really enjoyed the pieces i really enjoyed, was completely neutral on the ones i didn't. some of the ones in this collection are heavily dependent on references and allusions to other material. the basic joke or premise is easily still communicated, but you get the idea that you'd like, say, the first piece a lot more if you already had read a book about the Bloomsbury Group or something. the ones that required less context were fantastic. lots of fun, dry stuff. i bought the book because of frazier's connection to Army Man so i might buy his other humor collection now. fart fart fart fart fart fart fart fart fartand now, literally for my own benefit, the pieces i liked most listed in the order they're in in the book:the title piecewhat the dog didjust a country boyigor stravinsky: the selected phone calls (very good)to the heavens and beyond (very good)your nutrition and youmorris smith: the man, the myth (very good)a note from the playwright
