From Deseret News archives:
A launch for book of Mormon humor
A launch party is planned for the new book Thursday at 7 p.m., at Sam Weller's Zion Bookstore. The party will feature a Jell-O and casserole competition, with the grand prize being a trip to Moab.
The new book is a compilation, done by the staff of the Sugar Beet (an LDS version of the satirical publication The Onion), of their best efforts. The book is edited by Christopher Kimball Bigelow, co-author of "Mormonism for Dummies" and co-founder of The Sugar Beet.
A review of the book by Publishers Weekly stated:
"If a mature religion is one that can laugh at itself, then Mormonism is growing up ... Bigelow and his staff of Sugar Beet writers, whose identities are hidden behind ultra-Mormon pseudonyms, ferret out the delicious humor tucked away in Mormonism's quirkiest doctrines and cultural extremes ... readers will find the Enquirer's a tie-loosening, glue-gun-melting pleasure."
The Sugar Beet Web site says:
Some sample headlines from the book are:
"SpongeBob receives mission call."
"BYU offers scrapbooking degree."
"Gladys Knight to release 'Midnight Train to Kolob."'
"Vegas win attributed to obeying the law of tithing."
"Hofmann forges letters from self."
"Arnold Friberg body-building program announced."
"Three Nephite identities revealed" (the Bee Gees).
"Elvis Presley accepts posthumous baptism."
"Log flume ride announced for Nauvoo."
"Members urged to store a year's supply of entertainment."
"Zions Bank offers financing for scrapbookers."
"Boston resident finally convinced co-workers he has only one wife."
"Provo man votes Democrat 'just to see what it feels like."'
"MTC now powered by its own methane."
Published by Pince-Nez Press of San Francisco, the book sells for $14.95 and is 165 pages long. Ordering details are also available on the Sugar Beet Web site, sugar-beet.blogspot.com/ or at www.pince-nez.com.
E-mail: lynn@desnews.com
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