteryear. Mitchell and Webb fans will love it!
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