Now before any of you get too excited, “Naked Pictures of Famous People” is not a photographic collection of all your favorite actors and actresses in their birthday suits.

Sorry. Reading is required for an actual book review, remember?

And this nudity book is not to be confused with my book review of a few weeks ago called “Naked” by David Sedaris. That book sucked. This one is actually kind of good.

After getting over the initial “no nudity” shock, I actually need to give credit to the book’s author, Jon Stewart.

With all the celebrity books and bios lately, the titles might as well read “Been There, Done That,” because they all amount to about the same thing.

With “Naked Pictures,” though, we receive a refreshing new take. For once a celebrity has written something that isn’t an egocentric, tired rehash of the comedian’s old stand-up material.

Blunt humor and sarcasm have always been his specialty, and these traits — along with a very vivid imagination — amount to a light, off-kilter account of real people in fictional but laughably believable situations.

Subjects of Stewart’s humor include the Taco Bell chihuahua (dies at a strip club after a bar fight), artist Vincent van Gogh (drifts from chat room to chat room on America On-line) and Bill Gates (brought to his demise by the devil himself).

When it comes to Stewart, not even passed-away saints and princesses are untouchable.

In “Pen Pals,” an invented letter from royalty to sainthood reads, “Hi. You don’t know me but my name is Diana and I’m your biggest fan. I’m married. Are you? You’re probably too busy what with the lepers and everything. I think it’s kind of fun to be married.”

Adolf Hitler even makes an appearance, coming back from the dead to appear on “Larry King Live.” And when Larry asks what the “new Hitler” does, the dictator replies, “I get up at seven, have half a melon, do the Jumble in the morning paper and then let the day take me where it will.”

Stewart has a way of drawing you into one twisted world after another where no boundaries exist. Although funny, sometimes I was left to ponder whether Stewart is a comical genius or just getting paid to be completely insane.

Either way, you’ll be entertained.

Kelsey Foutch is a sophomore in journalism and mass communication from Waterloo.