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The X-E Triple Book Review Club.

It's time for X-E's Triple Book Review, an article featuring a look back at...you guessed it, three books. On tap for today is Michelle's Full House Activity Book, Grover's The Monster at the end of this Book, and one of those cheapo dinosaur books all the boys used to get from elementary school book fairs. Hit the blog later for a few updates -- got some reader mail to sort through and some more Shrek crap (sorry, it must be done) to post up. Not sure which'll come first. I will flip an oversized novelty quarter soon enough.

Posted by Matt on 06/07/2004. E-mail me!

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FIRST POST!!!!! =D

MORE shrek crap?? this i gotta see.

Chestnuts roasted by Annalalala @ 06/07/2004 4:59 PM

Am I the only one that thinks its sad that people are excited to have the "first post, hey look at me!!1!!11!" thing going on?

Chestnuts roasted by alfonso the bat @ 06/07/2004 5:01 PM

Oh, it’s not such a big deal.

Chestnuts roasted by 1st Post Defender @ 06/07/2004 5:10 PM

Hey Matt, good review, There’s a sequel to that Grover book, with the annoyingly popular elmo in it.

Chestnuts roasted by Tess The Photo Girl @ 06/07/2004 5:21 PM

The Monster at the End of This Book… Suddenly its like I’m 4 again. The book’s probably still in my parents’ attic.

Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 06/07/2004 5:31 PM

STILL NOT FIRST!!!

Chestnuts roasted by sds @ 06/07/2004 5:35 PM

Man, I still have the dinosaur AND the Grover books.. and like half the "Sesame Street Library," not that lousy "Treasury" from later on… and a bunch of little sticker books LIKE the dinosaur one, only with the Ghostbusters! It’s like I’m sitting on a very small, worthless gold mine!

Chestnuts roasted by Aaron @ 06/07/2004 5:40 PM

I’ve got the GB one, too. Damn, should’ve included it. Next time.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/07/2004 5:41 PM

Im embarassed to own the Full House book. I also had every episode on tape. And had the stephanie mini-series books. God, I was gay….

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 06/07/2004 5:42 PM

The Grover book is not as bad as Oscar’s book. My cousin had a Grover book called "Why are you so mean to me"

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 06/07/2004 5:54 PM

At least Matt didn’t get drunk and combine all three books into "Grover presents The House Full of Monster Dinos at the End of Michelle." i would have read it anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/07/2004 5:59 PM

I had the dinosuar book, and I loved it

Chestnuts roasted by thisguy @ 06/07/2004 6:11 PM

I remember getting a Far Side book at a school book fair once,and remember them having hardcover movie storybooks for such films as Santa Claus The Movie and Dune.

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 06/07/2004 6:13 PM

He’s comeen…
He’s comeen…
He’s comeen…
He’s comeen…

…..He’s hee-oh

Chestnuts roasted by Kristal @ 06/07/2004 6:21 PM

book fairs were fun. erasers were where it was at. multicolored, dinosaur and monster erasers
but what was better was "R.I.F", (reading is fun) where every kid got to pick out one free book.

for some reason i picked "wild and wacky hockey facts" one year

but when mom volunteered, she’d bring home 9 or 10 books. it was awesome

Chestnuts roasted by george @ 06/07/2004 6:24 PM

With remakes ever more popular I think that a Small Wonder Redux would be awesome. What a concept, robot girl, brother, mom and dad, and an evil neighbour who threatens to ruin robot girl. I get chills just thinking about it.

Chestnuts roasted by Brentantation @ 06/07/2004 6:47 PM

I loved that Grover book as a kid too. Thanks for some nostalgia, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Another Matt @ 06/07/2004 7:05 PM

Matt, I LOVED The Monster At the End of This Book. Sesame Street books from the 70′s and 80′s just plain rock in general.

And you know what else? My seven-year-old sister and brother are watching ABC Family’s Full House reruns NONSTOP….and he’s fourteen.

"CUT…IT…OUT!"

Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 06/07/2004 7:12 PM

Brentantation, I have seen commercials for the Nickelodeon cartoon called "My Life as a Teenage Robot." Here is a review:
http://www.entertainyourbrain.com/mylifeasateenagerobotrev.htm

Matt, Jim Davis did a Mr. Potatohead comic strip: http://chud.com/news/june04/june7interviewdavis.php3 "Q: Do you have another strip idea in you?

Jim: I did U.S. Acres for a few years which worked well in syndication. Then I did Mr. Potatohead for a couple of years as well. It was something Bret wanted to do and Hasbro had come to us and so we did it for a couple of years and really had fun with it but circulation was not real high. Just a couple of hundred papers but it was really fun to do. It was really strange giving a personality and creating a family for a 50-year-old toy icon."

Chud is giving away some Punky DVD sets: http://chud.com/news/june04/june7contestpunk.php3
Punky clips (Including the magic of Eddie Deezen):
http://chud.com/graphics13/Punky%20B.MOV

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/07/2004 7:30 PM

awesome…a new post..posty post.

Chestnuts roasted by zombone @ 06/07/2004 7:54 PM

I loved that grover book when I was a little kid.

Grover is the coolest character on sesame street because the guy who pupets him also pupets yoda.

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/07/2004 8:20 PM

That Grover book seems familiar. What a great idea for a book though. I wish they had some kind of reflector or mirror on the last page, that would’ve been cool.

Chestnuts roasted by G4L @ 06/07/2004 8:26 PM

Long time reader, first time poster, etc etc. Hey Matt, speaking of Punky, ever thought about doing an article about Punky Brewster (either the live action show or cartoon)? Yes, I used to watch both as a kid. Yes, I deserve to be beaten for it.

Chestnuts roasted by IronMan @ 06/07/2004 8:52 PM

Full House was really really scary for me when i was a kid. I can clearly recall the episode where stephanie pierced her ears even though she wasnt allowed. Maybe thats because of all the Star Wars related visuals? (Stephanie’s hair buns etc)
Oh Who knows.
By the way Grover is cute but hes no match for ERNIE!

Chestnuts roasted by Allie @ 06/07/2004 9:28 PM

Oh, god, my parents probably still have "Monster at the End of This Book" on the shelf with all the other classic Golden Books my sisters and I racked up over the years at their house. Heck, I still read it when I’m over there. It’s one of the great, all-time simple-but-effective stories, reverse suspense – DON’T look at the end! And, of course, you can’t resist, as Grover’s attempts to keep the book from turning get wilder and wilder. Heck, I’ll probably end up reading it the next time I visit. And in two months, I’ll have a little nephew to pass the insanity on to….

The sticker book also draws faint memories. My sisters and I also bought such books, usually with cartoon characters. I think I might have had one with an ocean theme at one time.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 06/07/2004 9:37 PM

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