As someone who has never watched “Saturday Night Live”, I’m not au fait on the career of Jack Handey. He seems to be an expert on the pithy short humorous content and “What I’d say to the Martians …” is that plus some short essays, most of which have some choice comedic elements, although there are a number of essays that don’t quite hit the mark, but that may be more an indication of my sense of humour (or lack thereof) than of Handey’s writing skills. ( )

More of a 2.5 than a 2, really. I do love Deep Thoughts, but the longer format - 2-3 page essays/rambles - didn't appeal to me as much. Still a funny read though! ( )

There's really no sense in buying books like this, when you can just read the best bits online for free. Still, reading it I giggled like a drunken hobo. ( )