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Summary: Sacred cows make the best hamburger...
Review: ...especially when eaten with onions. :) Amazing little book, this; some of the headlines alone had my sides threatening to split. One of the most hilarious publications in recent memory; this is the book that Mad and its ilk want to be when they grow up. ;)
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Summary: Man walks on moon
Review: A fantastic collection of satire from a country that hitherto seemed unable to create such a thing (see also: irony, understatement), this is worth it entirely for the headlines, most of which are side-splittingly funny. The references to ultra-obscure Americana such as pet rocks, Jimmy Carter (apparently an athlete) and the Christian Right might seem puzzling in the UK, but it's possible to get the gist from the context. It's here where the book shows its only real weakness - after the headlines, the stories are often over-literal, and overlong.Still, it's a masterpiece - the changing design of the newspaper over a century is nicely done, there are lots of little gags in the corner of the page (the one legacy of 'Mad' magazine), the running gag about the 'evil' Spanish is a very clever parody of William Randolph Hearst, and it even has some proper history. Best headlines of the lot would have to be the giant 'WA' for World War 2, and the whole article on the Apollo landings, in which Neil Armstrongs famous first words are revealed to be somewhat more... emotional that those generally reported as fact.
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Summary: From Dumb to Dumber, Hours of Laughs!
Review: This book could be one of the best pieces of historical satyre ever written. From the hillarious coverage of the Lewinskigate to Mr. T's pity list it is absurdly funny! Highly recommneded!
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Summary: Best source of humor I know
Review: Our Dumb Century is an incredible mix of history, humor, satire, and shock value. A fun book to pick up whenever you have a spare moment. If you ever watch the History Channel and have a slightly sick sense of humor, then this book will be perfect for you. When you read it, I almost feels like you are learning while you laugh uncontrollably.
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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant
Review: Must read for all fans of well-formed satire
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Summary: brilliant!
Review: I never knew of the existence of the Onion before I happened to come across it in a bookshop at lunchtime. Absolutely hilarious, irreverent,perceptive and critical...very, very clever!
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Summary: Fall on the floor funny...a great gift.
Review: If you're looking for a gift for that hard-to-please cousin, try "Our Dumb Century". I was extremely pleased to receive this book for my birthday and I still revisit its pages nine months later. The book is a revisionist (to say the least) history of the United States in the 20th Century, and though it's obviously played for laughs, there's some definite, oddly compelling critiques of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, not to mention our societal changes. "G.I.s pull out of Vietnamese peasant girl, 14" may sound crass, but it's a fairly succinct assessment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. It's also written from a liberal, yet at the same time politcally incorrect, point of view that should somewhat insulate it from charges of partisanship. A great gift for anyone who can read and somewhat understand history.
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Summary: A Flawless, Funny, History Book
Review: "Our Dumb Century" stands as one of my favorite books because every single page is filled with some of the funniest writing to come out of the 90's. The book has the highest attention to detail I think I've seen in any book, and is definitely well worth a good looking-at
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Summary: If you like Red Meat, Migraine Boy, etc...
Review: This book is fabulous. If you think no one "gets it" half the time, and generally feel like you are on an advanced level of humor, then this is the book for you. It takes every reason that America is, was, and will be stupid and makes it hilarious. Totally inappropriate, yes, but totally hilarious.
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Summary: Very funny, if you know your history
Review: This is one of the funnist books that I've read! It made me laugh with every page. Those that know no history won't get many of the articles, and if you're offended very easily, just remember that this is HUMOR, and not to be taken seriously....
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