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Where else can you read about zombies, the 3,869,384,796 different genders, poor service from your cable company, the Tabuk Goatherding Mujahadeen of Arabia (the sports team), Scandinavian chimichangas, a half vampire and half umpire who memorizes baseball statistics, a drug that makes you quack like a duck, the Oobaooba Foundation for Psychotics, the IQ of nitrogen, and a musical featuring dancing parachute riggers, all in one place?
- Sales Rank: #6886383 in Books
- Published on: 2014-11-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .19" w x 5.50" l, .24 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 84 pages
Review
Humor is hard. Pathos is much easier. Show a character being chased by a monster, and if you're good at your craft, readers will sweat and squirm. Show poor orphaned children dying of hunger, and you may draw tears from your readers even if you aren't that good. But make a joke, and who knows? A sense of humor is like taste in food. What appeals to one person might repulse another. How do you feel about fried chicken livers? See what I mean? So I always admire an author who writes humor, especially the kind of humor that you'll find in Packing Parachutes: The Mini Musical and Other Strange Literary Concoctions.
This small book is a collection of gags or comedy sketches, almost like skits on paper. It reminded me of George Carlin's books, jumping from one form to another, a list here, a rant there. In this little book, you'll find a rant on celebrities who can't remember the words to the national anthem; several "quickie novels"; news headlines ("Department of Native Soil Security Expands Terror Watchlists to Include All Carbon Life Forms" and "Politician Pushes for More Vowels in the English Language"); and various articles by "Studley," a flamboyant entertainment reporter, movie reviewer, syndicated columnist, and political/cultural commentator and self-described cross-dressing epicurean.
So did Sarkissian pull it off? Well, I laughed so hard I snorted fluids onto my Kindle screen. I also rolled my eyes a time or two, groaned occasionally, and once or twice I even yawned and clicked through the pages a little faster than is fair when you're reviewing a book. That is to say, I liked parts of it a lot, and some parts not so much. Actually I think there is probably something for everybody in here. Well, maybe not everybody. Let me be perfectly clear: this book is extremely weird. Some of my favorite bits include an interview with the little green guys who are in charge of turning on the light in your refrigerator when you open the door, and doing this very quickly so that you don't see them. Just the premise of this one had me in stitches (I'm not sure I'll ever again be able to open a refrigerator without trying to catching the little guys). Sarkissian took the idea and ran with it, though. One of the little green guys holds forth on topics philosophical, and then . . . well, I won't ruin it for you. Other bits include an interview with the testicles of Ivan the Terrible, a review of The Maltese Falcon (another one of my favorites), and an almost sweet little riff (by Studley), on zombie parades.
As with a lot of humor, there are a few things that might make your PC side cringe, and once or twice Studley goes on rants that I found tiresome, but the sections are mostly short, and Sarkissian keeps you moving along so that the humor is somewhat like they say about the weather, if you don't like it, just wait, it will change. If you're not laughing on one page, you're almost sure to be in a page or two. My least favorite section of the book was the title section, Packing Parachutes: The Mini Musical. It went on a bit too long and didn't really do much for me. But hey, that might be your favorite part. Chicken livers, right?
The book is smoothly written and well presented. Your laughs won't be ruined by poor grammar and formatting issues. If you are in the mood for some off-the-wall humor, you really should give this one a try. 3.5 stars
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From the Back Cover
Robert H. Sarkissian is author of Squibbed! Satires and Other Oddities, published in 2010, and The Wind Coughed At Dawn, published in 2011. He has a "real" job as a technical writer. One of his previous jobs sent him the US Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, VA, where they train parachute riggers. The satires in this book are meant in fun, and are dedicated to their fine work.
Packing Parachutes the Mini-Musical also has non-parachute-ical stories, quizzes, interviews, and other strange literary concoctions, hence the subtitle And Other Strange Literary Concoctions.
Sarkissian grew up in the Boston area and attended Northeastern University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. After working as a quality assurance engineer, he became a technical writer, and continues to write poems and satirical stories (see roberthsarkissian.com).
About the Author
Robert H. Sarkissian grew up in the Boston area and attended Northeastern University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. After working as a quality assurance engineer, he became a technical writer, and continues to write poems and satirical stories.
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Bet you haven't heard this one....
By Grady Harp
Robert H. Sarkissian is a satirist, a journalist, a novelist, a playwright, a punster - in general, the owner of one of the funniest minds today. He proved his mettle in his previous books 'SQUIBBED!: SATIRES AND OTHER ODDITIES' in which he displayed an enormous talent for finding humor in the most obsolete places, and IN THE WIND COUGHED AT DAWN in which he turned to his other love - poetry - and shared poems that have been published in various journals and widely read. He is a contributor for the online Armenian Poetry Project. So the man/parodist/poet has managed to be heard on many fronts. So the man/parodist/poet has managed to be heard on many fronts.
And yet none of that completely prepares us for this newest contribution to acing abdominal muscles post laughter - PACKING PARACHUTES THE MINI-MUSICAL. How this man's mind wraps itself around so many topical topics, alerts us to our own absurd foibles, prods our guilt button that we're not doing more to right some of the wrongs to which he eludes, and ends us leaving us gasping of air from excessive guffawing is beyond me. If you need a boost or a jolt or just some relief form the chaos pounding on our mind read this book.
The ingredients of this soup include: ARTICLES BY STUDLEY - More on carbon footprints and introducing mouthprints and ratios, Maltese Falcon: Bogie makes me swoon, Protest!!!!!!!!Protest the Bagel police and the Whole Grain Gulag, After 200 freaking years can't they sing the right words to the National Anthem/, Someone call Frank Cannon PI before I loose my lunch, Pardon me, may I eat your brain?, Gasp! Another celebrity sex tape released?!, I so love Chinese Food and the Chinese Government for buying me stuff!, Facebook Genderama, More Zombie talk, Why tats and piercings aren't on my To Do: EXAMS - Cable company representative qualification examination, Anger Management examination according to Sharia, The Al-Qaeda and/or Umbrella Organizations' Jihadist recruitment qualification exam (Praise Allah!), Lone Sudden Jihad sympathizer questionnaire, COMMERCIAL BREAK! : Quaxil, Avantgardia etc. This is not including QUICKIE NOVELS, NEWS STORIES (eg, Obesity rates remain disturbingly high according to the disturbed, etc), INTERVIEWS, MISCELLANEOUS (eg, TV shows that will never happen no matter how desperate the networks get, etc) and the ending MINI MUSICAL (of the books title).
Robert H Sarkissian is simply the funniest man breathing. Enjoy! Grady Harp, December 14
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Out-of-the-box
By Cassandra
Packing Parachutes isn’t a normal book by any definition, but it doesn’t claim to be either. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I started this book, but I found myself both surprised and amused. Satire certainly is Robert Sarkissian’s forte and he does an exceptional job at finding humor in all sorts of places. Some of the pieces surprised me but most were very fun and very out-of-the-box. This is a good read if you are looking for something a little bit different.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Satirical Comedy At Its Best
By im1rarebird
Robert H. Sarkissian can squeeze humor from some of the most unlikely situations. His dissertation on exams was laugh out loud funny. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to laugh I mean really laugh...many of the passages will have tears rolling down your face and you gripping your sides. Buy it today and laugh for days to come.
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