Publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell (1995)

Okay. You've picked up my tapes, but you're not ready to commit. You're looking at this little box here, reading the copy, hoping to get a preview—a taste of what's to come before you plunk down actual cash. I respect that. I would do the same thing myself.

But here's the problem: it's a box. You can't describe a whole three-hour long program on a box—look how little space there is.

I will tell you this, though:

• 'Couplehood' is about all the stuff that's good and bad about being part of a couple.
• It's pretty funny.
• My wife laughed.
• You'll understand it because I wrote it specifically for you. (And I'm not just saying that.)
• The price is reasonable, especially if you compare it to what it would cost you to take time off from work and produce your own set of tapes.
• Worse comes to worst, after you've listened you can say, "Well, it was kind of tedious, but I certainly enjoyed that copy on the box."

There. Does that help?