Every Person on the Planet: An Only Somewhat Anxiety-Filled Tale for the Holidays

by Bruce Eric Kaplan

Book Overview

Every Person On The Planet tells the delightful story of Edmund and Rosemary, an average couple who lead an uneventful life, and what happens when one fateful day they decide to throw a party for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743274709
• ISBN13: 9780743274708
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Know someone who gives an annual holiday party?

If you do, search no farther for a hostess gift. Edmund and Rosemary fill the bill. From the throes of decision on invitees to clean-up, any host or hostess will empathize with--and recognize themselves in--their plight. Very clever and right on point.

Like reading a delightful comic book for adults!

Loved EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET, a short but touching book written and illustrated by Bruce Eric Kaplan . . . he's a cartoonist for the NEW YORKER and a former writer for both SEINFELD and SIX FEET UNDER. Reading his book was like reading a comic book for adults . . . there are delightful illustrations on almost every page, and the accompanying story about a Brooklyn couple who decide to throw a party--while just a tad bit farfetched--was one I could nevertheless relate to . . . it seems that in having this bash, they faced the dilemma of who to invite and who not to invite, so to be safe, they just everyone in the whole world. And amazingly, everyone in the world decided to attend. What was fun was looking at the illustrations and then reading Kaplan's accompanying commentary, which included such marvelous passages as the following: * But if you don't invite all the cousins, that's all you ever hear about from your parents and that's the last thing Edmund and Rosemary needed. So they invited each and every one of them and sadly, their spouses who they didn't care for in any way. Particularly Edmund's cousin Helen's husband, Joe, who was always irate about something no one ever cared about. * A billion people ran into their exes, which was awkward for them, and everyone else. It was a real argument for staying in touch with your exes, but not one that was convincing enough to make any significant amount of the population do it in the future. * And my favorite: Edmund had an epiphany. He realized he had the power to feel connected to anyone, but it was all up to him. He determined to make this his life's work, starting tomorrow. Of course, when he woke up the next morning, he forgot all about it. He continued to have spiritual crises periodically as he always had, which was one of the things about him that Rosemary had just learned to live with. If you're looking for the ideal gift to give somebody, do consider EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET . . . I had such a good time with it that I'm now looking forward to reading the other books that the author has written.

Hilarious

I found BEK's new book to be wholy original and quite humorous. Entertainment Weekly gave it a good review which led me to check it out. Not surprisingly it is quite like his cartoons in The New Yorker each week. For anyone who wants a good laugh, pick up this book. You can't go wrong.

Quintessential BEK

If you have enjoyed BEK's drawings in The New Yorker over the years, or have ever suffered from the anxieties induced by the pressures of the year-end holidays, then you must have this book. (Those two things pretty much cover everyone.) The book is funny in the BEK way, and would make an irreverent gift for those who pretend to have it all.