The Onion Book Of Known Knowledge: Mankind's Final Encyclopedia From America's Finest News Source (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Honestly, this just wasn't that funny. The structure is that each entry has one joke--sometimes good, sometimes not--and the rest of the entry carries on from there. It's not a terrible coffee-table book, but I can't help but be reminded of the recent Onion website, which seems to have a lot of one-note jokes as well. Maybe I'm just spoiled by Our Dumb Century, which is an outright classic."Sinatra Tells Russkies To Knock It Off"Singer Gives Krushchev 24 Hours To 'Drop This Commie Bunk Or It's Ring-A-Ding-Ding For You Bozos' The Onion's writers are masters of tone. From the newspaper to radio spots to the videos to the books, they hit every note perfectly and pierce the heart of every subject. the Onion Book of Known Knowledge is no exception.Describing this book's hilarity would be a waste of time. I'll excerpt some entries to give you the flavor.Art: Range of human communication and expression designed to affect the senses, emotions, or intellect, and one of the thousands of methods that insular cliques of people use to exclude others and make themselves fell superior to everyone around them.Citizen Kane: brilliant, groundbreaking work of artistic genius that has unfortunately been completely invalidated because the man who made it later gained weight.Earhart, Emelia: noted American ladypilot who became the first lady to cross the Atlantic ocean all by her ladyself.Grant, Ulysses S.: famed U.S. general whose skill at killing thousands of people, destroying railroad lines, and burning cities to the ground failed to translate effectively to his presidency.Kubrick, Stanley: director of cold, clinical films, the criticism of which provokes the kind of actual human emotion that he himself would never have portrayed.McDonald's: fast-food restaurnat known for its eerily accurate depictions of meat, bread, and cheese.Presley, Elvis: Elvis Presley is the King of Rock and Roll, but the average American couldn't tell you the name of a single Elvis Presley Album. That's weird. Satire: act of being a wise-ass and saying it's for a higher purpose.Shultz, Charles: author ofan illustrated, 50-year-long suicide note.
What do You think about The Onion Book Of Known Knowledge: Mankind's Final Encyclopedia From America's Finest News Source (2012)?
This was super fun to read XD Hilarious. But slightly offensive at times. Still awesome!
—peacelover22
Funniest few hours I've spent in a while.
—rachael
