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Summary: Contemporary Python
Review: Hysterical and appealing to a wide range of ages, educations, backgrounds. The only criteria is to check your sensitivity at the door re: anything you hold dear or sacred -- it will eventually be mocked. A landmark in humor similar to Monty Python in the 70's but the content will appeal to a much broader audience (you do not, for example, need a particular affection for a British-centric view). You will find it hard to stop reading this but I do recommend you pace yourself. After about a dozen pages the absurdity begins to seem patterned and the punch diminishes. Take it in doses, maybe put it in the bathroom (as long as don't mind people wondering what sends you into hysterics every time you go in there). If you like this you will also enjoy This American Life's CD (I forget the name) or Billy Collins' CD The Best Cigarette.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I discovered The Onion (its website) by accident, one day while searching on the Internet. And I was instantly hooked. The site is incredibly funny, and satirical and points the right amount of fun and directed political commentary at the key issues making the headlines. This is is simply important reading. While it is important to keep abreast of the serious journals and commnetary, its important to remember that satire and comedy are often as illustrative and explanatory than the serious stuff. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Excellent book - Bring to Work!
Review: I purchased this on Sunday and have had it at work and we are all cracking up some examples "New York to Install Special 'Infant Only' Dumpsters", "Chrysler Halts Production of Neckbelts", "Nation's Educators Alarmed by Poorly Written Teen Suicide Notes", etc., etc. You will be laughing and crying!
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Summary: Every bit as funny as "Our Dumb Century"
Review: If you have not read "The Onion" parody newspaper, then this is the perfect introduction. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard.(possibly when I read "Our Dumb Century" the first book in this series) The perfect gift for anyone who definately does not practice political correctness.
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Summary: One Of The Funniest books Ever!
Review: If You like to laugh then I recomend you pick up this book right now, Funnier Than "Our Dumb Century", the first book put by the Onion. With Articles Like "Special Olympics Fixed" and "Amish Give Up", this may be the funniest book you will ever Read
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Summary: "Uhhh...blanket. Muhhh."
Review: If you loved the old "National Lampoon," but felt it never got quite nasty enough, then "The Onion" is for you. Its parodies of news stories and newspaper columns are always good for a laugh, but sometimes can get savage in the style of Jonathan Swift in his "Modest Proposal" period. Good cases in point are JonBenet Ramsey's letter from Heaven and the op-ed piece, "It's Not a Crack House, It's a Crack Home." But if those are not to your taste, you can always read about Bill Gates patenting ones and zeroes, or researchers' conclusion that babies are "incredibly stupid," or inimitable advice columns such as "Ask a Faulknerian Idiot Man-Child." I take personal umbrage that a few favorites of mine from theonion.com didn't make it into this book, such as Jesse Helms and Tristan Tzara joining to fight the National Endowment for the Arts, or Wal-Mart opening a store in Winesburg, Ohio. But that's the way the ball bounces, and all I can do is repeat the headline quote from former President Reagan (as it appeared in The Onion, of course!).
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Summary: Hilarious satire, but not for everyone
Review: If you're familiar with The Onion, you know what sort of mind-blowing, biting humor is in this book, and you know whether you like it or don't like it. If you're among the many who were given a copy of "Our Dumb Century" last holiday season, you have a pretty good idea of the absurdist social/cultural satire you can find in this book, and you might be interested in reading their take on more contemporary events. If you're looking for something that will make you laugh your head off, this book *might* be it. I say "might be" because this book is not for the easily offended--there's course language and graphic sexual content that some may find objectionable. If that's not you, buy this book and, when you get it, go someplace where you can laugh out loud, because you certainly will, and I mean repeatedly. Don't get me wrong--I'm not criticizing the content of the book. It's just not for the faint of heart, that's all.
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Summary: A Few Gems
Review: If you've never read The Onion, you're a jerk. But in case you're thinking about getting this book anyway, look at with the online editions of The Onion first. The humor works better in a fake-newspaper format than a fake-newspaper-clippings format (the way it's presented in this book.) The difference might not be as apparent to people who've been reading the Onion for a while and automatically think in the newspaper paradigm, but if that's not you, then jumping right into this book might not give you the full effect. For peple who do regularly read The Onion, be aware that nothing in this book is original material (i.e. hasn't been culled from previous issues of The Onion.) Still, you can't find all of this in the online archives, and some of the ones you may have never seen before are probably worth looking at. And a few of them are just so side-splittingly gasping-for-air funny that you'll BARF. I am thinking specifically of the editorial "My Efforts Are Largely Unappreciated" -- which is written by a traffic cone! Apparently, it feels that it deserves more recognition in the workplace. This poor, feeble, and brainless (but incredibly earnest) inanimate object's tenuous grasp of human syntax is just plain hilarious. So this thing may not be as essential as Our Dumb History, but it's alright if you've got money and time to burn.
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Summary: Too much "stupid" and not enough funny
Review: If you've read Our Dumb Century, you probably will be disappointed by this book if you're looking for something similar. Instead of being filled with funny parodies of historical events and attitudes, this book a lot of mindless "filler" (for example, an article titled "Me like being battery!" written by a 9-volt battery on how much it loves to deliver power!) I would look at a copy before buying to make sure that this is what you really want (and, if you haven't bought Our Dumb Century, why don't you?)
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Summary: Just Buy It!
Review: More pictures that War and Peace! More words than The Lorax! More humour than Mein Kampf! If you already have a cupboard full of print-outs from the Onion's web-site (like I do) order this book right now. I bought Our Dumb Century and read it from cover to cover over a period of about 3 weeks. Normally a book that size would take me a couple of hours, but the cramps and tears from laughing too hard slowed me down. Virtually everyone I show ODC to needs to have a copy for themselves. I predict this new book will go the same way.
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