More Letters from a Nut

By Ted L. Nancy

Seinfeld.  For more than 33 million viewers, the Emmy Award-winning television show has become a Thursday night ritual.  Now, even though the show has ended, Jerry Seinfeld's distinct brand of humor can still be yours.  

Ted L.  Nancy's first book, Letters from a Nut, with an introduction by Jerry Seinfeld, now has more than 225,000 copies in print.  In More Letters From a Nut, master-prankster Nancy shares even more sidesplittingly funny letters he has written and the unbelievable true responses he has received.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jul 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9780804149808

Ted L. Nancy

TED L. NANCY is a rogue comedian who hopes to do for comedy what Anonymous did for politics. AUTHOR HOME: P.O. BOX 236 in Thousand Oaks, CA

Reviews for More Letters from a Nut

[mike_b-645943 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Meh. Most of the book is meh. A few of the responses were good. One business plays along and a few are superbly humane in trying to accommodate. Those responses made me feel good, but they weren't funny. This review is meh and so is the book.

[howifeelaboutbooks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A hilarious book. I read this as a kid when it first came out and it was just as wonderful as I remembered it. The sheer level of ridiculousness makes it one of the funniest books ever. Now to reread the others.

[zcorbain · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It sounded funnier than it really was.

[engpunk77 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I had read More Letters from a Nut first, and either that collection of letters was exponentially more funny or one can only handle so many jokes from the same voice. But, since I can still laugh just as easily at the millionth Golden Girls episode as I could the first, I think the problem is the latter. These seemed to be formulaic and few of the responses were genuinely funny. My stomach muscles DID ache after fits of laughter when reading this one, but only when I was almost finished with it. I'd say there are about 5-10 excellent letters, all in the last quarter of the book. If you didn't love this one, don't give up; the second volume (More Letters from a Nut) is much better.

[drt_4 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Letters from a Nut by Ted L. NancyWhy I picked up this book: I went to a warehouse book sale that sold tons of books, both hardcover and paperbacks for $0.99. I flipped through it and it looked like something I’d like. Why I finished this book: The author of this book wrote tons of letter to various business representatives and some government officials, for a variety of issues. I chucked a couple of times and wanted to put the book down but I had to keep reading to see what ridiculous issue he brought up and how they responded to his letter. For the most part I think they responded with good and professions communication skills. Thoughts: Overall, I got a kick out of some of the letters he wrote and really liked how they responded to his asinine letter. People really are difficulty to deal with sometimes and this book showed me how people can deal with wired request in a professional and respectful way. Rating: It was not my favorite but I couldn’t put it down until I was all finished so I didn’t miss something that would make me shake my head and chuckle sometimes. I’d give it a 3 out of 5 star rating.

[vkhowll · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Ted Nancy ask the questions to businesses that we all want to ask but no one does.."Have you seen my missing tooth?".."Can I wear my lucky shrimp costume while gambling at your hotel?" The book is filled with letters and questions to various hotels and business. The majority of the businesses write back with honest and diplomatic answers. This book in hilarious. Kudos to Mr. Nancy for his imagination on coming up with the most absurd requests. I look for to reading the other editions of these books.

[sean191 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I read this years ago and just remembered it the other day. If I recall, I think there was speculation that Jerry Seinfeld actually had ghostwritten it. I think there may have been a foreword by him or he had "discovered" it. I thought it was amusing at the time. With the book being just a series of letters an not connected, it's fun to pick up now and then when a quick laugh is needed.

[christinerobinson · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book consists of completely absurd letters written by Ted L. Nancy to all sorts of businesses usually making strange requests, such as wanting to eat outside by the garbage bins because of his overwhelming body odour, noting odd compliments such as the kind efforts of the staff at a hotel in finding his lost tooth or even making bizarre requests such as a 59 foot by 22 foot bologna! Each letter is accompanied by the business’s reply showing that in most cases his weird letters were taken mildly seriously. The Introduction by Jerry Seinfeld provides some needed context, however leaves the reader wondering if Ted L. Nancy actually exists of if he is simply a pseudonym for Seinfeld himself. Some letters are laugh out loud funny while others are disturbingly creepy, but what makes the book is that the businesses chose to validate these strange letters with responses that are at times equally strange. A humorous read, but not a must read.

[oreillynsf_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The premise is fairly simple. A man writes outlandish letters to big institutions, and records their often even more absurd responses. The funniest replies are when the organizations struggle to give the writer the benefit of the doubt -- that his questions are not absurd, and that he is simply very passionate rather than certifiable.

[carlym_35 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Ted L. Nancy is a pseudonym for someone who writes very silly letters to various companies. This book is a compilation of the letters and responses. For example, he writes to Greyhound asking if it's OK to get on the bus wearing a banana costume. The letters from Nancy are funny, but the responses are even more entertaining because the companies are trying to respond in a polite and dignified way to complete ridiculousness.

[sharpiegirl · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is an unusual book. It made me want to go and try it. I also like what Seinfeld had to say about him. Did not realize there were more of them. How fun!

[joeythelemur_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

ROFL. That is the best way I can describe this book. My family got tired of hearing me burst out laughing that they forced me to read these letters out loud. That in turn made them even funnier as we all laughed together. Something about these is irresistible and I just can't seem to get enough. My personal favorite: writing a casino to make sure he can wear his lucky shrimp costume while gambling.

[erniepratt · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Such an odd book. It often made me laugh outloud. What a clever idea.

[nielsengw_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Whoever Ted L. Nancy is, give this man a medal. His letters to various casinos, hotels, and companies in the United States (as well as a letter to the government of Tonga) display a wit that is seldom exhibited or heralded in this age. And if anyone has seen his replica Prussian sword, please send it back.

[nderdog · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A great collection of zany letters and their responses. Want to know which hotels in Vegas will let you bring your own ice machine for your room? Want to know what kind of response you'll get when asking a certain retailer to buy a mannequin when they're done with it because it looks like your recently-deceased neighbor? This book answers those questions and more!

[talar_3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a very, very funny book. I do not think I have ever laughed so hard in my life while reading. My favorite "letter from a nut" is a letter to a hotel, telling the manager he eats his mattresses as well as is a chronic kleptomaniac, stealing pillows. Another laugh out loud moment was when Seinfeld offered the Baseball Hall of Fame a full donation of Mickey Mantle’s toenail clippings. Although many of his letters are left unanswered, it is absolutely hilarious reading some of the inquiries Seinfeld proposes.

[readaholic12_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Hysterical, I laughed so hard it hurt. I called people and read them pages and they laughed too, so it's not just me.

[hoosgracie · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A collection of fake letters to companies and the serious responses received. A couple were quite funny, but most were just strange.