The Reduced Shakespeare Company is so funny!!! I would especially recomend this to highschoolers who find normal Shakespeare dry and boring. (that would be me) But my parents which are in their 40s also enjoyed this so its great for everyone. It makes shakespeare so much more interesting. They find very creative ways to retell Shakspeare's classic tales that are so funny and comical. I actually prefer the cd to the book though 'cause that is what they originally wrote the script for. THEY ARE HILARIOUS!!!

Comedy routine or inspired lunacy--whatever it is, this is the complete script of it, including the shortest "Hamlet" ever performed (and then done backwards for an encore), and "Titus Andronicus" as a cooking show. There's lots of fun between these covers for both the bardolator and the bard-hater, including a strange collection of annotations by a not-quite-so learned professor. Although some bits don't play as well on the page, it's not that long and at least you don't have to suffer through some inane laugh track.

I own a copy of the book and the video, and I can't get enough of
either. The only thing funnier than seeing it performed is reading the script, and the only thing funnier than reading the script is reading the footnotes*. Bard buffs, read this and have a good laugh.

*See footnotes on the phrase "But love . . . "

Absitively poselutely hilarious. To read or not to read. That is the question. The answer? To read! Although a few parts are just stupid, the rest of the book is funny. There are hilarious footnotes to the text and such funny content as: "The Othello Rap", "The Love Boat Goes to Verona", and "The Titus Andronicus Cooking Show" among others. I give you one word: Read!

To anyone, this movie is flat out hilarious. Shakespeare has never been interpreted as a rap song, or as a cooking show, and I know nobody has ever attempted to combine all 12 of Shakespeare's comedies into one. These men have successfully done it, and in such a way that I'm laughing everytime i see it again. The book, however, is incomplete without the pictures to go along with it. The funny parts arnt focused on the words as much as the presentation it's given in. If you dont have the video, get it. It is worth every cent. If you have the video, this book is good as well. Not only can you use it as a reference to see what they were talking about, but the guys have added notes onto every page, just as funny as the material it's being referenced to. So go, get the movie, buy the book, and get ready to enjoy Shakespeare like you never have before.