SkyMaul 2: Where America Buys His Stuff

This catalog is so funny. So, so, so funny. I bought the original SkyMaul and figured the Kaspar Hauser guys were doing the old "Sequel Switcheroo" where they phone it in for the second one. But they didn't phone it in. They personally hand delivered it. And they wore white gloves. And it was on a platter - a silver one, possibly platinum or even whatever metal the second Terminator guy was made of.What I'm saying is they did a good job delivering the product.I would give this book to anyone I liked if I wanted to make them laugh. If there was someone I liked who I wanted to be sad, I wouldn't give it to that person.Seriously, though. This is hilarious.

If you are a fan of highbrow/lowbrow absurdist humor, it does not get better than this. My kids thought I was having a medical episode I was laughing so hard reading this. The collection of jewel-like individual jokes adds up to a brilliant takedown of our senseless consumer culture. Even if SkyMall is no longer a thing, it still works.

You will laugh that kind of laugh where you feel embarrassed if anyone saw you laugh like that. Ugly, undulating, contorted slobber-laughing. The last half isn't quite as strong as the first, but maybe it is? Maybe the second half is actually SUPER FUNNY but the first half is just like SO SUPERCHARGED TURBOFUNNY that you can't tell? You aren't aware that you're actually punishing yourself by not having this, but you are.

Captured all the subtile insanity of Sky Mall (RIP) and amplified it to true art. If you were ever stuck in an airplane as #14 in line to take off and had to read the inspiration for this product and wondered if it was real or not, buy this book and show that you can look back on that experience and laugh.

Ship-In-A-Bottle Removal Tool. Drug-Sniffing Dog Sniffing Dog. Civil War vs. Christmas Ornament Chess Set. Lawnmower Breathalyzer. Two-Inch Tape Measure. Super-Long Stethoscope. The Watch That Asks What Time It Is.This is one comedic face punch after another. It will leave you looking like the guy in Raging Bull. So so funny.

Sigh. Not nearly as funny as it could be. Bought it as a gift, and actually never gave it, as some of the stuff is pretty lame. There are some clever gems in here, but some or lame, or just too crude - even for me.

Nearly as good as the original. Not quite, but nearly. (Just thinking of the original still leaves me in stitches.)

For anyone who flies, this book is for you. Hilarious parody of the sky mall catalog. If you didn't think the real thing was funny and ridiculous, you will after reading this.10/10 would buy again. I've gotten several as gifts.