Spoof letter writing has a long history from Lazlo Toth to Henry Root but nothing can prepare for the uniquely surreal and endearing world of Ted L Nancy. A kind of Trigger Happy correspondence, his innocent requests, queries, complaints, demands and suggestions to hotels, airlines, multi-national corporations, local government and department stores are so absurd it is amazing they fool anyone - but often the deadpan responses are even more hilarious. Ted wants to know if he can graft his big toe onto his nose, why his wife left him while he was in a coma for another man in a coma, and if he can consummate his marrieage in the administrative office of the chapel. He writes to hotels telling him that he eats his mattress. He writes to casinos to ask if his band the 'Fat Beatles' can perform and he can stay in their hotel dressed as a bladder. This work is utterly addictive and wet-yourself-in-a-public-place funny.

Letters from a Nut

Humor & Entertainment

Ted L. Nancy

Humor

Ebury Press

More Letters from a Nut

Ted L Nancy continues his gently surreal correspondence with the great and the good. His hilarious and bizarre letters - as before with unusual queries, complaints and requests - not only manage to fool many recipients into starchy and strait-laced answers but in some cases elicit equally hilarious, tongue-in-cheek replies. Ted writes to ask a certain soft drink giant if it's okay to sell his own 'Kiet Doke' brand of soda (in case it harms their sales) and contacts a restaurant to ask if he can bring his own waiter, as 'he brings me my soup hot and my salad with just the right amount of dressing'. That Ted can bring out people's welcoming and hospitable side with a letter detailing the problem of the permanent squeak he suffers when walking is a tribute to his unique style. Innocent as it is at turns outrageous, More Letters from a Nut is totally enthralling and painfully funny: 'Dear Mayor's Office: I want to give back to the community. I want to stage the play "Romeo and Juliet" using otter. There will be no racy scenes but some holding. Otters will play Romeo, Juliet, and the others. We will bring the otters out at the intermission to pet. These otters are something to see. They have performed this play many times with only one biting incident.'

Random House]

Letters from a Nut's Family Tree

Scholastic. Inc.

National Lampoon Insomniac Bedtime Stories

National Lampoon

Ted L. Nancy’s Letters from a Nut series documented his correspondence with celebrities, dignitaries, and companies who replied to his outlandish letters. Letters where Ted wanted to check in to a hotel with his own ice machine. Or sell ham sandwiches out of an Indian casino restroom. Then in Hello Junk Mail! Ted and the Kabobby family answered scores of junk mail with more riotous results. Now in Ted L. Nancy’s Afternoon Stories Ted writes ridiculous stories which he reads to people at their jobs. Ted goes to a mattress showroom filled with salespeople and customers and reads them the story of THE POLYGAMIST WHO GOT 11 HUSBANDS BY MISTAKE. Then Ted visits a convention and reads conventioneers the story of THE BATHROOM ATTENDANT WHO FINALLY PASSED OUT. And he brings along ridiculous acts like THE VENTRILOQUIST WITH A PUPPET IN A COMA. Or MARK TWAIN WITH BREASTS to entertain these people. If you grew up reading Ted's Letters From A Nut - and you want some more adult, sophisticated Ted - then you will want Ted L. Nancy’s Afternoon Stories. This is a fully grown mature Ted. Ted Unchained. (a little) Ted L. Nancy. The brand to go to for idiotic lunacy.

Ted L. Nancy's Afternoon Stories

BookSurge Publishing

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