Stuntology--Interview with Sam Bartlett

Forget YouTube. Now you can amuse and embarrass yourself live, by performing the silliest, stupidest, funniest pranks and parlor tricks right in the comfort of your own living room. Or better yet, at any fancy restaurant, cocktail party, classroom, or business meeting. Even a doctor's office. (Here's an idea: Hide a tennis ball in your armpit during a checkup, and just as the doctor is about to take your pulse, squeeze it hard. The pulse in your wrist will stop!

Created by a professional musician who figured out a unique way to stay amused on the road, Stuntology is a collection of more than 300 off-the-wall ideas for activities that the author affectionately calls stunts. Each is illustrated step-by-step in a charmingly folk-art comic-strip style, and every one works. Here's the Open a Beer with Your Eye Socket Stunt. The Balance a Teacup on the Point of a Knife Stunt. The Eat Like a Lizard Stunt (best performed at an important lunch meeting). Here's the best way to talk to a telemarketer—in pure gibberish. The Medicine Cabinet Stunt, to capture nosy guests. And a Salami Stunt, not to be tried unless you are profoundly bored. The best part is, this is a funny, funny book—goofy, inspired, and filled with an irresistible irreverence, a pure and rare delight even if you don't perform a single stunt.

By Sam Bartlett
Published by Workman Publishing
http://www.workman.com

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• comedy
• stunts
• funny
• tricks
• embarassing
• stupid

[Zackthecat100]

Love your book!!!

[GerbCD]

@luokachan he came to my school today we must live close

[luokachan]

he just came to my school today :D

[ccbster]

luv this book,so many funny pranks

[elratutat]

whoa, thanks Man--preciate it.

[TimTheToolmanGerman]

"The Best of Stuntology" is without a doubt my favorite book of all time. Thank you, Sam Bartlett!

[wwejamal09]

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! good on ya sam!

[wwejamal09]

the wineglass stunt is soooo funny coz the guy who knocks the 10c glasses off is like 'YEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

[LilMissRandom109]

I saw it at the bookstore yesterday and i would tell anybody to get it! ITS SO AWESOME!

[StingrayX5]

i have the "best of" edition, when i first saw it, i thought it was about stunts like jumping up walls and stuff, but these pranks/stuff to do, are funny!