What’s the last good book you read?

[JoshFromMichigan]

Captive by Jere van Dyk. His Soft White Underbelly interview was maybe the best I've seen and the book is just that story told in greater detail.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

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What a pointless fucking book. “Real men listen to Sinatra.” Do they?

 

[Patty's Stubby Fingers]

You read John?

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

Do you guys mark up your books with notes or not? We’re going to the phones here.

 

[kingship75]

The stuff about Hart’s time in Dallas, along with the Jim Barnett stories, are great.

 

[AliceWorquer]

I finally read house of leaves after being recommended it for like two fucking decades. It was alright.

 

[Meownaw]

I finally read house of leaves after being recommended it for like two fucking decades. It was alright.

I have had that book since I was 15 and I have never opened it. Maybe I should.

 

[AliceWorquer]

You'll be blown away at how a lot of the humor holds up and would even be considered edgy now. The misogynistic shit wouldn't even fly today. They'd be canceled. The movies are all great but you can probably skip Coconuts. It was their first movie so there's a lot of singing and dancing and shit. Duck Soup is widely considered the classic and would probably be a good place to start.

It's crazy how well a lot of super old humor holds up today. I've had more genuine laughs from rewatching old shit like the marxs or the three stooges or WC Fields than I have from any modern comedy I can think of in the last few years. Comedy now seems more than happy enough with just eliciting a smirk or a titter over the idea of how funny it potentially is.

 

[AliceWorquer]

I have had that book since I was 15 and I have never opened it. Maybe I should.

I think if I'd have read it when I was first recommended it I would still be talking about what an amazing piece of literature it was. Recommending it now to an adult would be like extolling the virtues of infinite jest. It's a clever book that a reasonably smart 15 year old would be absolutely blown away by it, but don't expect it to change your life.

 

[Meownaw]

You'll be blown away at how a lot of the humor holds up and would even be considered edgy now. The misogynistic shit wouldn't even fly today. They'd be canceled. The movies are all great but you can probably skip Coconuts. It was their first movie so there's a lot of singing and dancing and shit. Duck Soup is widely considered the classic and would probably be a good place to start.

Horse Feathers is my favorite but I love Duck Soup.

 

[Meownaw]

It's crazy how well a lot of super old humor holds up today. I've had more genuine laughs from rewatching old shit like the marxs or the three stooges or WC Fields than I have from any modern comedy I can think of in the last few years. Comedy now seems more than happy enough with just eliciting a smirk or a titter over the idea of how funny it potentially is.

Check out Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin if you haven't already. Still holds up. Even Harold Lloyd makes me howl still.

 

[AliceWorquer]

Check out Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin if you haven't already. Still holds up. Even Harold Lloyd makes me howl still.

Buster keaton was a fucking madman. The stunts in some of those old silent slapstick movies were so brutal. Something about the herky jerkiness of the framerate made all the impacts look extra violent.

 

[New Name]

A good read if you’re into cars and the differences between us and the japs.

 

[New Name]

@AntSucks @RIP-Allen-Lanier

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

@AntSucks @RIP-Allen-Lanier

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[Smeckler's Powder]

It's crazy how well a lot of super old humor holds up today. I've had more genuine laughs from rewatching old shit like the marxs or the three stooges or WC Fields than I have from any modern comedy I can think of in the last few years. Comedy now seems more than happy enough with just eliciting a smirk or a titter over the idea of how funny it potentially is.

It's not as old as that stuff but I put on Johnny Carson episodes sometimes and his monologue jokes make me actually laugh. I can't imagine any current talk shows doing that, although I haven't seen any in well over a decade, only saw a few minutes of some late night shows at my buddies house and I was wasted and wouldn't shut up about what pieces of shit they were until they turned it off.

I started watching Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein on Halloween and that was making laugh.

 

[quasi101]

Have not read this. Over under for the mein kampfs? 2.5 is a good place for it I think.

 

[HomeRunCumia]

Highly recommend this book for everyone interested in the military/history. Col Douglas Macgregor is a great man!

 

[guest]

I wouldn’t call Red Dragon by Thomas Harris great but it’s entertaining enough for a Halloween read. Much more sympathy and characterization for Francis Dolarhyde than I was expecting

Yeah, the in-depth stuff with his childhood and time in the army etc was great

 

[guest]

“Real men listen to Sinatra.”

And lie about their age and pretend to be two years younger than they really were. Like a fucking woman.

Check out Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin if you haven't already. Still holds up. Even Harold Lloyd makes me howl still.

Buster was the best.