Research Catalog

Title

One hand jerking : reports from an investigative satirist / Paul Krassner ; foreword by Harry Shearer ; introduction by Lewis Black.

Author

Krassner, Paul.

Publication

New York : Seven Stories Press, 2005.

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Details

Description

318 pages; 23 cm

Contents

Foreword / Harry Shearer -- Introduction / Lewis Black -- Humor as a spiritual path -- Irreverence is our only sacred cow -- In praise of offensive cartoons -- The parts left out of the Reagan movie -- Why I'm optimistic about the future -- Showing pink -- Pee-Wee Herman meets Pete Townshend -- Satirical prophecy -- The marriage of hip-hop and pornography -- Porn and the Manson murders -- Eating shit for fun and profit -- Predictions for 2004 -- Bizarre sexually oriented spam subject lines -- TV shows of the near future -- Marijuana vs. cigarettes -- Pregnancy and pot -- Bong wars : Tommy Chong ain't the only one -- The trial of Ira Einhorn -- Hippies with cell phones -- Welcome to the Masturbate-a-thon -- Virtual rape on the Internet -- Mailer on mating and masturbation -- The onanist quartet -- Homer Simpson suppressed -- Harry Shearer still hears voices -- The transformation of Dennis Miller -- The ballad of Lenny the lawyer -- Before there was same-sex marriage -- What does Bill O'Reilly realy want? -- Threats against the president -- Propaganda wars -- Condoleezza, Linda and Monica -- I forget the title of this -- Arnold, Madonna, Doonesbury and an Internet porn scam -- Blow job Betty -- When Justin met Janet -- The crackdown -- The secret life of Walter Winchell -- Occult jeopardy -- Trashing the right to read -- Jews in the news -- A mellow howl -- The communal truth -- Mae, we hardly knew Ye -- Steve Earle : sticking to principles -- The ironic ordeal of Dr. L -- An interview with Robert Anton Wilson -- Scoop, holly and me -- Boobs in the news -- Dolly Parton's tits -- The great foreskin conspiracy -- The war against pleasure -- Missing from the Vagina monologues -- Swimming in the dead pool -- Behind the infamous twinkie defense -- The rise of Sirhan Sirhan in the Scientology hierarchy -- Campaign in the ass and other unforgiving minutes -- The Rumpleforeskin awards for 2004 -- The devil in the desert -- Blowing deadlines with Hunter Thompson -- Geezerstock.

ISBN

1583226966 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005022195
• 9781583226964

OCLC

• OCM61229694
• SCSB-5215837

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries