Not really much else to say about a humor book...

Burke and Flateau have put forth an extremely acute yet absent-minded commentary. They are keenly aware of the lack of idiotic behavior in American society, and the Idiot's Handbook is a valiant attempt to remedy that situation.
Everything from historic idiotic literature to idiotic music, from examples of idiotic behavior to the science and universe of the idiots, is included in this exhaustive compilation of every stupid thing the authors thought up over their high school years. There are even (fake) advertisments to show the reader all the products that Burke and Flateau would, had they the means, make available to the general populace in order to help them become better idiots.
In order to understand it, one must first realize the nature of this work. What the authors have actually done is to make idiocy into an institution: many of the catch phrases, silly habits, and crazy tendencies that we all display have actually formed this manual for idiots. It is also necessary to employ all of one's imagination in reading it; in order to get most of the jokes, one must imagine the situations, the sounds, and the sights. In this way it is also a modern "interactive" book.
The Idiot's Handbook is, in a word, stupid. But in two words, it's ingeniously stupid...