# Henry Radick, comic genius **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2002, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116 "2002-09-05T11:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/1 "2002-09-05T11:29:30Z")
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/AA9IP6AYACFK5/1/104-5582601-0080702?display=attributed](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/AA9IP6AYACFK5/1/104-5582601-0080702?display=attributed) Henry Radick writes Amazon reviews that make me cry with laughter. Particularly this one. [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387077553/ref=cm\_mp\_etc/104-5582601-0080702](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387077553/ref=cm_mp_etc/104-5582601-0080702) I know there are alot of Radick fans out there… Hopefully this thread will convert some more. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/2 "2002-09-05T11:32:37Z")
That’s genius. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/3 "2002-09-05T11:39:05Z")
So many laughs has this man given me. Pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/4 "2002-09-05T11:40:59Z")
Fellow Raddickal here. I’ve given him a plug or two as well. His choice of comedy medium is interesting and unique. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/5 "2002-09-05T15:20:06Z")
> [@](#): > > In [Tom] Cruise’s case dyslexia was the obstacle - […] he bought his own wildebeeste to research the part of Lt Maverick Mitchell in “Top Gnu”. > [@](#): > > Kopp’s marvelous guide shows how to train a dog without resorting to desperate measures. Thanks to this book I have kept my spaniel Barry in line with a couple of mock executions. Oh yes, he’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/6 "2002-09-05T17:36:55Z")
I just discovered him from a link in another thread. I’m reading his reviews as I wait for the Straight Dope. Brilliant stuff. I hope he writes his own book one day. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/7 "2002-09-05T20:44:53Z")
I had never heard of this man before this thread. Thank you so much for bringing this into my life. Consider me converted. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/8 "2002-09-06T00:44:05Z")
Also see [Marjorie](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/A894218121JTI/104-7632610-6725520) and [Jonathan](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/A34YN5T55X5UYF/104-7632610-6725520) Raddick. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/9 "2002-09-06T01:09:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _from the review of_ Carolyn Taylor’s Home Haircuts and Styles for Men and Boys > Burley, Idaho church-goer Carolyn Taylors gives the reader some fabulous tips for creating dozens of home haircutting styles. I’m taking ringside for my wife trying out the “Sweathog Mullet” on my teenage son Jonathan tonight. First rate. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/10 "2002-09-06T06:31:35Z")
Somebody **needs** to get this guy hooked on the Dope! (Assuming he isn’t already here amongst us.) ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/11 "2002-09-06T06:49:17Z")
Yep, the “mock executions” one cracked me up. I liked this one quite a bit. > [@](#): > > _Sudden Strangers: The Story of a Gay Son and His Father_A well-written book with a movingly told story which I initially bought just to leave lying around the house. My son Jonathan (who’s straight) may think he’s won the pierced nose battle, but I will win the mind-games war on the issue. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/12 "2002-09-06T06:52:47Z")
I’ve had his reviews bookmarked since the first time I saw a link here (it was in the thread about sphincter exercises…). The dude is hilarious, and he has good taste in dog names. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/13 "2002-09-06T10:47:55Z")
For those interested, an [interview](http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/25699.html) with the man. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-radick-comic-genius/127116/14 "2002-09-06T20:42:53Z")
After reading another thread here about the wonderful Mr. Raddick, I added him to my Amazon “buddy list” or something similar. Surprisingly enough, he wrote right back thanking me for whatever it was exactly that I had done. We emailed back and forth a few times and he made some excellent (actual) book recommendations. I sent him the link to the thread here about him, but he claimed difficulty in viewing in and as that seems to be as far as the interest went. Who knows, maybe he is here lurking even now?