Capture Employee Of The Month And Other Big Deals Authored By Mary Jo Pehl In Electronic Format

that Mary Jo lived in my neighborhood and could keep me in witty banter and snide remarks all through the year, In exchange, I would buy her lunch every few weeks, Fun and personal essays from Mary Jo Pehl of MSTK and Cinematic Titanic, Some real laugh out loud moments here, Selfpublished, so support her so she can write more! A version of this review appeared on my blog, sitelinkdrinkingandink,
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If you're reading my reviews, you probably know me, and if you know me, you probably know the following things,

You know when I reviewed Mindy Kalings Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me I suggested that she writes like everyones best friend, while recognizing that she would probably not actually be my best friend.
Here is another book that reads like its written by somebody who could be your best friend, but the difference is, I actually now want to be Mary Jo Pehls friend.
We both love books! We both hate shopping! We both have a deadpan humor that could easily be misunderstood!

Mystery Science Theateris my favorite TV show.
See, in this, my final year of grad school, I have a pretty awful schedule, Three days a week Im in an internship, the next day is for classes, then the following three days the weekend, I might add I work evening shift at what may be one of the more stressful part time jobs out there.
Then after a few hours of sleep I roll right back into the internship at:a, m. I knew in advance that my schedule was going to be awful, and my husband and I agreed that it would help to plan in advance a good relaxing activity, something safe and comforting.
So we decided to watch all of Mystery Science Theaterfrom the beginning, We started in Seasonin September, and now in April were partway into Seasonof, Im a big fan of MSTK, And being a big fan of Mary Jo Pehl has been part of that,

So what Im saying is I was probably in this books target audience,

Let me say, though, you should no more read this book for MSTK stories than you should read Carrie Fishers Wishful Drinking for Star Wars stories.
Mary Jo devotes very little of a very little book to that phase of her life, What she offers instead are brief vignettes about growing up, employment, aunthood, dating, parents, etc, that range from pretty funny to hysterically funny and one conversation with her sister thats not funny, but poignant, and may conceivably make you cry instead.
The deadpan humor that makes her amazing on MSTk and Cinematic Titanic is present in written form, and theres something in the dry, selfdeprecating wit that reminds me pretty strongly of Dorothy Parker, albeit a fairly happy Dorothy Parker.
Its incredibly Midwestern, too, but not in the Garrison Keillor kind of way in that it makes me want to visit Minneapolis instead of running as far from the Twin Cities as possible.
This book is short, funny, and full of life, and

I liked it, Mary Jo Pehl is a really enjoyable writer, with a wonderful and selfdeprecating sense of humor, Bountiful smiles between the covers, Funny book! This was a super quick read, Mary Jo Pehl was Pearl in MST, This book may not contain enough stories about MSTfor hardcore fans, but it was funny, Short very short!, funny stories by Mary Jo Pehl of MSTK fame, I really wish they were longer!stars, I love Mary Jo Pehl, Love, love, love her. She's great on MSTK, Cinematic Titanic and Rifftrax, She's just a naturally funny person, As soon as I saw that this book was available through KU I knew I needed to read it immediately, I was not disappointed. It's well written and humorous and a very quick read, I was thoroughly entertained and I particularly loved the last chapter because it's the only chapter that she really mentions MSTK so that was awesome.
A lot of the cast members of that show have books out so I'm excited to read them, Reread of a book by one of my favorite funny ladies, Just as funny as it was the first time! Funny stories from a funny lady! You may know Mary Jo Pehl as "the guy from Mystery Science Theaterthat's a woman.
" But besides her stints as a writerperformer on the beloved Peabodywinning TV show, and now with the movieriffing crew Cinematic Titanic, Mary Jo has survived one of the most traumatic, glorious, terrifying, joyful challenges known to humankind, a little thing she likes to call real life.
With biting wit, bracing satire, and boundless good cheer, Mary Jodistinguished member of the First Family of Circle Pines, Minnesota she'll explaintakes you on a poignant, hilarious journey through the world of keepin' on.
Dispatched from her Midwestern home state, then New York, Texas, and exotic points beyond, these very personal stories and essays, with illustrations by Len Peralta, reveal a warm, smart, funny writer who can spot the absurdities in what she deals with every day, and make her readers LOL at them.
There's nobody else like Mary Jo Pehl, But then, there's nobody else like you, either, Hey, you two should get together! Read this book, and you will, my friend: you will, If you don't know Mary Jo Pehl from "Mystery Science Theater," "Cinematic Titanic" or "RiffTrax", these essays are delightful, If you DO know her, there are even extra levels of awesome, When Mary Jo Pehl replaced Frank Conniff and eventually Trace Beaulieu as a "Mad' on the cult tv show Mystery Science Theater, not everybody was happy.
Many show message boards hated her character, especially replacing two icons,
On a recent release of her newest venture, Cinematic Titanic, Pehl drew more applause from the audience than Beaulieu and Conniff, The message boards talk of how much they love Mary Jo, her charming, friendly personality is winning people over,
This collection of essays reveals why we love Mary Jo, Funny, sad, overwhelmed, but persevering through this thing called life, Mary Jo is lovable and laugh out loud funny, Read it and fall in love with this wonderful lady, Fun and heartfelt but a touch shallow, I wanted to like this book more but her writing can best be described as "David Sedaris, but not as funny, " I also thought it was way too shortshe's a professional comedy writer but only haspages worth of funny stories Perhaps it is just me, but I am utterly and completely under the humorous spell Mary Jo weaves in this book.
I fear to drink liquids while reading this for fear of doing a spittake, I won't say everyone will connect with the humor the same way I have, but I think everyone should at least check it out just in case.
I gave this book to my husband for Christmas and we ended up reading it out loud to one another, It's absolutely delightful. Pehl is both hysterical and at times deeply moving, An absolute gem that will please both MSTK fans and those who just love great storytelling, Very enjoyable read offering snippets into Mary Jo Pehl's life, pre and postMSTK, If you are a fan of Mystery Science Theaterand obsessive enough to look up obscure riffs, this collection of short personal essays from Mary Jo Pehl will tell you the following:

Who Rick and Julie are
How glamorous it was to be the daughter of the Mayor of Circle Pines
What it means to be Employee of the Month at a temp agency
How much MJ loved Roddy McDowell
What MJ learned from late night movies she watched while babysitting
How we fans are perceived by the MST Alumni, well, MJ anyway
The truth about Krusher Kowalski

and so much more, including what MJ was up to between MSTK and Cinematic Titanic.
The New York stories were my favorites, including some truly horrific dating stories that made me worry much less about being single myself, I also share her ergasiophobia, and her work stories put my midgoingonlates crisis into perspective,

But MSTies are not the only people who should read this book, Aspiring writers and comedians may find inspiration in the conciseness of these narratives, often but not always leading up to a punch line of a tiny moment at the end.
You will marvel at how much story and comedy Mary Jo can extract from just one moment at a circus or the discovery of pepper jack cheese on burgers.


Whether you love to laugh at pop culture, or you just like to people watch sometimes, this book is for you, More than just the show

We get to know what Mary Jo is really like when not hassling BoBo, Wonderful stories of her growing up and her career before and after MSTK, I didn't fall totally in love with this like I thought I would, I thought I would be rolling with laughter, but instead I only chuckled aloud a handful of times,

It did make me want to watch MSTK on netflix though, so there's that, Mary Jo Pehl is a writer/performer/producer with Cinematic Titanic, the live version of the Peabody Award winning TV series Mystery Science Theater, for which she was a writer and on air actor in the recurring role of Pearl Forrester.
For these two projects, she has bravely withstood hundreds of the worst movies ever made, The experience hasnt killed her, only made her stronger, Mary Jo has worn out packs of pencils for Austin Monthly, Austin Chronicle, Minnesota Monthly, Minneapolis StarTribune, Catholic Digest, Salon.
com, PBS and. Her work is featured in several anthologies, including Lifes A Stitch: The Best of Contemporary Womens Humor and Travelers Tales: The Thong Also Rises.
Her commentaries have aired on NPRs All Things Mary Jo Pehl is a writer/performer/producer with Cinematic Titanic, the live version of the Peabody Award winning TV series Mystery Science Theater, for which she was a writer and on air actor in the recurring role of Pearl Forrester.
For these two projects, she has bravely withstood hundreds of the worst movies ever made, The experience hasnt killed her, only made her stronger, Mary Jo has worn out packs of pencils for Austin Monthly, Austin Chronicle, Minnesota Monthly, Minneapolis StarTribune, Catholic Digest, Salon.
com, PBS and. Her work is featured in several anthologies, including Life's A Stitch: The Best of Contemporary Women's Humor and Travelers' Tales: The Thong Also Rises.
Her commentaries have aired on NPRs All Things Considered and Weekend America, and The Savvy Traveler on Public Radio International, As a standup comedian, Mary Jo has appeared on Comedy Central and AE, and in stage productions in New York and Los Angeles, She has also contributed to RiffTrax, She is a member of the former First Family of Circle Pines, Minnesota, but that's another story, which you can read in her new book.
That book, Employee of The Month and Other Big Deals, is available through, com. A native of Minnesota, Mary Jo lives in Austin, Texas with Total Husband Ron and Total Dog Seymour, sitelink.