Silliness

Download or read book Silliness written by Peter Timms and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silliness is to be savoured. It exposes the cracks in our reasoning, raising a gleeful two-finger salute to convention and common sense. In a world awash with stupidity and cruel politics, silliness is childish, anarchic, mischievous, rude and sometimes shocking. But it's not new. This delightful yet informative book reveals the surprisingly rich history of silliness, going all the way back to the madcap plays of Aristophanes in the fourth century BC. Medieval fools and jesters, strange 'epidemics of silliness' in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and the charming nonsense of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, lead us to the often dark and nihilistic silliness of modern times, including Buster Keaton, Monty Python and 'Cats that Look Like Hitler.

Download or read book Quantum of Silliness written by Robbie Sims and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who gives the hammiest performance in a Bond film? What is the series' most cringeworthy moment? What quips would Sir Roger Moore come out with if he starred in Licence to Kill? These are the sort of questions you never knew you needed answering. It's Bond, James Bond – but as you've never seen him before.

Download or read book The Art of Silliness written by Carla Sonheim and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to play? Whether you think of yourself as an artist, a doodler, a dreamer, or none of the above, this book will jump-start your creativity. Popular art instructor Carla Sonheim offers fun, engaging ideas on every page, from drawing upside down to imagining new worlds (down to their silly hats and strange animal species). All you need is a pencil or pen and your imagination.

Download or read book Seasoned With Sentiment & Silliness written by Matthew Presley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his second book, Matthew Presley shares not only poetry, but also stories of precious memories of the people, places, and events which continue to inspire him to this day.

Download or read book Goofballs #3: Superhero Silliness written by Tony Abbott and published by Egmont USA. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Dav Pilkey's The Adventures of Ook and Glook and Patricia Reilly Giff's ZigZag Kids will flock to this chapter-book mystery series full of slapstick humor and silly situations by the wildly popular Tony Abbott, author of the Secrets of Droon series. Jeff, Mara, Brian, and Kelly are Goofballs and proud of it. Goofball private eyes. Together, they solve mysteries. How do they discover the truth? They use funny disguises (dressing up in aluminum foil), nutty inventions (dropped notes the bad guys must stop to read), and their secret weapon: Sparky the Goofdog! When super-rich kid Randall Crandall asks the Goofballs to help him protect his world-famous collection from a notorious thief, they can’t wait to get started. Randall’s hosting a superhero party, and the detectives will have to blend in to sniff out the criminal. Crazy costumes and off-the-wall schemes mean this is going to be the Goofballs' goofiest mystery yet.

Download or read book Life, Love, Politics and Other Silliness written by Trefor Stockwell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems examine life in minute and delightful detail.E Keen eyed observations extract hopes, fears and dreams from mundane and exotic landscapes.E Classical references sit side by side with modern urban tales.EE Pain is picked at with exquisite gentleness, while joy dances around the edges of brilliantly balanced wordplay.E This is a collection engineered by a master craftsman whose instruments chisel away at doubt and cynicism to reveal sparkling moments of clarity.E Poems which can move their readers to laughter and to tears, while guiding them on journeys through time, location and emotion.E A remarkable, varied, entertaining and, at times, pensive, display of skill and sensitivity.

Download or read book The Progress City Primer: Stories, Secrets, and Silliness from the Many Worlds of Walt Disney written by Michael Crawford and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Progress City Archives comes this collection of tall tales and true from the annals of the Walt Disney Company. From Walt's on-set antics to the creations of modern-day Imagineers, we've put together a sampling of stories from throughout Disney history. SEE how Walt Disney befriended presidents and saved the Winter Olympics! HEAR how Imagineers created the technological wonderland of Epcot Center! READ the true-life tales of never-built Disney theme parks Port Disney and Disney's America! Join us as we explore the obscure and amusing corners of the Disney universe. From Fantasia to Horizons, there's something here for every fan.