Impulse buying at the bargain bookstore has gotten me a lot of books I have no earthly use for (as you probably know), but I like buying them anyway (as you probably also know).
This is another one of those books — Famous Faces by Norman Messenger (#174 for 2009). I found among the stacks of children’s books at my favorite bargain bookstore, and it was a bit more than I’d normally spend at the store (well, fine, it was P120 — a little over US$2) because it was a bad day and I needed some cheering up (haha!).
Famous Faces (#174 for 2009) is a novelty book featuring celebrity faces such as Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis, and even Prince Charles and Princess Diana (before they separated).
(Incidentally, I found out this book has been a collector’s item after Diana’s death!)
Each face is divided into four flaps – hair, eyes, nose and mouth, and clothes. You can mix and match these celebrity features to create new faces — e.g. Chaplin’s hat, Marilyn Monroe’s eyes, Diana’s smile, and Margaret Thatcher’s clothes — and get absolutely hilarious results!
Here are some of the real celebrity faces:
You can mix and match features by flipping the flaps, like so:
And then the fun begins! Here are some mashups:
It’s pretty hard to keep a straight face while “reading” this book!
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My copy: hardcover with internal spring binding
My rating: 4/5 stars
Hi, Blooey! I love this book! A friend gave this to me as a gift last year and I had a blast with it. It’s one of those books that you just put in your coffee table during parties and it ends up as a conversation piece. Hehe.
It’s so cool. I found out the creator of this book has even more complex books with more mix and match options. I’ll definitely keep a lookout for these!
Me likey! ^_^
:)