The Onion Presents Our Dumb Century: 100 Years of Headlines from America¹s Finest News Source Edited by Scott Dikkers review by teril smits <-- Back

History will not be kind to the 90¹s, and neither was The Onion. While most authors and publications decided post-modernism meant being cynical and over-exuberant in artsy plot designs and not-so-original lofty ideals, Scott Dikkers used the most basic of mediums, the newspaper, to bless us with some of the best satirical work ever. Week after week, just like the Simpons, The Onion has delivered laughs and insights into the madness of American pop culture without losing the average Joe Blow Six Pack. Eat your heart David Foster Wallace, you flash-in -the-pan, contrite, pseudo-intellectualist! When I first heard The Onion was doing a book, I could not imagine the format. What they¹ve done with this is as ingenious as the material in it. They went back and satirized this last century in the style, format, and verbiage befitting the era! Jesus, these guys are Gods. This book will be studied in Universities years to come, count on it. Let me bless you with just a few headlines, ³Listerine Invents, Cures Halitosis², ³Hitler Neutralizes Polish Menace², ³JFK's Dad Defeats Nixon², a wild series where Nixon becomes a run-a-way criminal, OSecret Pac-Man Pattern Falls Into Russian Hands², ³Mr. T Releases ³Pity List², ³Tyson Escapes from Ring², and ³O.J. Finds Killer² The most beautiful aspect about this book is there is no bad page, no bad section. It¹s 164 pages of the best toilet reading you will ever find. If you like the on-line version or are lucky enough to have access to the printed one, then this is your huckleberry. Thanks Scott Dikkers, we in the literary world owe you one.