I first encountered Elliott Kalan when his podcast, the Flophouse, did a bonus episode in conjunction with The Greatest Generation to review Star Trek V. I fell in love with him as a podcaster when I listened to I, Podius, the I, Claudius rewatch podcast he did with John Hodgman. After that I started listening to the Flophouse regularly, and I realized that he was the writer of Spider-Man and the X-Men, which was hilarious (that’s where the Sauron cancer meme comes from). So when I heard him talking about an upcoming nonfiction book of his about comedy, I knew I had to read it. He is IMHO the funniest member of the original peaches - I think because his clever style of comedy dovetails well with my own interests.
This book was stellar. It would be easy for a book about joke creation and construction to end up being dry and clinical but this book is anything but. Kalan’s signature wit comes through on every page. I cannot recommend this enough. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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