Created in darkness by troubled Americans : the best of McSweeney's, humor category / edited by Dave Eggers [and others] ; with introductions by Harry Magnan and Dave Eggers.
A selection of humorous pieces from the popular literary magazine includes "Circumstance Under Which I Would Have Sex with Some of My Fellow Jurors" and "The Ten Worst Films of All Time, as Reviewed by Ezra Pound over Italian Radio."
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| 505 | 0 | |a A brief parody of a talk show that falls apart about halfway through / Tim Carvell -- The spirit of Christmas / Kurt Luchs -- The briefing: a play in one act / Stuart Wade -- On the implausibility of the Death Star's trash compactor / J.M. Tyree -- Preview of summer camps / Jeff Johnson -- Comments written on evaluations of my speech on needle-exchange programs / Andy Rathbun -- The newest from Jokeland / Brodie H. Brockie and R.J. White -- Excerpts from my speech on forest-fire prevention / Arthur Bradford -- As a porn movie titler, I may lack promise / John Moe -- I know what you did two moons ago (the revenge) / Brian Kennedy -- Words that would make nice names for babies, if it weren't for their unsuitable meanings / Stephany Aulenback -- Reviews of my daydreams / T.G. Gibbon -- Insomniacs! I bring words of hope and wisdom / Jason Roeder -- The ten worst films of all time, as reviewed by Ezra Pound over Italian radio / Greg Purcell -- Group mobilization as a desperate cry for help / Christopher Monks -- Fire: the next sharp stick? / John Hodgman -- Not very scary movies / Joshua Watson -- Candle party / Alysia Gray Painter -- It's not actually a small world / Tom Ruprecht -- Unused audio commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, recorded summer 2002, for The lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring DVD (platinum series extended edition), part one / Jeff Alexander and Tom Bissell -- Canceled regional morning TV shows / John Moe -- A letter from Ezra Pound to Billy Wilder, 1963 / Greg Purcell -- Journal of a new COBRA recruit / Keith Pille -- A logic puzzle and hangover cure / John Hodgman -- Some people don't like celebrities / Michael Ian Black -- Tips from Jokes and how to tell them, published in 1963 / R.J. White -- How important moments in my life would have been different if I was shot in the stomach / Jake Swearingen -- No justice, no foul / Jim Stallard -- Actual academic journals which could be Broadway shows if they had exclamation points added! / T.G. Gibbon -- My beard, reveiwed / Chris Bachelder -- The name game / Stephany Aulenback and Sean Carman -- Circumstances under which I would have sex with some of my fellow jurors / Peter Ferland -- The bet / Arthur Bradford -- The dance lesson / Tim Carvell -- Attack of the fabulons! / Mark O'Donnell -- Pirate riddles for sophisticates / Kevin Shay -- A short fictional passage entitled "Drift nets," in which several enterprising characters troll the high seas, exploring abandoned trade vessels for "pirated" goods, and learn to cope with distinct personalities in a close-knit, high-stress environment / Todd Pruzan -- Ineffective lines deleted from final revisions of violent box-office hits / Dan Kennedy -- A Graceland for Adolf / Zev Borow -- Trinity / Neal Pollack -- Pop quiz / Sean Condon -- Bad names for professional wrestlers / Jeff Johnson -- Evidently, it was live then / Dan Kennedy -- Upcoming titles from Gavin Menzies, author of 1421: the year the Chinese discovered America / Paul Tullis -- Good westerns, not porn / Ross Barnes -- Norse legends reference pages / Kevin Guilfoile -- Goofus, Gallant, Rashomon / Jim Stallard -- Not-good titles for romantic films / Tim Blair -- Black, gray, green, red, blue: a letter from a famous painter on the moon / Ben Greenman -- Lists -- Alternate titles proposed for this book -- Contributors. | |
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