Culture Made Stupid: A Misguided Tour of Illiterature

by Tom Weller

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395404614
• ISBN13: 9780395404614
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

They Were Eaten By A Bear

This book is absolutely brilliant and hilarious; I was absolutely crushed to find out that it was out of print.

I e-mailed Tom today to try to talk him into re-releasing it

I still have my "Science Made Stupid", but I can't find my "Cvltvre" anywhere! "Science" is pretty funny, but "Cvltvre" wins by a nose. I still chuckle over the chapter about the history of non-Western society that goes something like this: "The cultures of Asia and Africa were very interesting and vitally important to understanding today's society. But that's all we'll say about them for the rest of this book." That's *exactly* how non-Greek ancient cultures are presented in every textbook I've ever read! And who can forget "Beowulf vs. Godsylla", the Anglo-Saxon epic poem we all read in 10th grade. Houghton-Mifflin! Reprint this classic satire!

It's been years since I read it, but I still laugh at it

I wish I had kept my copy. Is still remember stuff that was absolutely hilarious. "They were eaten by a bear", and the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" build-it-yourself book was a scream. It's like PDQ Bach - the more you know, the funnier it is.

A neglected masterpiece

Why on earth is this book out of print? Why wasn't it a huge bestseller? It was and remains one of the funniest books I have ever read, worth rereading over and over again to get the bits you missed before

This is an incredibly funny book!

My mother found this book somewhere a couple of years back, and I found it extremely funny. I read it over and over again, sometimes getting jokes that I had missed before. I lost my copy last year, and have been searching for it ever since. I am hoping to get it this year for Xmas. If you see a copy of this, snatch it up quick! (especially English and History lovers)