Our Dumb Century Day by Day Calendar: 2000 [Import] [Calendar]

Product Details

• Calendar: 366 pages
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Pag edition (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609805738
• ISBN-13: 978-0609805732
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 5.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,942,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars both subtle and screamingly funny, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Dumb Century Day by Day Calendar: 2000 (Calendar)

This collection of pseudo-front pages from the last 100 years is amazing. It manages to be both subtle (at times) and screamingly funny (most of the time). Every detail of, say, a 1916 front page is lovingly reproduced, from the typeface to the logo to the ads to the florid journalism style. But the stories are typically outrageous spoofs on the mores of the times. Every page is loaded with good stuff. It's reminiscent of National Lampoon's classic High School Yearbook, only better. Highly recommended.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff -- smart and challenging parody, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Dumb Century Day by Day Calendar: 2000 (Calendar)

The Onion guys make every journalist's heart soar with their uncanny knack of capturing and skewering every newspaper cliche and trope in the book. Their work is among the funniest political/historical humor I've ever seen (and I've seen a bit!).

In a book this size, not everything can be perfect, and there is the occasional clunker. There are also times when the authors (in my humble opinion) cross the line into bad taste, but pushing the boundaries is what jesters are supposed to do, and I'm glad they do that rather than play it safe.

Parents should be advised, however, that there's lots of swear words and some material that ain't appropriate for younger tykes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So funny it hurts!, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Dumb Century Day by Day Calendar: 2000 (Calendar)

If you don't laugh at this book, you're dead. Check out the true story of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. The best book out there for anyone with a twisted sense of humor.