DescriptionSubtitled "512 boorish, insensitive, and socially obnoxious pointers for leading a simple, self-centered life, " this little book is a hilarious parody of the best seller with a similar name. Here are just a few of the gems contained within. Number 24: Give little kids clothes for their birthdays. Number 101: Argue with everybody. Number 326: Leave the alarm on when he doesn't have to get up. This guide is bound to bring at least 512 laughs.
DescriptionOscar Wilde was a prolific and spontaneous storyteller who once declared, "I cannot think otherwise than in stories." Here are a handful of his shorter works that demonstrate his range, versatility, and skill as a storyteller, which is too often overshadowed by his reputation as a dramatist, critical theorist, and novelist. Wilde shows his wit in the social parodies "The Canterville Ghost", "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime", "The Sphinx Without a Secret", and "The Model Millionaire". In "The Portrait of Mr. W.H.", he identifies the mysterious dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets. Finally, the collection is rounded out by a selection of well-known fairy tales, including "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", and "The Devoted Friend".
DescriptionIf there's even a smidgen of Scrooge in your psyche, just say, "Bah-Humbug!" and laugh at this satire of the treacly best seller, The Christmas Box . Among the variations on the theme are: The Christmas Vox, in which a young man finds himself having phone sex with Ms. Santa Claus; The Christmas Jury Box, a touching memoir by a sequestered O.J. juror who misses her fruitcake; and The Christmas Box Lunch, the touching tale of a caterer's X-mas. You'll be pleased to learn that the true meaning of Christmas is receiving.
DescriptionThe inside story of how a television show almost took over the universe. Imagine a world where everything is Star Trek, from the plates you eat on to the music you listen to. Even stranger, in this world everyone you meet is or has been an actor on the show and everything that's ever happened can be traced back to an episode of Star Trek . You'll hear confidential memos written by Deep Throat Nine to Paramount, that contain suggestions on how to enhance Star Trek 's domination of the known universe - on how such a world should and could exist.
DescriptionIn 125 years, the Harvard Lampoon has produced talk show hosts, movie stars, and writers for many smash hit TV series. Its members have gone on to create such comedy staples as News Radio and Futurama . Now, the world's oldest humor magazine presents a comedy act that has already begun to get national attention after starting as an underground hit. It's filled with side-splitting skits that keep you laughing every second of the way. Whether spoofing radio call-in shows ("Doctor Sensitive"), TV courtroom dramas ("Madison"), or the hilarious Battle of Normandy ("Girls Gone Wild, 1945"), the Lampoon keeps the jokes coming and fills each track with punch lines you can't help but repeat to your friends.
DescriptionNobody can kiss and tell like Rodney Dangerfield! Here are all the details of his torrid love affair with La Contessa. This ultra-spicy private diary chronicles the amazing exploits of a great lothario, and is sure to make you howl. Afterwards, the man who just "can't get no respect" lets loose with a collection of new material, "It's Lonely at the Top (When There's No One on the Bottom), " performed at the world-famous Laugh Factory in Hollywood.
DescriptionIn Destined for Destiny, "George W. Bush" offers listeners an intimate, plainspoken, and sometimes articulate look at the character-shaping achievements that led to his inevitable rise to the office of President of the United States. Written from…
DescriptionMark Twain is at his irreverent best with this hilarious parody of the 19th-century mystery. The tale begins with the murder of Flint Buckner and a heinous crime against a young woman. A man with special gifts - no less a personage than Sherlock Holmes! - enters the scene to solve the mystery and avenge the lady. He matches wits with an improbable villain, Archy Stillman, while Ham Sandwich and Wells Fargo look on, and almost gets himself lynched in the process.
DescriptionWhy did the Three Little-Pigs call 911? Will the Three Bears sue Goldilocks for trespassing? Who cracked the Humpty Dumpty case? Find out the answers to these fascinating legal inquiries and many others in these hilarious reenactments of bedtime classics transferred into the courtroom and translated into legalese. Eleven different voices, including the author's, bring life to such characters as Little-Pigg, Diana Freewoman, the Jolly Green Giant, and of course various attorneys. The perfect tales for our litigious age.
DescriptionWho better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairy tales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliant, funny, and nationally best-selling author of the adult novel Wicked as well as the hilarious middle-grade series The Hamlet Chronicles . Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that the ageless, exquisite Cinderella could be recast as the silly story of an enormous yet lovable elephant who plods along to the ball with glass pie plates on her feet; or that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy tales, could be twisted into the story of a frog with a most unusual and promising dance career? Get ready to meet a gorilla queen and a psycho chimp, seven giant giraffes, and one very bad walrus.
