A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man

by
Andrew Barlow

and
Kent Roberts

Three River Press, March 2005, 188 pp.
ISBN: 1-4000-5072-3

Genre: Non-Fiction
Subgenre: Humor / Satire
Reviewed: 4/20/2005

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

Book Cover

Excerpt

Field Notes

Yo mama's so ugly, she thinks mirrors are paintings of zombies and Frankensteins. Not photographs. Paintings. Yo mama's blurry.

Yo mama thinks mirrors are the work of a Norwegian absurdist watercolorist.

Yo mama frequently mistakes mirrors for photographs of a humanoid temporary party statue sculpted out of milk solids and chunky-style Hungarian goulash.

You mama feel insecure around talented children.

Yo mama had dome sort of vaguely sexual experience with Pinocchio.

The main misfire in yo mama's home movie oeuvre is her starring as Patrick Swayze in the 1989 debacle Winifred Pretends She's Patrick Swayze . . . Again.

Yo mama is God's gag gift to the Cheyenne area psychiatric community.

Yo mama's cholesterol came up "walrus."

Yo mama's blood sugar came up "orca."

Yo mama's serum creatinine came up "sea lion."

Yo mama's triglycerides came up "arctic mammal." (The triglycerides test is less specific than the other tests.)

Yo mama's blood alcohol came upstairs for a drink.

Right now, somewhere in north Jersey, yo mama is making her second "last trip" to the salad bar.

Yo mama is my sole means of transportation.

Yo mama's liver-function test results came in: no cause for alarm. Wait, sorry, I read it wrong. Her liver's completely shot.

Synopsis

A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man is written by Andrew Barlow and Kent Roberts. It is a collection of jokes, gags, spoofs and whatnots about Yo Mama. This book treats Yo Mama as a person who goes by the name of Winifred. The authors supposedly followed her around recording all that she did.

This book contains thing like: Field Notes (multiple times), Yo Mama's Resume, Personals Yo Mama Has Placed, Lies Yo Mama Tells, A Yo Mama Sad Lib, Books Yo Mama Plans to Write, Kids Share Their Thought About Yo Mama, and much more.

Review

Maybe I am missing something here, but I did not even crack a smile while reading A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man. For a book that is supposed to be funny, I found it to be quite unamusing and immature. A lot of the book didn't even make sense. I was only able to digest about half of the book before I finally had to put it down. My stomach is still churning from the pages I read. I love humor, but it has to be funny to make it humorous.

Otherwise, it is just a sad attempt and you will be booed off of the stage. Maybe this book is intended for . . . well, I can't think who would like this book. In my honest opinion, this is probably one of the worst books that I have ever read and wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. Now, this is only my opinion, so take that with a grain of salt. If you are looking for something about Yo Mama, well, you have found the right book.

I don't have much else to say about this dribble, so I will end it by saying that I am sorry that I wasted an hour reading the first half of A Portrait of Yo Mama as a Young Man. I wish I could have that hour back and forget I ever saw this book.

I rated this book a 1 out of 10.