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Created in darkness by troubled Americans : the best of McSweeney's, humor category

Title

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.

Publication

New York : Knopf, 2004.

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Additional Authors

Eggers, Dave.

Description

xii, 239 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

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."

Uniform Title

McSweeney's (Series)

Subject

American wit and humor

Genre/Form

Humor.

Contents

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, reviewed / 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.

Call Number

JFD 05-6799

ISBN

1400042240
9781400042241

LCCN

2004004272

OCLC

54487600

Title

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.

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