"Sexy Sex" book review

"You're all popping my cherry," said actress and newly christened author Kristen Schaal, in reference to her very first book reading at the "Book Soup" in Hollywood last Friday. "The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex" is "the ultimate guide to sex: unabridged, un-spell-checked, and uncircumcised," say Schaal and Blomquist, introducing their literary production in the book's prelude. The illustrations that make up a good proportion of the book's content are by Michael Kupperman and Lisa Hanawalt.

Schaal's coauthor and real-life boyfriend, Rich Blomquist, a writer for The Daily Show with John Stewart, was not able to attend.

The jokes are hilarious on almost every spread; there is a page about STDs, "Things You Shouldn't Think about While Masturbating," "L.L. Beast" (a section for Animal Lovers,) or an excerpt taken from a diary written by the very first woman, Flora, who experienced an orgasm.

The book is written very casually, allowing the readers to bounce around at their own pleasure. From "Sex in Nature" to "The Future of Sex," there are several short stories, pick-up lines, and role-playing entries. The book is both hilarious and knowledgeable at the same time, giving advice, and stating facts.

The book cover reveals the humor of the entire book at once. It illustrates Schaal standing on a lily pad, wearing tube socks and granny panties. She has the look of a virgin. Blomquist meanwhile, appears to be a macho angel with a 1980's mullet, embracing a blow up doll. The pair is reminiscent of Al and Peggy Bundy from "Married with Children."

Schaal looks like she is in her mid-thirties. She has a strange little voice, and dresses very conservative, but has a mouth of a sailor, which caused Brian Williams, a reader at the book signing, to ask the question: "Is she that good in bed?" The book will probably not give you the answer to that question since Schaal and Blomquist decided to not write about their own personal sex life, each for different reasons.

Schaal and Blomquist probably took the joke one step (or two) too far by saying that the book is a guide when it's really just funny, and ironic. However, it might slip in an advice or trick that you could possibly be able to use sometime in your life--if you are extremely comfortable with your partner, that is.