Race You to the Fountain of Youth: I'm Not Dead Yet (But Parts of Me Are Going Fast)

Martha and Brad are hilarious in their quests for eternal youth. Coming from two different points of view, it's just a wonderful, funny read. After reading this charmer, I decided to buy it for a couple of my friends hitting "big" birthdays this year. Oh, the lengths we will go to stay "young"! If you buy this book, you won't regret it. You may just find a spring in your step and a smile on your lips...

Bob Hope and Jay Leno aren't funny alone. For years, they depended on talented, brilliant writers like Brad and Martha to produce their zingers. In the tradition of all great comedy, this book is a side-splitting look at the aging process: Its up's and down's, its effect on both men and women, and how it challenges everyone from ordinary janes and joes to the most visible people in the world. Both funny and highly relateable, if you like to laugh (and who doesn't?) check out this well-done tome.

This is a very funny look at health, exercise, fitness, and everything in between. I thought the comparison of the different ways men and women view their appearance was spot on and made me howl with laughter. Half the book is from the woman's point of view, half from the man's. Both sexes are vain, but in entirely different ways. As I read I found myself one minute nodding and going, "Yep, I agree with that observation, even though I'd never looked at it that way..." and the next minute roaring with laughter at another funny one liner. I heartily recommend "Race You To The Fountain of Youth". I give it five stars, something I rarely do.

I bought this expecting it to be a rather wry look at people who make fools of themselves trying to stay young. Forget wry, it made me laugh out loud - repeatedly. I wish the graphics were better and the drawings weren't anything special, but the material crackled. This book isn't going to change the world. It's just, pure and simple - funny.

This is an extremely funny look at all the crazy stuff we do to try and stay young. From supplements to exercise to liposuction to gravity boots. The first half of the book is written from a woman's point of view, the second from a man's perspective. The style is irreverent and in-your-face. The authors take no prisoners, riffing on health care (Dickson's take on emergency rooms: "Places where hundreds of angry, hostile, vomiting, retching, shaking people gather for hours to fill out huge amounts of paperwork.") My only complaint is the book never really gets serious even when the topic is serious. But then that might've crimped the tone of the book. If you don't mind reading a book mocking everything from death to health to divorce to doctors to disease you'll enjoy the book very much. It's the funniest thing I've read since early Dave Barry.